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I looked up 8:65 because it irked me, and it says: (Link)
The others are also similarily reduced - so i'd say these "translations" above are not accurate because they have been shortened as far as possible, but they capture the gist of it.
Edit: 8:60 says for example:
9:30 ff:
Not exactly "perverts", that is not what this says, and this specific passage also does not mention fighting. But it's also not exactly a nice view of others, and other parts are very vocal about what to do with disbelievers.
for example at 22:16 - 22:21
That last bit sounds like the lake of fire in the Bible: a threat of posthumous torture rather than instructions for the living.
It's for sure interpretable that way. That is the problem with all of this ancient scripture - we do not have enough context to really know what they meant.
I was discussing this - of all places - under a Jućika comic a few weeks back. We don't even have enough common era knowledge to 100% make sure to understand comic strips from Hungary in the 60's after the Tankies arrived, how could we ever interpret something thousands of years old with a high degree of confidence?
Err on the side of not beheading people!
You are correct. It's a long text with many parts, so you can make it say anything by conveniently picking your quotes.