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[-] Kacarott@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah, I could imagine there being some kind distinction in a language, such that it is always clear when one is making a metaphor as opposed to being literal. I also don't know if that actually applies to Hebrew.

But what baffled me was more that even if this were true, holding a belief that goes against pretty much all evidence, based purely on a grammatical quirk of an ancient culture. It's quite a stretch ๐Ÿ˜…

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