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Showcasing the brazen and nouveau in English communication.

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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 37 points 3 weeks ago

Oh please, the guy isn't even introduced until like 3/4 into the story.

[–] PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

God’s ghost writers rarely get credited.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago

That's Holy Ghost writers

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Whoops, that's because humans make mistakes but God doesn't so anything that's wrong in the Bible is the fault of humans, not the omnipotent being that can't make mistakes.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago

Pretty simple trick to distinguish the two possible authors that works for any verse, learned from a lifetime of Christian study:

  • If you agree, it was 100% written by God.

  • If you disagree, 100% written by fallible humans.

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Really kind of a Mary-Sue kind of character, too.

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

They got a real messiah complex.

[–] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

He's the sort of guy you just can't keep nailed down.

[–] SGG@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This comment may make some people cross.

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

I wash my hands of this whole thread.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 4 points 3 weeks ago

He knows what he did.

[–] Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'm in college English and this is all wrong.

You quote the names of articles, for books you either italicize or underline, it should be:

In God's The Bible,

[–] FluidBeef@quokk.au 3 points 3 weeks ago

Kid has a point.

[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

That really is the main take away. Few people notice though! They get hung up on the other stuff