Everything Wrong With Exodus 12 in the Bible

[@sarahscott9984]

I've always questioned the validity of the bible since I was a kid... I've never heard it explained in such detail and understood. It's always what the church wants you to hear. Never the back stories.. thank you so much for your hard work on these videos. I hope to see more.

[@allanlarsen3261]

Well it is quite common. Happens in all religions and conspiracy theories. People cherry pick the parts they like, or the parts which reinforce their point of view. They then happily ignore everything else, which otherwise might raise questions or doubts.

[@cecilbrisley5185]

So many of the faithful never read it and rely only on what they are told. Hardly surprising as 25 percent of Americans read one book a year. The Bible is a thick, long and tough slog making it even less likely to be read cover to cover.

[@oscargordon]

@@cecilbrisley5185 You also forgot to mention that the Bible is also a badly written incoherent piece of story-telling.

[@lagodifuoco313]

You commented 21 hours ago on a video only 4 hours old?

[@oscargordon]

@@lagodifuoco313 Sounds like the mysteries of KZbin. At this moment it shows my comment is 7 minutes old on my computer.

[@brunozeigerts6379]

'Dad... did you remember to smear the blood on the door. I'm eldest son!' 'Shit... was that today?' 'Dad... better... aaaaaahhhh!'

[@soumyaneelmanna3097]

I can't help but notice: why is God portrayed like a mortal person? You know, God talks, he walks, he sees doors and says "Ah, not this house!", etc. It seems to me that this God is not omniscient or omnipotent. He is some Landlord or something

[@badmedicine3564]

Men made him in their image.In context,that would be a brutal,cruel,ignorant,superstitious,male dominated,and barbarionesque God.

[@PBAmygdala2021]

The omniscient and omnipotent parts were added to the canon much later. I think they didn't come fully into play until Thomas Aquinas in the middle ages.

[@badmedicine3564]

@@PBAmygdala2021 Your probably right.

[@exillens]

@@PBAmygdala2021 Actually the all powerful, only god, monotheism part didn't come around til book of isaiah

[@PBAmygdala2021]

@@exillens Thanks! I've been meaning to look into that.

[@thomasridley8675]

Does anyone else question why their god couldn't tell who his followers were unless they marked themselves. 🤔

[@dragowolfraven3806]

Maybe the Angel of death was in a hurry to punch out & go home😂

[@dwaneanderson8039]

God likes to play games like 'Simon Says'. If you don't follow the direction right, you lose.

[@vadinhopsc]

Don't ask! It's a mistery!!!! Just believe and shut up. HAHAHAHA The idiotic writers had a lot of imagination.

[@thomasridley8675]

@@dragowolfraven3806 And what if their neighbors had copied them ? They didn't need too do that for any of the others. Just that last one. Which bends credibility to the breaking point.

[@thomasridley8675]

@@dwaneanderson8039 The gods always did like to play with their toys. A very human trait. We have free will. But, the ending is already set in stone. 🤔 That doesn't match up.

[@nomxhosapekani7966]

Imagine saying to your sons, come on boy we are invited for lunck but daddy has to cut ya'll willies first😂😂😂

[@ghenulo]

Bless that father. Few things are more disappointing than realizing a hot guy is uncut.

[@nati0598]

​@@ghenulo I know one, it's meeting you. Bless that hot guy.

[@The_Other_Ghost]

Imagine saying to your son "Your dad was offered freedom after 7 years, but because we're both slaves for life he gave it up".

[@The_Other_Ghost]

Imagine saying to your son "Our Master's holy book told them they could keep us for life if they passed us down to their children (lev 25:44-46) so that's why we're slaves for life in Missouri" ;) Note: Missouri actually used Exodus 21:2-7 to keep slaves for life not Lev 25:44-46.

[@PotatoTrain]

Earlier to these videos than I ever was for church. 😬

[@gabrieleschubert5228]

Me too! 😎

[@PBAmygdala2021]

Lol!

[@lagodifuoco313]

How did you comment 22 hours ago when the video is only 4 hours old?

[@PBAmygdala2021]

@@lagodifuoco313 Hemant posts a notice that his video will be launching at such-and-such time, and the comments posted there are automatically moved over to the video itself when it launches. Same with every KZbin channel.

[@lagodifuoco313]

@@PBAmygdala2021 Ahh... Thank you.

[@alguno1010101]

"Pharaoh's reign of terror is over! Now it begins YHWH's reign of terr... ific administration!"

[@AnyaAngie]

This is an interesting journey for myself. When I was little, I was a devout Roman Catholic whose favorite movie was the 1956 version of The Ten Commandments who, while I had a child's version of the Bible, never really read a word of it or any other version of Scripture. When I was a teenager and saw "The Prince of Egypt," I was quite angry at how "inaccurate" it was to Scripture, though I still had not actually read a single word of it. I also criticized the movie for leaving out the golden calf, and instead pulling a "And we all lived happily ever after" after fleeing from Egypt, and eagerly celebrated the Ten Commandments being bestowed on us. When I was older, I started feeling like I didn't really believe Scripture or Christianity. DeMille's Ten Commandments is still a great film, but I found myself drifting away from it. When I was in my 30s, I discovered Norse polytheism, and felt more at home in this faith than I'd ever felt in Christianity. With this in mind, I took my new boyfriend to watch "Exodus: Gods and Kings" because we were both interested in it. He's a Christian who has no problem with my faith. I actually saw the full suffering of the Egyptian people in this time thanks to this film, and yet I can't recall if it was fully stated that God was making all this happen INCLUDING hardening Pharoah's own heart so God could... committ genocide. When it was over, I told my boyfriend I was never so glad to be Pagan in my life. Now, hearing you read the full Scripture, and even playing some of it for my boyfriend (who does intend to watch the full series) even pointed out that he never understood why God hardened Pharoah's heart to make sure God didn't get what God wanted... In my mind, God is a puppeteer, punishing all of his toys because the one puppet he was playing with actually did what God wanted him to do.

