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cqlahamin t1_j3hd6w0 wrote

John 3:16 - “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

Genesis 1:1 - “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.“

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[deleted] t1_j3hptk9 wrote

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Valyrian_Tinfoil t1_j3kmhmd wrote

This video logically defeats itself and forego’s the entire narrative of the Bible that they’re mocking for the sake of repeating the phrase “finely tuned”.

“The universe and most of the planet can’t support life.” then proceeds to show a plant growing out of a crack in the sidewalk…

Also, the vid is called Atheism Comedy, but it had zero humor in it lmao—mockery is just insulting if it’s not funny, not matter how “intellectual” you think the veneer of said mocking is.

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TeaandandCoffee t1_j3kvx8c wrote

A planet ain't comparable to a bloody sidewalk.

I do trust there's likely no comedy in the video

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LickingAWindow t1_j3juhwa wrote

Oooo aren't you all cool and edgy

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ar243 t1_j3kz6my wrote

Reddit atheists have got to be the most annoying people to inhabit the planet

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jamine3 t1_j3lbdop wrote

is that it? wow... thought it would be profound. ive smelled farts that provoked more thought

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bizkitmaker13 t1_j3hoe9e wrote

XD Ezekiel 25:17 made the list. I know basically nothing of the bible except that.

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mattmelb69 t1_j3jz59i wrote

Ha, if there was going to be a verse from Ezekiel, I would have guessed 23:20 (“she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys, and whose emission was like that of horses”)

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Zombieattackr t1_j3ii9a2 wrote

Fr tho, best use of a Bible quote I’ve ever seen in a movie.

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insufferableninja t1_j3k1rl2 wrote

It was rewritten and extended by Tarantino.

Here the actual verse: >I will carry out great vengeance on them and punish them in my wrath. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I take vengeance on them

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Zombieattackr t1_j3k2ber wrote

Yeahh I know, but still, it’s a great quote, and it’s heavily Bible inspired at the very least.

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lovely_ginger t1_j3k4kbb wrote

Yeah it’s not a real Biblical quote though… at best it’s a paraphrased compilation of several different verses.

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alsimoneau t1_j3hld4f wrote

It would be nice to have the verse written somewhere, otherwise this doesn't tell you anything.

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brooklynscholar t1_j3hcq79 wrote

stone cold steve austin is to be credited with 3:16

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somethinggoeshere11 t1_j3hquga wrote

I came here for Ezekiel 25:17.

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meeyeam t1_j3irdjj wrote

And I came here for a Big Kahuna Burger.

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Proper_Lawfulness_37 t1_j3hniv7 wrote

You know what you rarely see bible thumpers preaching? Matthew 19:24.

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Flaky-Builder-1537 t1_j3iirle wrote

That was the first bible verse I memorized as a kid, my dad always told me it was an important one to keep in your heart. Wealth isn’t necessarily a bad thing its just what you do with it and if it changes you. Unfortunately its easy to be corrupted when you become extraordinary wealthy.

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charleychaplinman21 t1_j3jwfua wrote

I love Matthew 19:22. Right before JC said this, a rich kid “went away sad,” then he turns to his disciples and delivers the camel line.

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igotnocandyforyou t1_j3hyrph wrote

Difficult but not impossible. The eye of a needle was just a low height door at the bottom of a fortification. Edit: I now know this is not true. Thanks reddit.

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1000010100011110 t1_j3ia1n0 wrote

Yo that's a bs rationalization made by people who don't want to believe that Jesus meant what he said about wealth. The whole idea of the metaphor of the camel and the eye of a needle is the absurdity and impossibility of such an action. Compare to a similar image that Jesus used when condemning some Pharisees for their hypocrisy about he Law: "You strain a gnat but swallow a camel"- the reference being to the practice of straining water for gnats to avoid ingesting the non-kosher insects, and that they do those sorts of things but violate major principles of the Law of Moses.

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Proper_Lawfulness_37 t1_j3jcd15 wrote

Cite your sources. What evidence do you have for it being a reference to a gate? Or is that just something you heard someone say? Because here’s a pretty sound argument, including textual analysis of the three gospels who mention it as well as an archaeological reference search to debunk that: https://classictheology.org/2021/10/12/through-the-eye-of-an-actual-needle-the-fake-gate-theory/

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igotnocandyforyou t1_j3js460 wrote

Thanks for the motivation to look this up. Amazing how someone told me about the small fortification entrance several years ago, but it was never true.

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mattmelb69 t1_j3jzrz1 wrote

I’ve also heard that the words for ‘camel’ and ‘rope’ are very similar, in both Greek and Aramaic; so it’s a pun, and a clever bilingual one at that.

Also, hyperbole was a big part of Jesus’ speaking style (eg “if your right hand offends you, cut it off” - Matt 5:30)

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DodgerWalker t1_j3i7usx wrote

Has Ecclesiastes never been quoted?

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quitegonegenie t1_j3j2tod wrote

You'd think it would have been. It was the basis for a major pop song in the '60s, "Turn! Turn! Turn!" by The Byrds.

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Charming_Television6 t1_j3j0gs8 wrote

Right! I was wondering the same thing. “A time for…” blah blah blah HAS to have been quoted. I wonder if it was omitted accidentally.

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mathgrrl t1_j3kd7v6 wrote

I was totally looking for Ecclesiastes, and am quite disappointed that it appears to be missing. So much beautiful poetry in that book.

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daird1 t1_j3kdo3y wrote

It has at least once that I can think of. The Dresden Files, Ghost Story.

