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The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii??
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RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii??
As Professor Israel Finkelstein writes here in "The Bible Unearthed" these bullshit stories served political/social purposes.  They are in the fucking text for a reason and that reason has nothing to do with any silly-assed 'god.'

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A pretty compelling argument could be made that the biblical bitching and moaning about homosexuality could be a similar shot at the Greeks who, after 332 BC played an increasingly dominant role in the region.  They successfully divided the population between "hellenized jews" and what we can call "fundamentalists."
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The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by WinterHold - September 7, 2017 at 6:08 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by The Grand Nudger - September 7, 2017 at 6:21 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by WinterHold - September 7, 2017 at 6:43 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Mister Agenda - September 8, 2017 at 9:53 am
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by paulpablo - September 12, 2017 at 6:07 am
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Cyberman - September 8, 2017 at 4:08 am
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Minimalist - September 8, 2017 at 11:42 am
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by downbeatplumb - September 8, 2017 at 2:25 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Harry Nevis - September 8, 2017 at 3:14 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by The Valkyrie - September 7, 2017 at 6:57 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by The Grand Nudger - September 8, 2017 at 12:32 am
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 8, 2017 at 12:46 am
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Minimalist - September 8, 2017 at 1:39 am
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 8, 2017 at 8:39 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Amarok - September 8, 2017 at 1:56 am
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Divinity - September 8, 2017 at 9:37 am
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Succubus - September 8, 2017 at 9:42 am
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by vorlon13 - September 8, 2017 at 10:04 am
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Cyberman - September 8, 2017 at 10:31 am
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Divinity - September 8, 2017 at 12:07 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Neo-Scholastic - September 8, 2017 at 12:09 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Divinity - September 8, 2017 at 12:13 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Neo-Scholastic - September 8, 2017 at 1:16 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Cyberman - September 8, 2017 at 12:40 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Minimalist - September 8, 2017 at 12:13 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by vorlon13 - September 8, 2017 at 12:40 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Minimalist - September 8, 2017 at 1:22 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Minimalist - September 8, 2017 at 8:43 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 8, 2017 at 8:48 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Minimalist - September 8, 2017 at 8:51 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 8, 2017 at 8:56 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by downbeatplumb - September 9, 2017 at 4:24 am
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Minimalist - September 9, 2017 at 11:44 am
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by chimp3 - September 9, 2017 at 2:27 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Cecelia - September 11, 2017 at 9:56 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Minimalist - September 11, 2017 at 10:47 pm
RE: The people of Lot? Sodom? Pompeii?? - by Wyrd of Gawd - September 12, 2017 at 4:36 am

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