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The Bible is known to be one of the most important books that people tend to live by. Its contents teach and inspire people as well as help them to change for the better. Despite it being widely used, studied, and referenced, very often its contents encourage people to discuss various interpretations of matters that are being written about in this collection of religious texts. Having this in mind, Reddit user @LoneShark81 asked people online to share what are the things that people pretend to be in the Bible when, in fact, these things are not there. This question gave a green light to those who have noticed some discrepancies between what is written in the Bible and how people understand these matters. Some of the things that were mentioned by users online include speculations about what Jesus or angels looked like, explanations on how hell really works, and what well-known sayings are not actually taken from the Bible.

Do you know any things that people pretend to be in the Book of Books when in reality it isn’t the truth? Which one of these matters shared by others online do you agree with? Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments down below! 

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered Jesus being a white skinned, long haired, white boy.

Dude looks like how most black haired Middle Easterns would look like today. He was a Jew from south Israel but every European and American Christian seems to think he looks like a hippie from a middle-class suburb in the 90s.

KlippelGiraffe , Trevor Hurlbut Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also, he often said to keep your self clean and tidy. Since Palestine was under the Romans, it would have most likely been fashionable to be clean shaven and have short hair - so even the image of a long haired bearded man is probably wrong.

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered israfilled wrote:
That Mary Magdalene was a prostitute. A pope conflated her with Mary of Bethany and an unnamed "sinful woman," because he didn't like the fact that a woman was important to Jesus and wanted to discredit her.

gentlybeepingheart responded:
Mary Magdalene was, according to the Bible, a wealthy woman who chose to support Jesus from her own resources out of gratitude for him driving demons from her. This was problematic to that Pope because it didn't quite fit what women were supposed to be like.

Mary, mother of Jesus, was important because she had been chosen specifically by God to bear Jesus and that was her main role. Mary of Bethany was the one who anointed Jesus' feet with perfume and her hair because of him saving her brother. Mary Magdalene chose to follow and support Jesus of her own free will. Mary Magdalene was successful and was not acting in response to the actions/status of a male guardian. This independence was not what the Pope and that society wanted from women, so they decided she was a prostitute. She followed Jesus instead of getting married and bearing children because nobody would marry a prostitute, not because of her own beliefs.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yet again casting women to be lower than men and punishing them for their "crimes"...........and also a controversial opinion......prostitute is not supposed to be an insult....gigolo isn't...

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered That money is the root of all evil. The correct quote is actually the *love* of money.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In 1942 the bible was changed to saying “a man who lies with a man is a sin” before it was “ a man who lies wit a CHILD is a sin” so i guess jesus hates pedos

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered That people who commit suicide go to Hell.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As someone who lost a brother to suicide there is no way that's true. He was mentally afflicted and suffered greatly. He was too good for this world. I know he is in heaven.

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Emily Phillips
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have lost two family members to suicide in 4 years. I like to think they're finally at peace from the issues they were going through here.

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ShriSha Kamboj
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

so let's just go around parading suicidal people are sinners.....instead of helping them out of it.....just because assuming the wrong things is better

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Common misconception, possibly from the account of King Saul’s death. He “took the sword and fell on it”, as he had been badly wounded in battle (1 Samuel 31:4). A man afterwards claimed to King David that Saul had said to him, “Please stand over me and put me to death, for I am in great agony, but I am still alive.’ So I stood over him and put him to death, for I knew that he could not survive after he had fallen down wounded” (2 Samuel 1:9,10). This man was then put to death, not because he had actually taken a life, or assisted in someone’s suicide, but he pretended to have killed the King. Kings were anointed and chosen by God under the law, so this man was then killed for having pretended to have committed the sin of killing someone anointed by God. Interesting end to Enoch’s life as well, he was Noah’s great-grandfather and a prophet. It’s likely he had enemies because of this, and the suggestion is that God ended his life to spare a painful death.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's cool that you know what you're talking about and have some evidence!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a former friend, note former friend, tell someone who'd just lost her lifelong dear friend to suicide, that same thing, and more, how her soul would be broken into a thousand pieces and never know peace. It near broke her to hear that, and I had to intervene with my own thoughts to calm and reassure them. That former friend became a former friend very soon after that - her words so malicious, it was a side to her I never wanted to associate with again.