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spicer2 OP t1_j3hcy3m wrote

Data source: COCA (Corpus of contemporary American English)

Tools used: Excel

Methodology: I'm most interested in applying data viz/data journalism techniques to areas that don't traditionally receive them. I was curious to see if there was a way to measure the relative cultural impact of different parts of the Bible and this is the best I came up with.

I looked up the name of each book in COCA with a wildcard, then scrolled down to find the verse with the highest tally. Obviously it's only a sample of all published media (even if a big one) and doesn't include sermons afaik, but I looking at this, I think it's a pretty good representation of the whole.

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TpMeNUGGET t1_j3iyyid wrote

There’s no way psalm 23 has been quoted less than 4 times. It’s been quoted in so many war movies, plus a Coolio song.

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lovely_ginger t1_j3k281i wrote

Yeah Psalm 23 is conspicuously missing, if the source is movies/TV/music; if the source is more news/commentary, then I’d expect Psalm 139 would make the list.

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HungHung_ t1_j3is6h6 wrote

Everyone who grew up in church knows John 3:16 by heart

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frodeem t1_j3hel4y wrote

Austin 3:16 - I just whipped your ass!

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CatchmanJ t1_j3jdas9 wrote

Is Ecclesiastes no longer a book?

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JPAnalyst t1_j3hf2vn wrote

What happens to John 3:16 data without football end zones? Can you rerun the numbers excluding that?

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KungFuHamster t1_j3hi7d8 wrote

I'm surprised I don't see Ezekiel 23:20 on there.

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d_willie t1_j3jrv5s wrote

Unfortunately it shares a book with the Pulp Fiction one. But it's a favourite for sure.

For the uninitiated:

"There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses."

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SmallIslandBrother t1_j3kqr1x wrote

Imaging have a package so impressive that it’s in the Bible along with how the world was created

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ThrowAway126498 t1_j3hvnlw wrote

Where’s the Golden Rule? I would have that it would be one of the more popular ones.

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SquiffSquiff t1_j3iqaga wrote

Well it would be Matthew 7:12 but it didn't make the chart according to OPs calculations

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Useful-Arm-5231 t1_j3in6ut wrote

It's not in the Bible, at least not in those exact words

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YouSummonedAStrawman t1_j3kimc7 wrote

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> Matthew 7:12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

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Useful-Arm-5231 t1_j3lg7t9 wrote

Thanks for that, I had always thought the golden rule came from another source, I was wrong.

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YouSummonedAStrawman t1_j3lqvs3 wrote

It’s such an easy look up? Why did you post so confidently if you didn’t know?

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Useful-Arm-5231 t1_j3lrafk wrote

It's something I actually thought I had heard before. I'm BLM, Borderline Mongloid. I apologize

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Bugsarecool2 t1_j3hvxce wrote

Joel represents well considering most Christians don’t even know it exists!

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goldleader71 t1_j3jwvur wrote

They are all lower than I would expect.

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detective_bigfoot t1_j3k6apc wrote

Oy, where’s Maccabees? I didn’t know this was a Protestant sub.

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AgnosticAsian t1_j3kaygn wrote

I guess not everyone shares my interest in Psalms. Those verses vibe real hard.

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restore_democracy t1_j3hfftm wrote

Good old Haggai 2:23-

‘On that day,' declares the Lord of hosts, ‘I will take you, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, My servant,' declares the Lord , ‘and I will make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you,'" declares the Lord of hosts.

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The_Flint_Metal_Man t1_j3i720b wrote

Is the verse about horse cock on here? I can’t remember what it is.

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Alfalfa-Similar t1_j3i9p62 wrote

King james version? what version of the bible?

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deeseearr t1_j3j2irw wrote

The [Klingon Language Version], naturally. Everyone knows that KLV is the definitive one.

"vaD joH'a' vaj loved the qo', vetlh ghaH nobta' Daj wa' je neH puqloD, vetlh 'Iv HartaH Daq ghaH should ghobe' chIlqu', 'ach ghaj eternal yIn."

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JusMayhem t1_j3k1vci wrote

I had to write the Book of Job in it’s entirety as punishment in my catholic elementary school.

I was a mischievous kid so I wrote it a lot.

Can’t quote it to save my life but I remember the gist of the story better than anything else in that book lol

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thatdaude t1_j3nrbnd wrote

"And you remember ... Matthew ... 21:17"

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Yacobeam t1_j3ufbt0 wrote

Philippians 4:13 has to be more than that when Tim Tebow played at Florida

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Architectronica t1_j3hecj4 wrote

I would have expected Hosea 8:7 to be on this list.

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mariuszmie t1_j3kg4ot wrote

All meaningless ravings of bronze/iron/Middle Ages

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iamtherealandy t1_j3hr86p wrote

I love that the most “open minded” generations ever born are completely closed minded (or not interested) about this data.

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aaaanoon t1_j3i86g0 wrote

Off topic, but I'm curious if any libraries place the old and new testament in the fiction section?

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1000010100011110 t1_j3iatp1 wrote

No more than they would put the Odessey or the Upanishads in the fiction section. Much more likely to go in classic literature or religious subsections within nonfiction

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KiwasiGames t1_j3jj640 wrote

It’s not really fiction in the library sense. Fiction is designed to be read mostly for pleasure. The bible would most likely end up in a non fiction reference section on religion and/or myth.

Non-fiction generally doesn’t mean “scientifically true”. It’s more about why someone would read a book. Especially down the lower end of the Dewey scale you will find a lot of odd ducks.

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