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Credit to George Alexopoulos (GPrime85 on twitter) my absolute favorite right wing cartoonist (sh.itjust.works)
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Not joking by the way, this was made by a conservative artist

Original twitter post: https://twitter.com/GPrime85/status/1697222846030721336

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[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 62 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, if you want more fun, read them these two verses:

Exodus 21:12:

Anyone who assaults and kills another person must be put to death.

And Exodus 21:22:

When people who are fighting injure a pregnant woman so that she has a miscarriage but no other injury occurs, then the guilty party will be fined what the woman’s husband demands, as negotiated with the judges.

Then ask them why the punishment for killing a person is not the same as the punishment for causing a miscarriage.

After that, ask them why, if the Bible is the "inerrant" word of God, do some translations of that second verse use "miscarriage" while others say something more general like "caused a premature birth" instead? Because the meaning of that verse changes drastically depending on which way it's translated.

At this point, you'll probably be called a godless baby killer and uninvited from Thanksgiving dinner.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

After that, ask them why, if the Bible is the “inerrant” word of God, do some translations of that second verse use “miscarriage” while others say something more general like “caused a premature birth” instead? Because the meaning of that verse changes drastically depending on which way it’s translated.

According to Google Translate, the original Hebrew for just that phrase directly translates to "and her children went out," but with the full context of the verse it becomes "and her children are born." Make of that what you will.

I could translate it to "and she gets a black eye," but that doesn't make the word itself any less reliable, only my wrong translation. I don't know about the people you hang out with, but I'm pretty sure it's important for Christians to understand that human translations are prone to error.

[–] Cabrio@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Born, or birthed? A stillborn is still birthed. See, we can play this game for millenia, others already have.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I copied what Google Translate told me. I'm no expert on matters relating to birth. That's why I said "make of that what you will."

However, I do know that we have a lot more technical language than they did back then, so that's something to keep in mind.

[–] MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"¿Porque no los dos?" or... Why not borth?

[–] MeetInPotatoes@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

The people who downvoted this have no sense of humor. C'mon, "borth?"... objectively hilarious.