• CeeBee@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Tell me you’ve never really studied the Bible without telling me.

    I have read the Bible, in detail, for decades. Go look at my other comments in this thread for an idea of what I’m talking about.

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      1 year ago

      Haha, are you high?! The Bible is full of torture! Look at the story of Job, or the commandment to rape young girls after slaughtering their families (Kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man intimately. But all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves.” Numbers 31: 17-18)

      If that isn’t enough for you, what about all of the various times god commands his people to stone each other for everything from cheating (Deuteronomy 17:2-7) to talking back to your parents (Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 22:15)?

      Or how about allowing torture with slaves? Check out Exodus 21:20-21 to learn more.

      And before you go all “the Old Testament doesn’t count” on me like Christian’s are wont to do (as though picking and choosing various bits out is ok while ignoring all the fucked up bullshit instead of owning it and saying that yeah, women are worthless and deserve to be raped for no reason at all (Lot’s daughters, in case that wasn’t clear to you)) Jesus was tortured during his crusifiction, because I guess god wanted it that way?

      So yeah, the god of your bible absolutely promotes torture. And if you’ve actually read it like you claim you have, you’d know that.