Please also annotate the verses that are misquoted or taken out of context to be used for oppression. For example 1 Timothy 2:9-10 is often used to shame women for not dressing modestly when the verses are referring to extravagance of the clothing not how revealing it is.

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If you got the time, go for it! If pastors do it for sermons then you can absolutely do it for yourself. Honestly I would also consider this as an academic study, annotating takes critical thinking to go beyond surface implications. Also if anyone pitches a fit over it, the sermon thing but also there’s far more destructive things people have done, reading a text and taking notes is the tamest option.

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I recommend looking into the context around the passages you read, a lot of them are taken out of context when they’re actually talking to certain audiences or result from a specific situation. looking at multiple translations for lines you think are weird is also fun

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There’s a lot more that’s simply taken out of context than actually trying to oppress women and minorities. In fact, they frequently and purposefully misinterpreted, including numerous passages where there are gay, lesbian, crossdressing, and probably trans people that have been whitewashed by organized religion. The Bible is not the problem, organized religion is.

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This is actually one of my favorite things to do. If you read the Bible, you should also get the books that aren’t canonized, like Mary Magdalene’s book. I go down theological rabbit holes all the time

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Ngl Ive wanted to do the same to call out hypocrisy tbh. I got a really good lecture from this woman about a month ago about the history of the bible (she was an ex-Catholic, I was raised Baptist but quickly realized how hypocritical it was as a kid so I’ve never really practiced) and it was so insightful and called out the hypocrisy of even the creation of the KJV bible. I couldn’t do the lecture any justice but I told her she should be a professor cause it was really insightful

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Go in with an open mind and it’ll make you cry so be prepared 🫡

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I love reading the Bible for fun in literary analysis I love biblical allusions way! Go for it!

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Do itttt

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PLEASE!!! I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS

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