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 Sleo   ( @Sleo@lemmy.ca )  to World News · 2 years ago

United Methodists lose one-fifth of US churches in schism driven by growing defiance of LGBTQ bans

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United Methodists lose one-fifth of US churches in schism driven by growing defiance of LGBTQ bans

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 Sleo   ( @Sleo@lemmy.ca )  to World News · 2 years ago
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More than 6,000 United Methodist congregations have now received permission to leave the denomination amid a schism over theology and the role of LGBTQ people.
  •  ObiGynKenobi   ( @ObiGynKenobi@beehaw.org ) 
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    A literal interpretation of a mistranslation.

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      Multiple intentional mistranslations. Added to that cherry picking which gospels you want to add because some of them contradict the religion you’re trying to build.

      •  ObiGynKenobi   ( @ObiGynKenobi@beehaw.org ) 
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        Ah yes, the “apocrypha”. One would think an ideology supernaturally delivered to anointed individuals by an omnipotent and omniscient deity wouldn’t have so many contradictions and texts left on the cutting room floor.

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