Ash on Nostr: Some verses of scripture are read through a lens too sensational, emotional. At the ...

Some verses of scripture are read through a lens too sensational, emotional.

At the time of writing, thoughts were associated with the heart and emotion with the lower abdomen.

Therefore, understand verses with 'heart' as meaning 'mind'--and 'bowels' as meaning today's 'heart'.

"But my heart tells me that--" Stop that. Study. Don't "vibe check." You're not a dousing rod.