Epic Win

[Alaric I]

Why can't it always be that easy?

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[Brian37]

When people accuse us of not knowing the bible are say we shouldn't pick it up, just the opposite atheists advocate. You shoud read every word of it. It is full of really cruel and nasty shit.

Kudos to that person for finally waking up. People wonder why skeptics are so active, this is why, to get people out of their delusions, especialy delusions based on a character who is a bully, tyrant and narcissist.

[Thumpalumpacus]

It's rare, but nice to see when it happens.

[BarkAtTheMoon]

That whole chapter, Judges 19, is a big WTF. Why would anybody even write a story like that down?

[Brian37]

That whole chapter, Judges 19, is a big WTF. Why would anybody even write a story like that down?

I would assume in a sexist culter that type of writing was used to keep women/girls in their place by scaring the shit out of them.

[commonsense822]

Wait....soo......

No one else cuts up there concubines into 12 pieces after offering them up to be raped by a group of angry, drunken men in place of your daughter?

Awww shit, no wonder people have been looking at me weird at the landfill.

[Brian37]

Wait....soo......

No one else cuts up there concubines into 12 pieces after offering them up to be raped by a group of angry, drunken men in place of your daughter?

Awww shit, no wonder people have been looking at me weird at the landfill.

Thats how people will look at you when you take dating advice from Ted Bundy.

[Alaric I]

Wait....soo......

No one else cuts up there concubines into 12 pieces after offering them up to be raped by a group of angry, drunken men in place of your daughter?

Awww shit, no wonder people have been looking at me weird at the landfill.

Thats how people will look at you when you take dating advice from Ted Bundy.

Could be worse. It could have been Buffalo Bill.

[commonsense822]

Which one is Ted again?

[Alaric I]

[ Image ]

Which one is Ted again?

Judging by the later years, it has to be the chick on the left.

[commonsense822]

[ Image ]

Which one is Ted again?

Judging by the later years, it has to be the chick on the left.

I'd still tap that haha.

[Alaric I]

[ Image ]

Which one is Ted again?

Judging by the later years, it has to be the chick on the left.

I'd still tap that haha.

I wouldn't.  Her husband wrote SoA and plays in it.  He's looks too damn scary for me to want to.

[Sleeper]

I hope she could withstand the inevitable cattle ropes tossed her way by friends, family, clergy, exorcists, etc when her de-conversion came out.

[Sleeper]

I have a question:

The evidence heavily favors the theory that the OT was written by the people of the time so that they could claim divine warrant for taking by force land, possessions, and people from those nasty others across the river, as well as to set up an oppressive system of rule which preyed on the peoples' natural fears of ignorance.

But why do you think they kept referring to themselves as unfaithful to God, and talking about their own deeds as whoredom, and claiming that God would abandon them, and judge and destroy them, and seek after the nasty other people across the river? Why did they cherish the portents implied in the stories of people like Amos who, upon God's prompting, took a prostitute for a wife? Why all this if they wanted to be seen as chosen and superior to their neighbors - if that's what one thinks their motive was? This is mainly found in the prophets, but really it's found throughout the OT, including the chapter in question here.

Just wondering because it doesn't seem to fit the motive.

[Davka]

I have a question:

The evidence heavily favors the theory that the OT was written by the people of the time so that they could claim divine warrant for taking by force land, possessions, and people from those nasty others across the river, as well as to set up an oppressive system of rule which preyed on the peoples' natural fears of ignorance.

But why do you think they kept referring to themselves as unfaithful to God, and talking about their own deeds as whoredom, and claiming that God would abandon them, and judge and destroy them, and seek after the nasty other people across the river? Why did they cherish the portents implied in the stories of people like Amos who, upon God's prompting, took a prostitute for a wife? Why all this if they wanted to be seen as chosen and superior to their neighbors - if that's what one thinks their motive was? This is mainly found in the prophets, but really it's found throughout the OT, including the chapter in question here.

Just wondering because it doesn't seem to fit the motive.

I think your premise about their motive is completely wrong. Religions evolved alongside Homo Sapiens for a reason (well, a number of reasons, but still). People really truly believed that nonsense, for the most part. When the Universe is big and scary and threatening and you have very little control over or understanding of the forces that surround you, you will cling to whatever you can get - even if it's just the illusion of control. Human pattern-seeking plus confirmation bias quickly supplies "evidence" of all sorts of supernatural bullshit, from gods to magic chants to tree spirits and succubi.

Maybe a few devious shits figured out early on that it was all a crock, but the evidence seems to suggest that these stories were told and embellished and re-told and eventually written down because the people had a real reverence for them. They were the stories that provided comfort to those particular tribes, the stories of their ancestors. 'Our God is the biggest badass on the block and you'd better listen up' is a comforting lie, and 'we are but worms who cannot hope to measure up to his perfect standards and so he punishes us' explains why your tribe isn't lording it over the rest of the world, seeing as how your god is so badass and all.

If you're going to create a massive pattern of societal self-delusion, you need to account for the anomalies that will inevitably occur.