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Hekate

(90,189 posts)
4. Those three are sadists, the real deal, the kind who get a pleasurable jolt from inflicting pain...
Sat Jun 16, 2018, 03:24 PM
Jun 2018

Trump does it with a bully's swagger. Sessions does it with a sweet smile and a twinkle in his eye. Miller -- gah.

They should horrify anyone with a soul.

To your point, you can find almost anything in the Bible, especially if you cherrypick with ill intent, take out of context, and so on.

Sessions did that by quoting Paul: In the context of his time, Paul was trying to make missionary inroads into the Roman Empire, and was trying to not make unnecessary waves if possible. Converts were being thrown into prison, tortured, killed, so you can see his point.

On the other hand, Saul of Tarsus, later called Paul, never actually met Jesus. A lot of what was later considered foundational to the Church was Paul's interpretation rather than the parables of the wandering rabbi. Parables need to be unpacked, in any case, but you have to look at who is doing the unpacking.

Part of the problem with that particular passage is the way it has been used over the centuries to justify oppression and slavery. How fitting that a Son of the Old South should dredge it up just now.

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