Delegates at the denomination’s convention approved a stricter ban on female pastors and rejected the appeals of two churches led by women to remain in the denomination.

Yikes. There is quite a pattern developing in the religious right, in the US at least. We are turning back the clock folks.

  • DiachronicShear@beehaw.org
    11·
    2 years ago

    Now that’s the word of God. It’s eternal, unchanging

    Hasn’t the Bible been translated from Greek and Hebrew multiple times?

    • alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgMEnglish
      9·
      2 years ago

      also even Christians can’t agree on what it means–do you know how many fucking schisms Christianity has? (and don’t ask about the one which created the Southern Baptists…)

    • 10A@kbin.social
      2·
      2 years ago

      Yes, and some of them are pretty wacky translations. But the underlying word of God is unchanging.

      • DiachronicShear@beehaw.org
        3·
        2 years ago

        And didn’t the Catholic Church shuffle around what books were included in the Bible over the years? Like didn’t they take a bunch of books out?