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_lilith@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Funny you should mention that.

  In the mythology of the bible, 2 Samuel 24 talks about how King David took a census of Israel, and it pissed god off so much that he killed 70,000 completely uninvolved Israelis over it, and would have killed more but he stopped when he got to Jerusalem.

  And these modern day chuckleheads are doing it on purpose, lol. If only they believed a fraction of their own holy book, I would have the best time gladly explaining to them via scholarly biblical exegesis how and why they’re gonna DIE a nasty death if they do this.

  If only. -sigh-

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  • dynamojoe@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s such a weird passage. I can’t be understanding this correctly. God tells David to count the people. David sends his generals to count the people. They report the count back to David, who apologizes and says he sinned for doing what God told him to do? IDGI

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    • ExFed@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Turns out there’s a lot of historical context. Also, whether it was God or Satan who influenced David is somewhat ambiguous thanks to quirks in translation.

      www.gotquestions.org/David-census.html

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      • dynamojoe@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks!

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    • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah. In a nutshell. The number of commentaries, old and new, formal and informal, asking the exact same questions from every possible angle, are countless. And every single one of them is pointed at trying to make it make some kind of sense, lol.

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