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Just how stupid were the ancient Israelites?
May 24, 2018 at 9:54 pm
So the ancient Israelites have suffered slavery in Egypt until a certain Mr. Moses frees them.
To get free, they witness the plagues of Egypt.
While fleeing they witness Moses part the Red Sea, and drown the Egyptian army.
Then, after a few days, Moses wanders up a mountain to get his rocks off, and the moment he turns his back, they're off creating new gods!
They witnessed these events and still chose to create new gods and idols the moment Moses buggered off for a quick wank!
So, were the ancient Israelites really that fucking stupid...
..or, perhaps, is the story a complete work of fiction?
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RE: Just how stupid were the ancient Israelites?
May 24, 2018 at 9:56 pm
I'll take Mythology for $2000, Valk.
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RE: Just how stupid were the ancient Israelites?
May 24, 2018 at 9:56 pm
(May 24, 2018 at 9:54 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: So the ancient Israelites have suffered slavery in Egypt until a certain Mr. Moses frees them.
To get free, they witness the plagues of Egypt.
While fleeing they witness Moses part the Red Sea, and drown the Egyptian army.
Then, after a few days, Moses wanders up a mountain to get his rocks off, and the moment he turns his back, they're off creating new gods!
They witnessed these events and still chose to create new gods and idols the moment Moses buggered off for a quick wank!
So, were the ancient Israelites really that fucking stupid...
..or, perhaps, is the story a complete work of fiction?
BAD fiction! Needs a hangin'. 
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RE: Just how stupid were the ancient Israelites?
May 24, 2018 at 9:59 pm
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They spent forty years wandering in the desert. Back then, people didn't live much longer than forty years, especially overworked and underfed slaves. Meaning the people who left Egypt, and the people who got to the mountain, weren't the same group of people. If the story actually happened, which it most likely didn't.
The people in the bible seem to be cartoonishly stupid and needy, though. Like those commercials where someone has trouble operating a blanket.
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RE: Just how stupid were the ancient Israelites?
May 24, 2018 at 9:59 pm
Great, now I have Holding out for a Hero stuck in my head.
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RE: Just how stupid were the ancient Israelites?
May 24, 2018 at 10:00 pm
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(May 24, 2018 at 9:59 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Great, now I have Holding out for a Hero stuck in my head.
Good song!
Though I don't see the connection...
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RE: Just how stupid were the ancient Israelites?
May 24, 2018 at 10:04 pm
(May 24, 2018 at 9:54 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: So the ancient Israelites have suffered slavery in Egypt until a certain Mr. Moses frees them.
To get free, they witness the plagues of Egypt.
While fleeing they witness Moses part the Red Sea, and drown the Egyptian army.
Then, after a few days, Moses wanders up a mountain to get his rocks off, and the moment he turns his back, they're off creating new gods!
They witnessed these events and still chose to create new gods and idols the moment Moses buggered off for a quick wank!
So, were the ancient Israelites really that fucking stupid...
..or, perhaps, is the story a complete work of fiction?
Noah's grandkids didn't believe Noah and his sons' story about being on the ark with the animals for a year. They worshiped idols instead of Noah's God character. And Noah and his sons were alive to tell them the story firsthand!
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RE: Just how stupid were the ancient Israelites?
May 24, 2018 at 10:04 pm
(May 24, 2018 at 10:00 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: (May 24, 2018 at 9:59 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Great, now I have Holding out for a Hero stuck in my head.
Good song!
Though I don't see the connection...
Where have all the good men gone. And where are all the gods?...........................
It doesn't take much for the simple minded to go off track.
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RE: Just how stupid were the ancient Israelites?
May 24, 2018 at 10:05 pm
(May 24, 2018 at 10:04 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Where have all the good men gone. And where are all the gods?...........................
It doesn't take much for the simple minded to go off track.
The attention span of dogs. 
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RE: Just how stupid were the ancient Israelites?
May 24, 2018 at 10:06 pm
(May 24, 2018 at 10:04 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: (May 24, 2018 at 10:00 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Good song!
Though I don't see the connection...
Where have all the good men gone. And where are all the gods?...........................
It doesn't take much for the simple minded to go off track.
That's where the song fails: "good men".
"Useful" would have been a better word.
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