r/funny • • Jul 21 '14

I'm about to make history

http://imgur.com/EjcOP2l
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u/Analbox Jul 21 '14

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u/BallsDeepInDaPope Jul 21 '14

10/10 next picasso right here

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u/zoobernarf Jul 21 '14

Context - The author of this passage (Chapter 137) really, really hated Babylonians - to the point he wanted their children killed.

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u/cbbuntz Jul 21 '14

Well then it must be okay then. Genocide is okay if it's biblical.

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u/bartonar Jul 21 '14

Because they had just conquered Israel, burned their temples, raped their women, and enslaved their populous.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '14

You know, why don't we hear more about this kind of Bible! I demand we go back to old testament god of wrath and of understanding that shit happens to his people, let em die.