@3mvvd@AxadJimco The justification comes down to a saint writing, but like I said it's complicated and not something we really focus on. It's not on our reading cycles.
@3mvvd@AxadJimco In the Church, we have a slight complicated history with Revelation. It's not in our lectionaries, but it's in our canon. We won't say to not read it, just be careful to understand what you are about to read. Outside of that all I was doing was showing that it's a sword, not fire
@3mvvd@AxadJimco Are you good? All I was doing was explaining the context. That the AI was visualizing an actual passage, which really should not be taken in a literal way. I also expressed how much I don't like people using AI to visualize Jesus. I wasn't using John to make any point.
One question we Muslims need to confront:
Why do some of us insist that every rule from 7th-century Arabia must still apply exactly as it did then?
Child marriage. Slavery. Concubinage. Apostasy and blasphemy punishments. Religious discrimination.
Not every historical ruling has to be treated as an eternal principle.
So why are we afraid to evolve? Why are we still dragging the 7th century into a world that no longer exists?
Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico’s pastor (PCUSA) preaches during his Easter sermon that Jesus NEVER rose bodily from the dead and that he does NOT believe in a literal resurrection.
We Muslims need to stop defending child marriage in the name of religion.
A child is not a wife.
A child is not a sexual outlet.
A child is not a test of your religious loyalty.
Protect children first. Defend interpretations later.
@mls_kp Misrepresenting a Christian apologist? Surely not.
Michael never said the Ottomans were Romans. His claim is more narrow and historically accurate. They claimed to be the continuation of the Roman Empire.