What the fuck man

  • PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    A good reason to read the Bible is it’s one of the foundational texts of Western society. Then a casual reference to it like this doesn’t sail over your head. I’m an atheist and I’ve read it. Do you also balk at reading literature because it’s not literally true?

    Uhh, I would read Moby Dick except you know there isn’t really a albino whale that was hunted by a mad sea captain smuglord

    Being ignorant isn’t something to be proud of

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      Seriously, it’s like saying you have to have read harry potter, just 2000 years later.

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        If someone made a “x points to gryffindor” joke and you felt the need to chime in with “what the fucks a gryffindor, why would I know that, you know that story isn’t real right” you would be treated much the same way you’re being treated now

        You are generally expected, for better or worse, to have some level of familiarity with things that exist within the culture of the people you are interacting with

      • book of basically bad poems

        Do you actually think the Bible is a bunch of poems. Jesus Christ, lmao

        Seriously, it’s like saying you have to have read harry potter, just 2000 years later.

        How would you know? You haven’t read it, and I doubt you’ve read Harry Potter either.

        Choosing not to read something means you’ve chosen to be ignorant of it. That’s a choice everyone is free to make, but it also means nobody should take you at all seriously when you talk about it.

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      You’re actually saying it’s somehow needed for people in 2023 to read a book of basically bad poems to understand modern society?