By: u/redheaded_olive12349

In my specific faith, I believe that the bible was mistranslated or misinterpreted over time.

Such things as homosexuality and stuff (you know all kinds of stuff) were never condemned in the original bible.

We believe that early Christians never believed these things and that was the original bible.

  • Maeve@kbin.earthM
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    2 days ago

    It was probably mistranslated from the jump, sometimes intentionally.

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    It’s a fact that any translation is imperfect, and that goes more than double when you’re translating across time and culture as well. There’s a lot of Biblical scholars doing a lot of great analysis of these texts, though, and if you find something that seems dissonant from the core message of the Gospels it’s easier than ever to look up those scholarly analyses and compare them to each other in search of greater understanding.

    To paraphrase Aquinas, don’t trust man who only reads one book.

  • Pacrat173@lemmy.worldM
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    Almost certainly. It’s pretty much an undeniable fact that certain parts were mistranslated on purpose, and as time passes the meaning of words change and the age of the Bible it’s makes mistranslations something we just have to deal with.