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Hey, I know we're dunking on Vance, but you should really try reading the Bible before making that claim. What you find might surprise you.
That’s what the catechism is for. It’s already been interpreted and for Catholics. The Bible is just backstory full of plot holes.
Point taken. I'm not a religious guy and I'm sure there's plenty of old testament scripture that supports smiting the non-believers (which christophiles always point to as to why muslims are so gosh-darn violent), but Jesus was a lot more on the side of promoting peace than war, which was kind of the point the pope was trying to make. I don't believe any of it, but Vance claims to, and it is clear to me he just doesn't understand what he claims to believe.
That was really my only point and I guess I wasn't really very clear about it
Edit: fix typo
but a sword
Ah yeah, autocorrect that I didn't catch. I'll update
Right? If you can't find something in the bible to support whatever it is that you're doing, you probably just haven't looked hard enough. And you can also just start quoting from the 2000 years of 'religious scholars' if you really need to get something going.