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Writer's pictureBible Brian

Stop "reinterpreting" (twisting) scripture!


Personally, I will never understand the mentality that says "I disagree strongly with the Bible, but if I play around with it a bit, I can make it agree with me, while simultaneously maintaining that it's wrong". For example, I remember one time, I shared an article on Facebook. It was an Answers in Genesis article about transgenderism. One particularly vehement atheist found it and commented with a single Bible verse. I can't remember which verse it was (though I remember it was Old Testament, as I remember pointing out that the Jews certainly never interpreted it that way), but it had nothing to do with transgenderism. So, literally all I replied with was "correct". However, about 5 minutes later, I received a notification telling me the same atheist had commented on the same post. What she had done was deleted the original comment, then commented with the same verse, but she also added a little commentary. This time, rather than posting it alone, she had decided to explain why, in her view, the Jewish scriptures were supportive of transgenderism.


Of course, the scriptures are not especially supportive of the LGBT agenda. A summary of scripture's opinions on LGBT issues is this: LGBT is sin, those engaged in it need to repent and confess Jesus as Lord. You will not find one pro-LGBT verse in the entire Bible. This, of course, is why the faithful have always opposed LGBT, right up until this day.


Now, if you are an atheist, you're obviously not going to take your moral cues from the Bible. And that's absolutely fine. It makes sense that if you don't believe a book, you don't accept its instructions. What makes no sense, however, is to attempt to "reinterpret" (i.e. twist) that book to make it line up with your beliefs. That is, unless you know that as much as you disagree with that book, you shouldn't.


See, personally, I am quite content to fully reject that with which I disagree. You won't see me trying to reinterpret the Qur'an, for example. The Qur'an says Jesus is not the Son of God, but I don't believe the Qur'an, so I have no motive to lie and show Muslims where I think it does say Jesus is the Son of God. I simply reject the Qur'an, and I'm perfectly content with that. I even strongly encourage Muslims to join me in that rejection. Why, then, do unbelievers (not just atheists) so often seek to reinterpret the Bible to fit in with their beliefs, even when it blatantly doesn't?


Answer: Because they aren't content with their unbelief. It's all a part of the great spiritual war. Satan wants to wreak as much havoc as possible, and so when he can't take people out of the Church, he wants to put his venom in. So, naturally, unbelievers have a similar approach. The Christian faith is here to stay, so why not try to dilute it? Especially since, along with it, it brings the conviction of sin. People who disagree with scripture will never be able to escape the niggling feeling that they are in the wrong. Their favorite sins, against which scripture does preach, are so precious to them that they cannot stand to hear God say "repent". The solution? Claim God never said repent. Or at least, claim God told Christians not to preach repentance.


But this conviction was designed for your good, because the reality is you do need to repent. You are not content in your unbelief because your unbelief is wrong, and instinctively, you know it. So why resist? Why maintain your iatrophobia? Repent, and confess Jesus as Lord, for He received your death so that you may join Him in His resurrection. Your sin is not so precious as to be worth the constant conviction, followed by death and eternal punishment, that it brings.

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