RE: Christians celebrate rape, torture, slavery and genocide.
November 5, 2012 at 1:59 pm
(This post was last modified: November 5, 2012 at 2:10 pm by Drich.)
(November 5, 2012 at 12:59 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Yahweh was one of the minor gods of the Canaanite pantheon much as Marduk was a minor figure in Sumeria. Along the way they became associated with certain spots, Marduk lucked out and got Babylon while yahweh got fucked and got stuck with jerusalem.
Xtians, of course, go absofuckinglutely crazy when they hear this.
But then...they start out quite close to crazy in the first place.

Oh, wait that's right we don't care. Why because any honest scholar will tell you that the only mention of Yahweh in any know canaanite writings was the identification of the Jewish God.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaanite_religion
(November 5, 2012 at 1:58 pm)Annik Wrote: What the fuck is even going on here? I expected Christian "I DON'T DO THAT!" rage, but I'm finding... SUPPORTING arguments?
What happened is not being disputed. God did indeed call for the complete destruction of several tribes of people, enslavement of others, and assimlation of others still. What is being disputed is this soceities right or rather the foundation used to judge those acts as being bad/evil.
(November 5, 2012 at 1:37 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: Min's the best

Only if you are the type of person who looks to be spoon fed mountains of poop, and does not care to do any actual thinking/research for yourself...
Their is a reason minnie rarly posts any reference material when he makes statements like the last one. This is the same reason the church of the dark ages burned book. (So you would have to take their word for it.)