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Re:Ask HN: What book changed your life? by tpoacher on Sunday March 20, 2022 @06:06AM (#30741445)
I'm not saying the 'legal' books shouldn't be part of the bible because they have 'no theological value'.

I'm saying that when a hollywood actor in a film makes fun of christians and says something like "oh go sacrifice a goat like it says in your bible", they are willfully misrepresenting those verses as "cherry-picking your beliefs and conveniently leaving out the goat stuff", when in fact typically they're quoting verses of legal/historical significance, rather than of a dogmatic/theological nature.

Re:Ask HN: What book changed your life? by goto11 on Sunday March 20, 2022 @08:56AM (#30742255)
> typically they're quoting verses of legal/historical significance, rather than of a dogmatic/theological nature

This distinction dos not make sense. The laws in the Bible is literally given by God.

Re:Ask HN: What book changed your life? by v-erne on Sunday March 20, 2022 @06:35AM (#30741557)
Hold on a minute - You lost me here - how can description of animal sacriface on na altar not have theological nature?