Plaintiffs in the case want the right to challenge deportations to countries other than their own because of the risk of persecution, torture or death.
The trick is taking things out of context, picking and choosing tenets, using deliberately disingenuous interpretations, and historically, disregarding entire scriptures as not ‘canon’. It’s a very malleable document in devious hands. It can be fun to quote it back into their stupid faces though, so, even as an atheist, a working knowledge of the thing can come in handy.
I was watching some YouTube video the other night, and they made the point that ancient scripture isn’t special just because it’s ancient. It’s basically civilization’s cringey teenage diary. We’ve grown up a bit since then, you’d hope.
The trick is taking things out of context, picking and choosing tenets, using deliberately disingenuous interpretations, and historically, disregarding entire scriptures as not ‘canon’. It’s a very malleable document in devious hands. It can be fun to quote it back into their stupid faces though, so, even as an atheist, a working knowledge of the thing can come in handy.
I was watching some YouTube video the other night, and they made the point that ancient scripture isn’t special just because it’s ancient. It’s basically civilization’s cringey teenage diary. We’ve grown up a bit since then, you’d hope.