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[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

"when Moses wrote the tablets"

The historical context here is really interesting, but this line is a head scratcher. A) god didn't write the tablets, Moses did it himself, B) tacit support for historicity of Moses. It's like not the religious viewpoint, but not the secular one either. Though I may be splitting hairs about a nonessential clause here.

[–] absentbird@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In the Bible story God made the first set, but they were destroyed by Moses in a meltdown. Moses had to carve the rewritten replacements which are the ones that get written down.

Regardless of whether someone thinks Moses is historical, the story itself is a coup of sorts.

Unrelated, but has anyone else noticed the ten commandments read like a bad AI prompt?

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Ah yeah forgot that part. Been awhile since Sunday school.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago)
  1. religion is capable of inventing a god that doesn't exist.
  2. Israelites needed a propaganda boost to rebel against Phoenecians, and offshoot religion helps.
  3. Elders that went up to the mountaintop with Moses can unanimously be on board with Hasbara to fuel war against Phoenicians. Ends justify the lie.
  4. Yaweh becomes supreme god, and Phoenicians deserve death for failing to accept all commandments. Including/especially the very weird idolatry one, that gods would typically accept as narcissistic reverence. Thou shalt kill all heretics.