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Mazer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lily - OMG!! What the hell. Good on you for stepping up and then stepping back. Virtual hugs. RIP your friends friend, sympathies to those people who they left behind.

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Henry Cheves
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, they go to customer service! (from Beetlejuice)

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Jill Ferguson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is such a hurtful untruth. Suicide victims need the love of ‘a higher power’ more than we can imagine.

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I would imagine they don’t need it at all, since nobody does. Most suicide victims just need their lives to improve.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think this is true. I saw people who are severely depressed, those who are terminally ill, whose been suffering from pain (emotional, mental, physiological) and it seems that they are exhausted I don't think God will punish them in afterlife. Judas betrayed God but I think he realized his mistakes afterwards and asked for His forgiveness but the guilt is too much that he took his own life but I think God forgave him.

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Beatrice Multhaupt
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A near-death experience (from natural causes) did, however, convince me that it's no fun at all to leave the world burdened by a bunch of regrets on how one COULD have handled situations that seemed hopeless while one was in good health. I often think of a friend who threw himself in front of a train over a love interest gone wrong. Had he lived just a bit longer, he wouldn't have bothered.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe this is believed with the thinking that murder is a sin even if the victim is yourself. Still, I want to believe God is more merciful than the church makes out.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

in the bible, suicide is an affront against god. so yeah bad, but so was murder and other fun stuff. hell wasn't a big deal for a long time, it was later that somebody wanted to scare people into join the club

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People who commit suicide get out of Hell. What if it were true? That life is so difficult because it is engineered that way intentionally? And to die is to escape. Or have I been watching Neo and Morpheus too much?

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Brandy Dor
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was part of the thall shall not kill commandment, that even means yourself, however now that mental illness is being more and more recognized the Catholic church has taken the stance that those who commit suicide are not in their right mind and therefore not culpable for their actions

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Rebecca S.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are 7 suicides listed in the Bible: Judges 9:54 Judges 16:30 1 Sam 31:4 1 Sam 31:5 2 Sam 17:23 1 Kings 16:18 Matt 27:5 5 suicides, 1 murder/suicide and 1 mass murder/suicide. Also in the Bible is Rom 8: 38-39 that basically says that NOTHING can separate us from the love of God.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Generally people who commit suicide are trying to flee from their own hell.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And what exactly is Hell supposed to be? Isn't death without the hope of an everlasting life, the actual punishment for those who are unrepentant sinners? You literally just die. Why would a God that is love torture his own creation for eternity?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone told me it was because murder is the ultimate sin and if you self murdered you wouldn't be able to repent, making it unforgivable.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A lot of people were taught this, sadly. Blasphemy is the only unforgiven sin, murder is forgivable. And as mentioned, we have learned that suicide is usually a symptom of mental health concerns, most people cannot be held accountable.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Suicidal people are in Hell, but who knows what happens if they kill themselves?

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Brian Michael
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The reason they say suicide is a sin is because they believe it to be murder and that goes against the 10 commandments. It's just another example of people taking the Bible and twisting it to their view.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People act like upholding "the big ten" are the only requirements for going to Heaven. This is so unbiblical.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom tells me this and says it’s the act of ultimate selfishness and you’re spitting in the eye of God. I’m borderline suicidal (as in, considered it and know how I’d want to do it) and at this point, maybe I will go to hell. Probably is all I deserve, I haven’t been a great person in life

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Survivor here. I did not see hell, nor was I released from my burdens. At least not until I surrounded myself with people who believed in me. Those people were not my family, I had to separate myself from them. You cannot believe in yourself if nobody else does. That is what we are suffering from that and the fact we are good people who struggle with the everyday things most people don't. Those same people cannot relate to our struggles so don't know how to help us. We need people in our lives who believe in us and will support us when we need support. Please find someone in your life who will help you, support you, be in your life in a kind and loving way. Someone you can trust. Life doesn't have to be hell and I can honestly say that I did not see hell when I left this earth.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love thinking about the reasons why these religious rules come into being. I suppose to spread Catholicism, you need numbers, and those numbers need to make donations to the church to keep it the richest in the world. So killing yourself foils that purpose.

