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[–] andrew_s@piefed.social 48 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You can see the video that was originally quoted here: https://xcancel.com/billmaher/status/1844938477512675654#m

Bill Maher seems aggressively unfunny to me, but the gist of the video is that it's a open letter to Chappell Roan (who is pro-Palestine), saying that Israelis aren't colonisers, because the Bible mentions that they built a temple in that area before others in Middle-East settled there. It seems like a questionable claim to me, and there are plenty of replies to the video disagreeing with him.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 51 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean, the Bible also mentions exactly how they drove out and murdered the Canaanites that were living there before them. Sounds like a coloniser to me - not that they were special for doing that, in their day.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 8 points 1 month ago

And we know that that is, historically, bullshit, because Hebrews and Canaanites were related tribes and Judaism is even an outgrowth of the Canaanite pantheon.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 month ago

The bible also says that you're supposed to murder noncombatants during war. I think we should discount the old testament as a guide of any kind