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fucking rekt lmao

edit: I have seen this same kind of southern grandma. and I promise you Mimi don't give a fuck, it's only about taxes lmao

I shouldn't have responded to you in such a childish way. I would like to extend my apologies. And hope for your forgiveness.

So, I'm kinda baity when it comes to talking religion. Partially, because I have a family member who is an antagonistic atheist. He constantly talks about how much smarter than me, he is. Because he doesn't believe in a god. I do. So, that makes me a fool, supposedly. But after almost half my life has gone by, I have found more peace, tranquility, and community than ever before. My church houses different sects, and religions to hold services. We celebrate our differences and compare our love and our holy sacraments and meld them together into something beautiful. It's incredible how similar we all are. We almost all agree that we serve the same entity. And that service is to provide love, care, needs, and anything else someone in our local community needs. These are the kind of things, that I think are beautiful.

With all that said, I know I'm somewhat biased by my own upbringing. I had a very pentecostal family and it was very much fire and brimstone. So much so, that I developed severe depression disorder since 8 and I've had it since. Can't seem to shake it lol. But there's so much beauty in all the hate and evil that has entered my life. They made me, me. And so, I thank G-d for that.

I just want all of us to get along, have peaceful disagreements and show that the world is a beautiful place. (and I am no longer afraid to die tee hee). I know, I am not a paragon of this, you can look into my comment history and see. It's most commonly about religion that I get heated, but failure is only the price of progress.

I mean, that's fair, but atrocities are everywhere. It seems that what you are advocating for is no atrocities. Which, I feel ya. It's bad across history lmao

Unless, you're only referring to atrocities attributed to religion. Then I would have to ask, why? What makes religion the outlier?

Thanks for responding! I'm really appreciating this discussion!

Well, it depends. Judaism and Christianity have kind of a hold on the capital G.

Why is that? I'm just curious to hear your perspective. To me, if someone is invested in something spiritually, assisting them in living a full, loving life, there is no harm.

Hebrew tradition, that I like. I believe in Samsara, in a way. So, for all the religions in the world, I believe there is truth and guidance and I follow the tenets that I feel bring me closer to the driving life force of the world.

It's a very long, old way to say, Israel was horny for other gods from surrounding states. I don't believe they individually mean anything.

I'M SO SORRY!!! I'M DUMB. I think I understand where you're coming from. Referring to King Josiah's reign in which Samaria was pretty much excluded further, which inevitability led to some bad tensions. He compiled the books into the official canon and told Samaria to basically eat it lol. Every great king in the bible is terrible lmao. Love it.

edit: I was narrow mindedly, only considering the offical Hebrew Bible perspective, whereas you were considering the broader Judaism that was prevelant in Samaria. early-early Judaism is so wild

Abram does it once in Egypt saying, "Say you are my sister, for you are beautiful and if you say you are my wife, they will kill me." There's no explicit language stating that Pharaoh took her to bed, but it could be inferred, in light of the following text.

Then Abraham does the same shit with Sarah at Gerar. There it is explicitly stated Abimelech does not take her, and is given 1000 pieces of silver (to the brother) during the exchange.

So weird to obscure that story in such a way. It's okay to not know things. If you didn't know, no need to respond. If you did know, then why lie?

are you referring to Ishmael? If so, the cuckholding was against G-d's will.

The books that were "rewritten" were the kings of Israel were ranked according to adherence to Deuteronomy Law. The prophetical books remained untouched, I believe. At a quick glance at my books, I don't see anything about rewriting prophecy. Would you mind sharing your knowledge?