lovepeacenquiet@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 19 hours agoReading the Bible purely as fiction is quite entertaininglemmy.worldimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1503arrow-down112
arrow-up1491arrow-down1imageReading the Bible purely as fiction is quite entertaininglemmy.worldlovepeacenquiet@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 19 hours agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squareladoga@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-26 hours agoOld testament is quite rough. Lots of killing and raping going on. God tells the chosen people to kill this and this tribe. Take virgins as wives, kill all males. I never understood killing of livestock though. It’s pretty much how violent and dog eat dog world the Middle East was 2500 years ago. The scariest thing is that even today billions of people believe in this ancient Abrahamic BS. (Christians, Jews and Muslims)
minus-squareSarah Valentine@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 hours agoIt’s better if you read it as “some guy told the nation that God told them to beat each other to death over petty shit and not only did they agree to it, they extolled it as righteous and holy”
Old testament is quite rough. Lots of killing and raping going on.
God tells the chosen people to kill this and this tribe. Take virgins as wives, kill all males. I never understood killing of livestock though.
It’s pretty much how violent and dog eat dog world the Middle East was 2500 years ago.
The scariest thing is that even today billions of people believe in this ancient Abrahamic BS. (Christians, Jews and Muslims)
It’s better if you read it as “some guy told the nation that God told them to beat each other to death over petty shit and not only did they agree to it, they extolled it as righteous and holy”