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  • nit-picking of everything that still lets them say “see, I’m still so smart about this stuff"

    Ah, the famous Jordan Peterson gambit:

    1. Present a problem in great detail.
    2. Explain how this problem is just how things must be, and obviously the only way forward is to roll over and maintain status quo.
    3. If anyone proposes a solution they’re a silly liberal who doesn’t understand the complexity of the problem.





  • HSR🏴‍☠️@lemmy.dbzer0.comto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneJesus rule
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    4 months ago

    it can be helpful to consider the thought as bad as the action for the purpose of weeding that behaviour out of our lives. Not that the thought is as bad as the action, because clearly it isn’t.

    Considering how many (ex)Christian folks struggle with guilt for having “impure thoughts”, that appears to be a flawed approach. You can’t control what kinds of thoughts spontaneously appear in your mind. Imo you should simply be aware that these thoughts are separate from your intentions and actions towards that person, and don’t guide those actions.

    Keep in mind that the Bible treats adultery as property crime against the father or husband of that particular woman. If you try to apply Jesus’ teachings to infidelity specifically, you must wrestle with a bunch of historical and cultural baggage. Nothing wrong with treating a story as inspirational, but again, be aware that you’re making Jesus more cool and progressive than he probably deserves.

    Yeah, Jesus is prone to hyperbole, agree on that.


  • Counter point: literally the next two verses

    31 “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’
    32 But I say to you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of unchastity, causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
    

    Not to mention that “adultery in his heart” is essentially thought-crime, which I personally find rather unchill and not based.