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[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 52 points 2 months ago

Oddly, the same people don't complain about Mary's age when she was married to Joseph

[-] miz@hexbear.net 26 points 2 months ago

and iirc the bible has an entire story just to rationalize Lot fucking his daughters

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Bring back the reddit atheists. Christianity has been a protected identity from ridicule on the internet for far too long.

[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

Bring back the reddit atheists.

Sorry, but they're too busy calling arabs animals

[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

And, weirdly enough, LARPing as Catholics now?

[-] context@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

that's actually a 7th century bce geopolitical taunt directed at the moabites and ammonites (the descendants of lot's grandchildren)

[-] miz@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

that's sincerely interesting, can you give me any more @context

[-] context@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

of course, @miz!

the book of genesis, like many books in the bible, is a work of composite authorship. several authors contributed over a few centuries from the 9th through 5th centuries bce during the existence of the old kingdom judah and its conquest by the babylonian empire. prior to the babylonian exile, the kingdoms of moab and ammon in present-day kingdom of jordan were natural rivals to the authors in judah. they're mentioned elsewhere in the bible, i think as allies of assyria and/or babylon if i recall. so implying that they were all the product of drunken incest was propaganda ultimately in support of the kingdom of judah and its political goals.

[-] miz@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

Or any of the many examples from the old testament

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