Unironically, what did it teach you?
>>24969483How to recognize a cult, even if it is very old & established
To abandon Christendom and question more. All Abrahamism is a pox on this Earth, but it is a tendency of the cowards of the world to seek more manipulative ways to keep the masses under their control. I believe this tendency stems from the father who cannot accept the passage of time and his own mortality. Hates that his kids grow up and want their own time, hates that they might do things differently, etc.
>>24969483That people are dumb and don't question anything
>>24969483Leaning elbows on the table is like unto looking at hookers
>>24969483That most people are hopelessly stupid cowardly sheep that will believe preposterous garbage. TKD
>>24969483>how great my sins and miseries are>how I may be delivered from all my sins and miseries>how I shall express my gratitude to God for such deliverance
>>24969516Always a death cult, even after the emperor made suicide illegal
That Saul was a piece of shit.
>>249694831. Yhwh is a monster, and Jesus didn't fix it.2. Christians just believe what their church says and not what the book says.
How to build a tabernacle
>>24969493>I believe this tendency stems from the father who cannot accept the passage of time and his own mortality. Hates that his kids grow up and want their own time, hates that they might do things differently, etc.Sounds like a pseudoscientific theory that can't be proven one way or another. Or put another way, utter nonsense.
>>24969483Nothing. Read the Quran to get taught
>>24969621If you can't beat 'em join 'em
>>24969634Lol>>24969633>"Sounds like a pseudoscientific theory that can't be proven one way or another. Or put another way, utter nonsense."Oh the irony
>>24969483Abrahamic religions are schizo and the whole "angry daddy" mecanism of control is tiresome. The New Testament is a forced fanfic with a simple and somewhat decent message but people love to take the schizo even further with it
>>24969641There's no irony because I made no other statement wherein it could be interpreted in an "ironic" context. Are you ESL?
>>24969651I'm whiter than the Moon, Ranjeet
>>24969653Plenty of White people don't speak English. The fact you don't know this, along with your low impulse control and quickness to anger, makes me think you aren't actually all that White.
>>24969633It's an obvious Jungian tendency. An excuse for the wretched way this evilness sprang into being the dominant system and undoing of humanity. Why did it start? Weak men can be blamed. How can it be stopped? Strong men could do the trick.
>>24969677>It's an obvious Jungian tendency>Jungian tendencySo like I said, unfalsifiable, non-empirical, pseudophilosophical, pseudopsyhological nonsense. Jung was a charlatan, as is all of pyschoanalysis. Might as well start talking about animal magnetism and luminiferous ether while you're at it.
>>24969483I learned not to be antisemitic.>Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:>2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:>3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.Genesis 12:1-3
>>24969493This. It's truly remarkable there's people who read that jewish schizo babble and think it's reasonable, even as a metaphor.Would much rather read Homer or the Eddas
>>24969682>unfalsifiableBut somehow always right.Even the "hard sciences" have their problems, anon. Max Planck was digging around inventing quantum mechanics when he was actually trying to describe the aether, which was discarded by all the other theoretical brainiacs. Only nowadays are we beginning to understand how right Tesla was.
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>>24969653Least self-centered amerimutt
>>24969682There are no accurate models of reality, just useful ones.
>>24969483I learned that Sarah is a massive bitch who told Abraham to rape Hagar and get her pregnant with Ishmael because she couldn't have kids, then later tells him to kick out Hagar and Ishmael into the wilderness because she was jealous of Ishmael's firstborn status (who were going to die had God not saved them both) and of course Abraham is pussy-whipped both time and listens to her.
>>24969483That I'm not special in the grand scheme of things but also special in the grand scheme of somebody else's thing.
>>24969688>But somehow always rightYou can't even point to when it's "right" or "wrong," thats the whole point of it being non-empirical and falsifiable.>>24969687People who view themselves as intellectuals for throwing off the chains of religion, but immediately enslave themselves to something even more retarded and jewish, will always be funny to me.>>24969696No argument detected. I accept your concession.
>>24969751>He can't readUh oh. Is it autism, anon? I guess you can't be helped
>>24969483It taught me some discernment, patience and symbolism. The most valuable lessons shift your perspective, not your inventory of knowledge or ideas. I could try to reduce the shift into things like awareness of continuous betrayal through sin, futility of man's striving without God, the cycles of cleansing across levels, the role of mankind within the cosmos as the king-priest-parent ... but in the end those are just pieces of the puzzle, it's not the picture.
>>24969735>and of course Abraham is pussy-whipped both time and listens to her.This is what it is to be a Jewish husband
>>24969634Taught what? Their law about divorcing pre-pubecent girls and how you have to have a 3 month wait, to make sure that she's not pregnant with your child?Because that's in your book, child rapist.
