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Machinist@lemmy.world 6 days agoWas raised in fundamentalism, lost my religion over a decade ago. (I’m cool with religious people that aren’t evil shitheads trying to brain wash children.)
You’re right about the snakes. Also, the plural tenses in Job are weird.
Not related to the post. What’s your take on the Nephillium?
Probably people with various forms of gigantism and/or demigods like Heracles.
We of course know that Elohim didn’t create all humanity, just the ancient Hebrews. Two people is not enough genetic diversity to sustain a population, and besides, we have fossil records of humans long before 6,000 years ago. Abel and Cain likely found wives among the human creations of other gods.
I really like the interpretation of Cain and Abel having it’s roots in the transition from Hunter Gatherer to Agraian society. Gobekli Tepe and all that.
Another couple of fun ones are Christmas trees being forbidden in Jeremiah and cannabasam (forget where in the OT). I assume your uname is in reference to that cannabis use. The manna as psychedelic mushrooms is also a cool idea.
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I love what @JesusChristLover420@lemmy.sdf.org is saying, but there’s no mystery about the nephilim.
Adam and Eve weren’t the first homosapiens, they were only the first Jews. They were the true children of Yahweh/El/Elohim, the only created things that were imbued with divine breath. Other humans were considered subservient like other animals. The Sons of God are Jewish men, the Daughters of Men were outsider women.
Most of the oral traditions in Genesis were ancient before they were written down, so they could even be echos of early homosapiens cross breeding with neanderthals. Remember what Jesus called the gentile woman who begged for help? He said helping her would be like throwing the children’s food — the children of Yahweh — to the dogs. Those who weren’t the ethnicity and the religion were not only outsiders, they were akin to “beasts of the field.”
JesusChristLover420@lemmy.sdf.org 6 days ago
But Jesus still healed her daughter. And then he fed the gentiles magic bread. Jesus came to help everyone, not just the Jews. If a Helenne is condemned to Tartarus, they are welcome in Heaven. A Norsefolk who is unworthy of Valhalla may ask Jesus for His hospitality instead. If an Egyptian’s heart weighs more than a feather, Jesus will offer to save them from Ammit. Jesus said racism is bad.
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 6 days ago
You’re cool. I like you.
JesusChristLover420@lemmy.sdf.org 6 days ago
You too
Machinist@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I like Cain and Abel/hunter gatherer vs agrarian theory.
The whole sons of god are angels having hybrid giant babies with human women is just a lot of fun.