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This kills the christian (lemy.lol)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Envy is an interesting one, I think this is usually based primarily on the 'Golden Calf' story.

There's a bit of context that makes that story much more interesting. The stories that eventually led to what we think of as the christian god depict god as a bull. It brings up the possibility that the story wasn't calling out against worshipping other gods but instead a warning against reverting back to old ways, changes how you approach the story.

Historical evidence there is really all over the place though, there's a LOT of other interpretations and possibilities.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

the one unique thing about the religion that became the abrahamic religions was that its followers went around the fertile crescent destroying other peoples temples and attempting to convert everyone to their religion and saying that their god was the only real one, and they never stopped doing that. Regardless of the interpretation of that one particular fantasy i think this particular god has the whole envy thing pretty well locked down.