>>24969621>Saul was a piece of shit>because he didn't genocide hard enough>David wasn't a piece of shit>because he genocided hard enough
>>24969483It feels like an initiation into western intellectual culture. The influence can’t be understated. I learned about the history of the Hebrews and a bit about the larger region. It reinforced my understanding of religion and mysticism in general. The wisdom books like Proverbs, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, and parts of the NT do a great job of instilling values that I find admirable. It’s a phenomenal record of an ancient culture, with Jesus: the Reckoning DLC included.
>>24970291At first, it sounded like you were saying "Reading the Bible is really valuable, because of all the cultural references that are all over our art. It's like understanding an additional layer of meaning.", but instead you were trying to say that Christianity is actually enlightening.It's fucking trash for recording history, and there's only a few books that are even considered to be semi-historically accurate. The Jesus DLC is some of the least accurate parts, and that's quite the statement, considering the OT has talking animals and nonsense events.
>>24970301The cultural value is my first point. I also find some value in the advice it gives. It doesn’t sound like you’ve read it. It’s the story of the Hebrews, beginning in mythology, then starting to resemble history around Exodus, cementing itself as roughly historical by the beginning of the kingdom, then pretty literal in Maccabees. The core story is an interlacing of mythology, history, and religion. It isn’t always possible to untangle those, but it would be valueless as a product of its time and culture if it wasn’t so. I didn’t say anything about the historicity of Christianity. It’s just some preaching at the end.
>>24969483Patience.How valuable perception is.That religious people don't read their own books.That it is impossible to be completely without sin in the context of the bible.And so on.
>>24969483It teached me that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom and that all is vanity. Also that even a snake can beat the Supreme creation of God using only his tongue, free will is a bitch, and that we all are worshiping both Jesus and the devil
>>24970301>It's fucking trash for recording history, and there's only a few books that are even considered to be semi-historically accurateThe majority of ancient texts is semi-accurate and filled with myths and fantasy thrown in the mix. The Jews were no more superstitious than the Greeks, Egyptians, or Persians. The big difference was they thought they were correct and everyone else was wrong.
Made me afraid of the truth that one day Christianity will be replaced, and blood will be shed in the transition process. We will use a new calendar, a new everything. Fucks me up
>>24969483My fellow Christians, what the point of this part of holy Bible? The episode of the Levite's concubine, also known as the Benjamite War,[1] in Judges 19–21 concerns a Levite from Ephraim and his concubine. They travel through the Benjamite city of Gibeah and are assailed by a mob, who wish to gang-rape the Levite. The man takes his concubine over to the crowd,[2] and they rape her until she collapses. After she dies from her ill treatment, the Levite dismembers her body and presents the remains to the other tribes of Israel. Outraged by the incident, the tribes swear that none shall give his daughter to the Benjamites for marriage, and launch a war which nearly wipes out the tribe, leaving only 600 surviving men. However, the punitive expedition is overcome by remorse, fearing that it will cause the extinction of an entire tribe. To ensure the survival of the Benjamite tribe while still complying with their oath, the Levites pillage and massacre the city of Jabesh-Gilead, none of whose residents partook in the war or in the vow, and capture its 400 maidens as wives for the Benjamites. The 200 men still lacking women are subtly allowed to abduct the maidens dancing at Shiloh.
>>24969483It taught me that 99.99999% of everyone that has ever lived or will live in the future is completely damned, including myself. We all have no hope of escaping hell. It is literally impossible to live in today's world and enter the gates of heaven. Every single thing that society programs you to pursue is in direct opposition to what Jesus specifically teaches.
>>24969483I'm not sure if there is a personified deity, but the Bible does have a high degree of the poetic genius (as Blake describes). KJV onlyists love to mention the "power" of the scriptures, but what's objectively happening is that the aesthetic quality of the poetry and prose is very captivating.
>>24969483how to really appreciate the western canon and western thought with it deeply embedded in everything about society. also, old testament God was metal as fuck.
>>24969483A lot of references that I wouldn't have understood otherwise.
>>24969483You talk to God in prayer, God responds to you with his Word, all 73 canonical books. His nature, His promises, His plan, all are there to guide you to accomplish your destiny, embracing your eternal Father in a realm where there is no anxiety or distress, but perfected, perpetual peace and blissful joy.
>>249694831- General culture referenced in most of the A.C. western canon, mythological stories, and the base for the understanding of all abrahamic religions. 2- All humans are sinners, we are born this way. Nobody is perfect and we shouodn't judge others because we are in their same position. We should rather help them in their battle against evil3- Forcing rules upon ourselfs that go against nature never worked and never will. To defeat the evil in us we need something more: a relationship. Through a relationship of trust with Jesus, we can get salvation (freedom from sin). If you put your whole trust in him, then you will enter a state of reflection and you will attempt to be a better person. 4- The knowledge to debunk fake myths about the book. Sadly, there are hundreds of them. 5- The experience of a beautiful story that goes from the creation of the world to the end of it 6- The realization that John should be put at the same level of Homer at least. Gospel of John AND book of revelations? That's crazy.
