Jesusfreakos (no matter what the denomination) all pick and choose the parts of their bible most convenient for them, and either ignore any inconvenient bits....or reinterpret that content to their satisfaction. That precedent was set way back when the bible was first being codified, via the innumerable ecumenical councils, and has never faltered.
The problem is some of the parts of the Bible are so loosely translated, it becomes impossible to understand what the meaning is. A good example is marriage: no sex before marriage. It sounds great if we lived in a 100% White Christian nation, but we dont. So now we have one side trying to apply strict Biblical ideals and the other side just makes up rules as they go. The end result is Christians are losing more ground, as the commies keep winning, because whenever Christians lose their first reaction is to pray, and do absolutely nothing. It gets very frustrating to see
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