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  • (Score: 2) by meustrus on Monday January 16 2017, @04:18PM

    by meustrus (4961) on Monday January 16 2017, @04:18PM (#454401)

    Not really. There are so many different tones and purposes that it's like you're reading a whole different book every several pages. Which actually you are. I find the extended genealogies of ancient Israelites in Numbers to be absolutely fascinating </sarcasm>. That's mixed in with mythical history, parables, chronicled history, poetry, social commentary on ancient societies, foundational texts for a completely different religion, and a bunch of random letters.

    Honestly, if you actually were reading it you'd know that your zinger makes absolutely no sense.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Thursday January 19 2017, @08:47PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Thursday January 19 2017, @08:47PM (#456216) Journal

    My favorite is how Abraham, the guy the Abrahamic religions are named after, ran a scheme whereby he pimped out his wife, saying she was his sister, and then blackmailed the guys who had slept with her (apparently adultery was a capital offense in those parts, then). What a role model.

    Then there's men having sex with their daughters, which is apparently OK because it was the daughters' idea.

    Also, it's perfectly OK for Jews to practice genocide on everybody else to clear land for them to live on after the exodus, because they're god's chosen people. So what they're doing to the Palestinians now is merely Mark II or Mark III of that plan.

    The Old Testament appalls me, and paints an awful picture of the Israelites, who reckoned themselves the holiest people on Earth. When I read it I find myself wondering whether we couldn't somehow swap in a more benign group like the Bhutanese.

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