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Claire Nichols
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a MHFA rep, we don't say "commit" anymore as it sounds like a crime. We say took, taken, etc, their own life.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is because it is a sin to kill anyone, even yourself that some religious people believe this. However, it is up to god to decide which sins are forgivable and which sins that are not. All humans are sinners in the bible and everyone deserves forgivness.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When in reality , they'll end up as public servants in the afterlife.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In school our religion teacher analyzed as such: the only unforgivable sin is not repenting for your sins. If you take your own life you do sin but you're not alive afterwards to repent for it. Obligatory note: I'm not religious nor do I believe in this bs :p

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Again, lifelong Christian and never heard this. Maybe only some denominations believe this?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I heard this came from the Christian crusade so many people was killing there self they came up with that to stop them

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Suicide is the greatest sin against Hope, which was the gift of Christ's death. ---- my teachers in Catholic school *not my actual opinion* This was a tradition, not a scripture.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it was tradition because if you have a populace convinced that the afterlife is paradise, you'd off yourself or your kids before a sin was committed so as to attain paradise. Only way to get around this is to 'outlaw' murder and suicide.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No. The rationale is in the Bible, just not expressly stated. Separation from all that is good is to go to hell. An act that willfully separates us from God is sin. To sin in a way that, at the time of our death has separated us from God and we being eternal beings, we have chosen to separate ourselves from all that is good forever. The Church has come to the understanding more recently that remorse and forgiveness are things some people who try to commit suicide, die, and become resuscitated have experienced. So, as a result, the Church says they don’t know one way or the other.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

According to a religious person I know, this is true only when it is not a case of mental illness or coercion. So basically never, but maybe in a case where someone commits suicide specifically in order to harm someone else.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The closest the Bible says to this is "God will not give you more than you can bear," so if you kill yourself in difficult times you're giving up too easy. That's how I read it anyway.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean it is talked about that it is somewhere in the Bible that talks about this (But it is popular belief that they do go to hell, even if we cant prove it)

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Uhhhh...no. One of the Big 10 was "do not kill"...pretty sure that means yourself, also.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well it does say the only way to heaven in through Jesus, so a suscide would be going your own way... Even if it is true the god I love would forgive, you commit sucside your head is in the wrong place and made a wrong choice. I believe that is forgivable. I also believe that there is nothing you can do that would deem eternal damnation....

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is making the very incorrect assumption that those who commit suicide are dying outside of faith. Severe untreated depression is a neurological phenomenon, not a choice.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s creepy how many people here believe in heaven and god. In 2022.

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Michelle S
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't worry Mew, we'll pray for you too. We expect nothing in return. I pray for your 2022.

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It is a mortal sin per Catholic teaching. However, JPII wrote/spoke of suicide as not always committed for selfish reasons, citing depression and other mental illnesses. However again, it is for the most part a mortal sin which is why euthanasia is such a dangerous social trend

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This is a controversial one. Because selfishness is a sin. Sin cannot enter heaven. Committing suicide is selfishness in most cases. Another way to look at it is that a spiritually healthy person won't want to take their own life. That's why helping suicidal people get to a mentally and spiritually healthy place is so important!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That most suicide is selfish is a highly subjective opinion and one that I strongly disagree with. Those that choose to end their life have often been in a desperate state for a long time without adequate support and sometimes genuinely believe that those around them wibe be better off without them - true or not, that is selfless, not selfish. One of the reasons suicidal people are reluctant to get help is because of the stigma attached to it - one of them is that it's selfish. Saying that it is helps nobody.

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered “Thou shalt hate the gays. Forget all of thy commandments specifically when dealing with queer folk, and thee will be blessed with a Facebook group.”

