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There's a part in the Bible where humans are so powerful when working together as one that god has to make us speak different languages to make it harder for us to communicate and work together. (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net to c/christianity@hexbear.net

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specter-global Communism is so powerful that even God fears it

The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. - Genesis 11:6

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[–] DyingOfDeBordom@hexbear.net 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

if god hated slavery so much.... why did he invent it flowey-smug

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I mean...he doesn't? First time he mentions it (after doing a very small genocide in Egypt to get them to stop slavery (Interestingly non-military slavery is very rare in ancient Egypt, only really existed in the middle kingdom) he's like "Nope, you gotta let them go after 6 years unless they want to say".

Now admittedly he then says his wife and children remain slaves, but in fairness god is trying to gently introduce to the people of Israel the concept of being human. There's a theological argument in some parts of Judaism that god chose them because they were the literal Worst, and if he can beat them into shape the rest will be easy.

[–] DyingOfDeBordom@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago

Slavery: exists

Existence: created by god

Slavery: created by god

Ipso facto, truth be extracto

[–] ComradeRat@hexbear.net 2 points 8 months ago

Ik is lighthearted bc emote (ty) but my assumption would be slavery is part of why he said "dont eat the fruit of knowledge, is bad for u"