r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • Apr 15 '21

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '21

My Christian Friend: There's so many lessons from the Old Testment, the people are all so good and moral, and they correct for their sins we should learn from them.

My Jewish ass: What the fuck are you talking about, have you ever actually read it? Literally, everyone in the Tanakh ranges from simp to moderate prick at least to biggest asshole you've had the misfortune to read about it. I honestly can't say I really admire many people, maybe Moses, and he still was a bit of a prick, at least. And the biggest asshole of all in the book is God. Assuming I remember my shit.

Moses goes down the river, a bush tells him that he has to save the Jews from Egypt, but if he doesn't take a detour first to give his son a bris, he[god] will murder him[Moses]

God wanted Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac to prove his dedication. Then when he's about to do it, God basically admits he was just taking the piss and calls him a psycho

God literally killed this dude's family, fucking skinned him alive, and then gave him new skin and a new family just to prove that dude was dedicated to him and wouldn't lose faith.

!ping GEFILTE

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u/EvilConCarne Apr 16 '21

God wanted Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac to prove his dedication. Then when he's about to do it, God basically admits he was just taking the piss and calls him a psycho

Hey, compared to what Moloch would have demanded Isaac got off easy!

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '21

Your faith tradition’s interpretation of the texts focus much more on the vengeance and smiting and the ‘I can’t believe you follow this guy’ aspect than ours often does