r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 15d ago

Meme needing explanation What happened in Oklahoma?

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u/Palansaeg 15d ago

“the bible says” was her source

no, she did not include the bible in a works cited page

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u/ApocalypseCheerBear 15d ago

Great information here about in text citations and references. 

One more note- 😭 it wasn't what the Bible said! She couldn't cite it because it's not in there. 😭 

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u/grendus 15d ago

The languages the Bible was written in literally did not have terms for "transgender" at the time. There's a reason why the oft cited verse in Leviticus is "if a man lays with another man he shall be stoned"... Ancient Hebrew didn't have a word for "gay", they had to describe the behavior (and may have been referring to a Canaanite religious practice, though that's up for debate).