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Disciple: "should we love even gay people?" Jesus: "Yes, we should love even those who ask stupid questions"

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered The_Max_V wrote:
All those people that think they're better than the rest because they openly demonstrate they're SO religious? The Bible literally say to pray and worship In secret.

beththebookgirl responded:
And, if I remember correctly, to do good deeds privately.

giosaraiv replied:
Yup. "But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you." Mathew 6:3-4.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Doing good deeds should be in secret, as getting praise from others for them defeats the purpose. Celebrating God can be done in public, but it is often more powerful to worship with one or two people in private than publicly claiming you know the truth. In other words you can have more meaningful impact sharing the word of God through the way you treat others and live your life than being someone who constantly tells people they should be doing x,y,z because that is what God wants. (I don't know if that last part makes sense)

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered Most stuff about Satan and Hell. He doesn't actually show up that much in the Bible and most stuff about him is taken from other previous cultures like Hades. Most of what people think of Hell is from Dante's Inferno.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also! Lucifer is not the name of the Devil, It is a translation of the Hebrew word heh·lelʹ, literal meaning is “shining one.” Heh·lelʹ is not a name or a title but, a term describing the boastful position taken by Babylon’s dynasty of kings of the line of Nebuchadnezzar.

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered RodMunch85 wrote:
The seven deadly sins

Shadrach451 replied:
However, listed in Proverbs 6:16-19 are "Seven Things God Hates" and people should maybe pay some attention to those. These are almost definitely the source of what people later construed into The Seven Deadly Sins.

I should point out that Proverbs is not a book of the law, per say. So, it's not the same as calling these things "sins". But six things "The Lord Hates" and Seven he Detests should not be taken lightly.

Proverbs 6:16
There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.

I feel like these are particularly meaningful in today's world, and Christians especially should be paying attention. There is a strong emphasis on that last item. It's highlighted in the wording. Stirring up conflict in the community is directly in opposition to the nature of God, and that sort of division is deeply embedded in our American culture right now. God hates division.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One thing I find funny as an atheist is that according to the christian bible some of us are closer to God in our ways than a lot of those who call themselves christians today. No disrespect intended. Please forgive my english - from Sweden.

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered So many Christian and Non-Christian alike get “goodness” and “worthiness” wrong. People somehow got to thinking that being Christian makes you good and that believing Jesus makes you somehow less fallible or more worthy in some regard. The entire Christian belief is that humans and humanity is so completely corrupted and beyond redemption by themselves that they required Jesus to come to atone for their sins. That doesn’t mean that they’re inherently better once they believe in Jesus nor does it believe they have increased worth amongst humans as a result. Christians should be the ones who recognize that they’re the beyond redemption and need Jesus and should NOT be parading their beliefs as if they’re better than someone who doesn’t believe the same thing. This is entirely contradictory to the entire purpose of Jesus in the Christian lore. Even still, Christians use their beliefs as a prop to hate on Abortion Clinics or for some to even go on “mission trips” to people less fortunate with a seriously effed up attitude that “I’m better than them and they need my service”. I see it all the time. It’s their moment to be better than someone and it sickens me to see people pretend to be better in the name of Christianity.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dude. Thank you. I have been talking about this for yrs . Mostly bcuz I grew up kinda poor n I went to a very good catholic school (my grandma left the Catholic school tuition $ in a trust for us when she died bcuz she was very religious n demanded we learn the ways of the lord) so I had to go to school with all the rich kids. N don't get me wrong I got a very good education but I was treated like a charity case. Ppl would bring me their old clothes, announce it to the class like they were the nicest ppl for doing so, PARENTS DID THIS S**T TOO! N all the other parents/students would be like "omg Karen, you're such a good Catholic.. god is going to reward u for being so compassionate." the biggest problem was that WE WERENT THAT POOR nor did my family EVER ask for a damn thing from ppl. Nor did we announce we weren't wealthy. We just lived in a small house so everyone assumed we needed to be their charity show Pony. It was so disgusting n so embarrassing. Also....

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered That people become Angels when they die. Nope.

