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“332) Red Letter Bibles Red Letter bibles are standard bibles that have the words that Jesus spoke in a red font. This is to distinguish his statements from that of any other person or the comments of the author. The theory behind this is that what Jesus spoke most accurately depicts the true Christian doctrine, which was potentially contaminated by the extraneous details and comments added by Paul and the authors of the other epistles and the gospels. Christians who use these bibles are often called Red Letter Christians, who tend to be more liberal and socially conscious than other Christians. However, there are problems with this approach. For one, the existent ancient manuscripts do not contain quotation marks, so it is somewhat ambiguous and open to interpretation in certain texts whether a statement is being made by Jesus or is simply a comment being made by the author. Also, it is obvious that Jesus did not have a scribe writing down his every word, so when the gospels were written 30+ years later, it is highly dubious that his words could have been reproduced accurately. So what is commonly claimed to be the words of Jesus are more likely contemporary political and religious discourses put into his mouth. For this reason, the base upon which Christianity stands is very wobbly.” Religion teaches people to detest gray areas, hate gray areas, loathe gray areas, abhor gray areas, abominate gray areas, execrate gray areas, regard gray areas with contempt, contempt for gray areas, shrink from gray areas, be repelled by gray areas, find gray areas intolerable, deplore gray areas, dislike gray areas, scorn gray areas, disdain gray areas, slight gray areas, look down on gray areas, pour/heap scorn on gray areas, deride gray areas, scoff at gray areas, jeer at gray areas, sneer at gray areas, mock gray areas, revile gray areas, spurn gray areas, shun gray areas, contemn gray areas, and disrelish gray areas. Gray areas give me the freedom to embrace the gray areas of life, to not be a complete control freak,and to remain in empathy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/support