No no you don't understand. You shouldn't be taking it literally it's an allegory - many theists probably
11 0 ReplyBut that book is the only thing that keeps them from going on murderous rampages. Coming to think of it, it's not even very good at stopping the murderous rampages.
62 0 ReplyIt certainly does not stop them from raping. However reading the Bible, it seems it actually encourages both murder and rape.
12 0 ReplyDepends on the eyes reading it, I read the Bible like several times and all it did was make me not believe in it less each time
6 0 ReplyOnly of furiners. Red blooded <your in-group here>s are safe.
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How about Numbers 31:17-18 where Moses says:
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
47 0 ReplyHey man housing is housing
36 0 ReplyProbably get 1k a month for a good sized fish stomach.
9 0 ReplyI remember that Ren and Stimpy episode...
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The authors didn't make a distinction between whales and fish.
5 0 Replyto be fair, there's no such thing as a fish...
6 0 ReplyIt says it right trere, first paragraph
2 0 ReplyI see you, have an upvote
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It says “large fish” in Hebrew.
6 0 ReplyYes, and if they had a word for whale specifically, it was considered a type of large fish.
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You're taking the story too literally.
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But it's not supposed to be literal!
(unless I say it is)
24 0 ReplyIf you read it the right way, the book of Jonah reads like a really weird episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
14 0 ReplyWhat’s the book of Job then? A you tube prank channel run by man-babies?
8 0 ReplyA narcissistic asshole gaslighting its victims into believing they’re not really victims because the narcissistic asshole made a bet.
It’s supposed the be an explanation for how evil can exist despite a benevolent creator… but it sums up as a sock puppet to which the explanation is “you wouldn’t understand”
4 0 ReplyArrested Development
5 0 Reply"Sorry about your wives and kids, have some new ones. It was just a prank bro."
4 0 ReplyPretty much yeah. I was going to say an episode of Fear Factor but same thing.
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I believe ever time the bible mentions angel in physical form was just Albino people fucking around.
7 0 ReplyBiblically accurate angels are exactly what youd see on some good psychedelics
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