Nah. Most of the folks you're talking about have never read it.
The problem is power. Folks want control of the world, over other people. They use whatever they can to get it. Organized religion is one example. So is money.
If every religion vanished, the problem would remain.
I see by the capitals and everything that you wrote that you are not interested in conversation. I’ve read the Bible multiple times and yep, it says what you quoted and a lot of other things. One thing it does say as well is that you will find exactly what you’re looking for. The Bible is a mirror.
It's not the Bible... it's the way the right weaponize passages to mean what they promote... they skip over the parts where Jesus tosses those guys out of the Temple
There are plenty of churches that do preach it just as there's plenty that don't. The biggest problem comes from the "sheep" not trying to read and understand anything on their own... just waiting for someone to tell them what to think. It's how ultra conservative church-cults function.
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The problem is power. Folks want control of the world, over other people. They use whatever they can to get it. Organized religion is one example. So is money.
If every religion vanished, the problem would remain.
Also it doesn't make it okay that many people use the Bible to take people's rights away.