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Who is that woman on the right? Are we supposed to recognize her or something?

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 97 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 54 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Yeah well maybe we shouldn't based base our modern existence on 2000yo bedtime stories meant to scare children into not being assholes

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 months ago

Typically it seems to be used to scare them into being assholes.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Yes.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_monotheism#Violence_in_monotheism

The intolerance of narrow monotheism is written in letters of blood across the history of man from the time when first the tribes of Israel burst into the land of Canaan. The worshippers of the one jealous God are egged on to aggressive wars against people of alien [beliefs and cultures]. They invoke divine sanction for the cruelties inflicted on the conquered. The spirit of old Israel is inherited by Christianity and Islam, and it might not be unreasonable to suggest that it would have been better for Western civilization if Greece had moulded it on this question rather than Palestine.

[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait. you don't believe in the invisible lazy sky giant that makes teams win football games?

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I prefer Mammon, 'cause he'll make your ass rich. 'Murica.

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

He was also denied his demand to get rid of fully justified text, ugh!