You know what? You’re right. It’s not that big a deal and I’ll let it go.
That, and Samson truly was a badass. Seriously. I used to read all that as a kid when I had the time - some guy killing a bunch of people with a jawbone always did strike me as cool. not sure that was the purpose of the story, but alas.
Speaking as a devout Christian who only occasionally reads the bible, I find this an amusing article, and proof that even religious texts can be fun to read. I also take umbrage at the generalization of christians, but it’s not like I can do anything about the image the most vocal members project, so whatever.
Hey, I’m a Christian too (though no longer affiliated to any Church) and I found it funny too (not my usual kind of humor, but not bad on occasion.) First, because I did study the bible while in Catholic School, and I came to realize that the Old Testament is full of the interpretations of an ancient people whose morality was very different from our own. And second, because humor is the Great Equalizer: if you want to mock other people, you had better be ready to be made fun of, too. We should all just chill and laugh at each other, it reminds us that no one is really better.
And my “favorite” part of the Bible would have to be the whole Sodom and Gomorrah/Lot and his Daughters deal. So God wipes out a city because its people were gay, but is OK with Lot having children with his own daughters? Riiiiiight.
They probably explained it with biblical precedence from allll the way back with Adam, Eve, Cain and Seth. So, all those thoughts of incest you’ve been having ave been morally right all along ;).
True. But why didn’t God smite them right there, like he did with poor Onan? :hahaha;
And let’s not forget that Lot offered his own daughters to the mob of Sodomites so that they would not, ahem, “know” his two male guests, who yes, were angels, but he didn’t know it then, they were just strangers until that moment.
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