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered That Satan is in any way in charge of torture in hell.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The word hell in Hebrew didn’t exist, Sheol translates best as grave. It was a place for the dead. “ the dead know nothing at all… all memory of them is forgotten” Ecc 9:5. In the Greek scriptures the term ‘fiery Gehenna’ is used. Gehenna was a literal place outside the gates of Jerusalem where refuse was burned, as well as the carcasses of animals that had been used in sacrifice or ones that were diseased etc. Everyone was familiar with it. On occasion, criminals were given the severest punishment by having their bodies burned there too, AFTER their death. This was severe as Jews carried a lot of significance with burials. It represented they were destroyed, eternally, and likened to refuse. Whenever the Greek scriptures refer to someone going to fiery Gehenna, it represented this shameful cremation after death. It never had any meaning whatsoever to torture, being burned alive, or their soul being held in an afterlife.

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered Kind of a reverse of the question, but a lot of people pretend that "taking the Lord's name in vain" isn't about using other people's faith against them in order to acquire ridiculous wealth, privilege, and power. God most certainly does not approve of people like Joel Osteen and Kenneth Copeland and any of the other mega millionaire preachers but tons of Christians ignore it because it's "spreading Christianity".

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

that's from the old testament. Jews are not permitted to say the name of god aloud. they use other terms, like calling him god or lord

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered That Eve eats an “apple”

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered CaesarWrap said:
That god wants your sports team to win.

PokemonMaster619 responded:
Leviticus 15:22. “And the Lord said, “Go, Lions!”

CaesarWrap , Daniel Lewis Report

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Queenie-Poo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always found this idea to be among the most annoying (which, just to clarify, is different from hateful). Obsessed sports fans are annoying enough; adding God to the mix is just stupid.

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered The levels of hell. Dante wrote about his journey through hell. The levels are not biblical.

maruffin , Jill Report

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered God helps those who help themselves, that actually comes from the Greek myths, Aesop’s fable "Hercules and the Waggoner." where a guy was having trouble with a muddy road and was praying Hercules for help, Hercules appeared and told him how to help himself, the moral being thee gods help those who help themselves.

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered "Neither a borrower nor a lender be"

I have had a minister 'quote' that to me as a Bible quote.

It's from Hamlet.

Edit: Lots of comments about the bible having stuff like this. Yes I know but a quote is a quote and from a christian professional you would at least expect an accurate quote from the bible but this is as wrong as quoting Hamlet and saying "Alas Poor Yorik, I knew him well"

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The English language is liberally sprinkled with words invented by Shakespeare and with many of his pithy writings that have become our sayings.

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered "Not all who wander are lost."

-Tolkien 29:17

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered The vegan teacher says that being vegan is being closer to God because he doesn't want animals to die even though God was the first one to murk an animal

iwillgiveyouup , Max Kiesler Report

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered My brother has a friend that will argue with you that Jesus said in the Bible "Do as I say, not as I do".

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered el_muerte17 wrote:
"This, too, shall pass" isn't in the Bible at all.

meowtiger replied:
for clarity: it most likely originated from one of three noted 11th-13th century persian poets

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered That Noah took two of each animal into the Ark.

He took 14: 7 male and 7 female of clean creatures and only a pair of unclean animals.

Gen 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

Give that he sacrificed one of each of the clean animals that would be quite a facepalm if he only had a pair.

Gen 8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The entire flood story is pure hogwash when they try to make it seem like the entire world was submerged...I'd like to know what they meant by the "entire world"....

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered That angels are humans with wings. They're not. As far as I remember there are some depictions of them in the Revelation but not in much detail (I'm pretty sure that the four animals next to the throne aren't angels, but I may be wrong on that).

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The biblical angel is some circling Sauron with many eyes, rings and wings.

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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered Pythia007 said:
That Jesus said anything about children suffering. “Suffer the children to come unto me” means to allow them.

mcoombes314 responded:
Yeah, the word "suffer" is a weird one where the meaning has changed so much that it doesn't make sense in modern English. Same goes with "thou shalt not suffer a witch to live".

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would be willing to bet that Jesus never ever said the words 'suffer' or 'children'. Pretty sure he spoke Aramaic.

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