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    Isn’t “I” also a pronoun? Making this sentence 2/3 pronouns.

    At least that’s how it works in my native tongue.

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      Dang, the pronoun discussion has lead me to forget that pronouns include I, we and they. I’ll make use of this.

      “What are your pronouns?”

      “I / me”

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        “They” is preferred for people unsure which or none. I think if you tell them you’re hung and have the right the jeans, it’s all good.

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      Pretty sure Jesus didn’t speak english though. Some people in bible belt might disagree.

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        I of course don’t speak ancient languages, but I believe pronouns existed 2000 years ago too.

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          Yes, but some languages can drop the pronoun in favor of some other linguistic construct. For example in finnish 'I am driving" can be said “minä ajan” but “minä”(I) can be dropped completely to just “ajan” because base word for driving is “ajaa” and when I am doing it, it is inflected to “ajan”

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            That’s also true of Estonian and Spanish, but in the case of “I am he”, you’d shorten away the actor, but not the target of the action, so you’d keep one pronoun still at least.

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              Also the whole theoretical discussion is pointless because we probably have a guess of jesus’ native language and knowledge of pronoun system in it

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            Hahahaha! I saw (or in southern baptist i think to be correct i seen) this movie on the amazon prime all about how he got born again into other babies in the Mexico. Ripped out that baby’s eyes they kept on doing. Who knows? Might be a true story. We’re all here praising the lawdy lawdy wasting our time. At least i got crackers and pimiento cheese and a porch to sit on.

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    Forgot the next bit!

    ‭John 18:6 ESV‬

    When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

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      Some languages just don’t have any genders which is better

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        Armenian and Persian are the main Indo European languages that don’t have even gendered pronouns. English got halfway there by dropping gendered nouns. The original Indo European language gender was based on if something had a spirit or not, not male or female. It changed into that binary selection early enough that even Sanskrit is gendered with male/female nouns

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    Isn’t the capital H in He referring to God? Ie: “I am God”. Making it a noun (person, place or thing) rather than a pronoun in this instance?

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          Looking this passage up the “he” is not capitalized in the several I checked.

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            Depends on the translation, obviously since the greek doesn’t have capital letters.

            Textus Receptus:

            απεκριθησαν αυτω ιησουν τον ναζωραιον λεγει αυτοις ο ιησους εγω ειμι ειστηκει δε και ιουδας ο παραδιδους αυτον μετ αυτων

            KJV italicises it

            ‭John 18:5 KJV‬

            They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.

            NASB capitalises it

            They answered Him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He *said to them, “I am He.” And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them.

            NIV, ESV and USNT don’t

            “Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “I am he,” Jesus said. (And Judas the traitor was standing there with them.)

            They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.

            ‭“Jesus o Nazareth,” the’ reponed. “A be hïm,” qo he. (An Judas tha bethrayer wus stud thonner alang wi thaim.)

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    Only demons use pronouns:

    My name is legion and my pronouns are they/them

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    This cute boy served me a beer today at the bar. He liked me and told me was FTM. I came in my pants for Jesus.

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    Tbf also applies to “progressives” calling God “she” lol

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      Can’t say I’ve ever heard that, but I also have to chuckle at the idea of an omnipotent, omniscious, omnipresent, primordial entity that preceded all creation and being a force of nature unto itself having a gender at all.

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            Deuteronomy 13:12

            And He said, ‘the warming of the Earth shall not come to pass, for The Lord hath given thee Monster Trucks to roam its flat surface.’ And they believed him, for He was pandering, and they would believe anything to feel they owned the Libs

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              Sorry, one sec, I just need to… copy that… no… no, select all… SELECT ALL… SELECT-FUCK! okay… okay got it… copy that… paste that… here…

              Save…

              fuck-these-dipshits/deutsftw.txt…

              Awesome. Cool, have a gooden!

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          America was not in the Bible. Hot Dogs were not in the Bible. Fireworks were not in the Bible. The constitution was not in the Bible. The second amendment was not in the Bible.

          If these things are so good, yada yada…

          My mother also talked about how one of the disciples died by being crucified upside down. Not only is this not in the Bible, the particular piece of literature describing the event never actually said he died.

          I started enjoying the Bible in the same capacity someone enjoys Lord of the Rings or Dune. In doing so, I’ve 1) found it easier to read, and 2) found some certified gangster moments, like David holding up a piece of cloth to Saul and essentially going “coulda killed you in your sleep, biatch”

          I’m digressing. Point is, these people have never actually read the Bible. They pretend to have, but they haven’t. To be fair, it’s a piece of literature so dense it makes Shakespeare look like Flake chocolate, but fuck…

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            Yeah, that’s actually what I pointed it out to illustrate.

            They’re running people dumber than the contestants of Fuckboy Island and with fewer scruples than the contestants of i dunno, Survivor? 🤷

            A great example is Elise Stefanik:

            5 years ago, basically nobody outside of her district had ever heard of her.

            Then she ignored reality more blatantly and more obnoxiously at the hearings preceding one of Trump’s impeachments than anyone except maybe Gym Jordan and Mark Meadows and people started talking about how she’s “a rising star of the Republican Party”

            Now she’s the chair of the House Republican Conference and one of the favorites for the Mango Mussolini’s VP pick 🤦

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              Of course she is, she’s a good little lapdog spewing the shit they want people to hear.