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Major Nikon

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1. Just talking shit to your parents is an automatic death sentence

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Sun Nov 25, 2018, 12:51 PM

Nov 2018

Exodus 21:17 (ESV)
“Whoever curses[a] his father or his mother shall be put to death.

Don't forget about god killing all the first born in an entire country, or murdering a few dozen kids for making fun of his prophet's bald head. You can also eat your kids if you want, or sell them into sexual slavery.

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How to Raise Children, According to the Bible [View all] MineralMan Nov 2018 OP

Just talking shit to your parents is an automatic death sentence Major Nikon Nov 2018 #1

Well, I'm sure glad my parents didn't read the Bible, then. MineralMan Nov 2018 #2

And then there's this little charming divine order to Jacob in Genesis 22 (KJV): Girard442 Nov 2018 #3

You mean Abraham. Jacob is Isaac's son, not his father. nt IphengeniaBlumgarten Nov 2018 #4

I plead plain ol' messing up. I had the whole thing right in front of me. Girard442 Nov 2018 #7

God intervened and saved Isaac. Mariana Nov 2018 #5

That's one reading. Igel Nov 2018 #11

What other way is there to read this, then? Mariana Nov 2018 #13

It's stuff like this that makes me completely PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2018 #6

That's true for many people. MineralMan Nov 2018 #8

Explains a lot about the last 10,000 years of history. gtar100 Nov 2018 #9

I can't disagree with any of that. MineralMan Nov 2018 #10

Christians who teach how to beat babies. keithbvadu2 Nov 2018 #12

Yes. I've been aware of that movement for quite some time. MineralMan Nov 2018 #15

Totally indefensible Cartoonist Nov 2018 #14