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[–] xpey@piefed.social 60 points 4 days ago

I mean, have you read the bible?

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 57 points 4 days ago

It contains NSFW content, it gets tagged as such.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago

Have you actually read the bible? If anyone takes tagging for sex, crime, and violence seriously, of course they will block the bible. Just because your pastor skips the offending parts does not mean they don't exist. Same applies to the Quran.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 46 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

This is correct and appropriate.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 40 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The alternative is having an exemption for religious texts. If the Bible was judged by the standards of secular literature, it would not be made available to children.

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The alternative is having an exemption for religious texts.

People would protest this by claiming 50 shades is their religious text or something

[–] ExperiencedWinter@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

To me this is a feature for Freedom of Religion, not a bug.

[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 36 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No religious text should ever be taught to any child.

[–] cardfire@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

To be fair, these children also shouldn't be at work, but I agree with the sentiment.

[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 26 points 4 days ago

My god, have you read Genesis? There's some sick shit going on, drugging people to have sex with them... That kind of conversation damn well wouldn't fly at my workplace.

[–] femur@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 days ago

tbf they kind of are NSFW

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 days ago

Seems reasonable

[–] mormund@feddit.org 3 points 3 days ago

While these text obviously depict violence in a plethora of ways, it once again shows how flawed "NSFW" is as a catch all label. As a priest the bible is obviously safe for work. For a sex worker porn and sex toys are safe for work, etc. We as society should learn to use more useful content warnings everywhere.

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

This is an insult to erotic literature. The Bible has an automatic censor built in. It's boring as fuck to actually read it. No one reads that shit.