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[–] 13 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Which is weird because "thou shall not kill" comes before adultery in the commandments, and go forth and procreate is also somewhere in that book.

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    Almost makes you think that the bible might have been written by humans and is just as flawed in its text as humanity itself.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    While that's very much true, that's not really what I take away from it. The bible could be 100% true and this wouldn't really change anything in this particular case.

    What it instead tells me is that people will pick out whichever parts of the bible suit their biases and follow them, all so they can feel good about themselves despite ignoring the half of it they don't like. I also don't see many Christians avoiding mixed fabrics despite their god supposedly saying that's a no-no two different times.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 day ago

    There's a lot of killing in the bible as well. Moses and Joshua committed genocides sanctioned by the Christian god. I can see how people who hold the bible in high regard could be motivated to downplay the horror of murder.

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