• Stovetop@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    A lot of fiction made up by people is not about war and greed and other causes of suffering. With that in mind, what makes the Bible less fictional than the Dhammapada, or the Lotus Sutra, or Paddington Bear?

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      3 days ago

      also, there’s several instances where god commands people to go do a genocide. so… like…

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        21 hours ago

        The bible also condones slavery in several places, including by Jesus himself in the New Testament.

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        2 days ago

        And don’t forget that the bible says it’s ok to murder your sons if they don’t listen to you and sell your daughters to their rapists.