[@garryferrington811]

"We are the playthings of the gods: they kill us for their sport."

[@wrathofainz]

Time to stop "having faith" entirely and only believe what you can know.

[@joseph-thewatcher]

I'm so glad this god is make believe. Can't imagine what kind of world this would be if YAHWEH existed.

[@badmedicine3564]

You betcha! And most Christians can't see that he was the father of Jesus.Jesus even said that if you had seen him,you had seen the father(Yahweh).

[@PBAmygdala2021]

Imagine how pissed he'd be to see that there were over 33,000 different denominations of christianity, screwing up his message. Heck, imagine how jealous he'd be that a third of the world call themselves "Christians", not "Yahwehists"

[@rudra62]

We'd be in a world that had 4 corners, where some snakes have legs, some birds have 4 legs, and bats are birds and PI is 3.

[@alguno1010101]

If Yahweh actually existed, our continued existence would actually be a miracle

[@PBAmygdala2021]

@@alguno1010101 oh snap! Well done :)

[@grapeshot]

Yes the invisible sky wizard aka the invisible psychopath in the sky seems to have a thing for burnt flesh. Human or otherwise.

[@badmedicine3564]

I think bloodletting comes in first on his favorites list.With burning coming in a close second.Probably unleavened bread a close third.

[@leftpastsaturn67]

@TheDestroyer Are you saying that the other mythical being rules the world instead?

[@kellydalstok8900]

@TheDestroyer If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. - Luke 14:26 - Yes, Jesus was a very loving guy. Not a psychopath like his daddy at all. Just as well it’s a fairytale.

[@leftpastsaturn67]

@TheDestroyer How very amusing. I guess life is more exciting with fairy tales & invisible beings huh.

[@leftpastsaturn67]

@TheDestroyer You are clearly too dumb to comprehend a comment, especially one that's clearly mocking your own laughably flawed comment. You could respond by showing me where I claimed that you said he does exist... but something tells me you'll just whine like an infant instead :D

[@marciajones2993]

I ask my 2 Christian friends if it bothers them, babies were slaughtered, they say it’s because God knows they would grow up evil. Glad I’m not the only person it disturbs. Maybe they would say I was evil for asking questions. Not sure what to believe anymore. Do no harm to anything is my motto. ❤️

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

they sure can be happy that god does not longer act like the bible says he does or nobody would grow up to become a 21st century christian! ;)

[@stylesrj]

Ah so it's OK then to murder babies as long as you can justify it by saying "They were going to grow up evil anyway." And since according to the Bible we're all born evil and with sin... you can get away with it! Thank God for that loophole! :D

[@e.rvanrood7373]

Most of these instructions are like dark magical rituals without the incantations. Bible Magic

[@kevinvorster9777]

Don't forget the rituals using blood and animal sacrifices. It sounds a lot like satanism.

[@e.rvanrood7373]

@@kevinvorster9777 Satanism, Wicca, whatever one can call it. It's really different from the messages they teach people today. I think Christians have failed to follow simple things like performing blood rituals to an insecure god

[@rudra62]

@@kevinvorster9777 Is there really a difference between the God of the Bible and Satan? Oh yes, there is! Satan is recorded to have killed a mere 10 people, while God kills millions in a series of mass genocides, and some individual killings.

[@kevinvorster9777]

@@rudra62 i didn't know that there is records of Satan taking a life. I thought he only tempted people.

[@rudra62]

@@kevinvorster9777 According to Job 1: 1-19, he killed 7 sons and 3 daughters of Job. This was as part of a bet though, so God shares some of the blame.

[@facepalmjesus1608]

YEAST = the Kryptonite of god

[@kennull3243]

The all knowing god has never heard of natural yeast (sourdough, mead, etc) and has no way to tell if the household is Israelis or Egyptians

[@douglswelsher6212]

I look forward every weekend to hear your reading. Love it I hope to hear it for a long time. 2000 Thumbs-up rating

[@matthewgagnon9426]

The Bible really is just a book about how God makes everyone's lives miserable and commits constant atrocities. You'd struggle to find a fictional character more vile than the god described in the Bible.

[@aveekghosh3703]

Gods nothing compared to scp Scarlet king

[@stylesrj]

@@aveekghosh3703 I dunno. Maybe the Scarlet King is like "Hey I might be evil and want to destroy the world and demand all sorts of sacrifice and there's no way to stop me... but at least I'm not THAT guy."

[@benclark4823]

@@aveekghosh3703 that’s because the scarlet king {feels} the [emotion] the [feelings] and [pain] of all that {exist} and that is why he wants to destroy creation 💁

[@storyspren]

God, examining blood on a doorframe: "This lamb was only 364 days old when it was slaughtered." *sniff* "AND it was female? Oh these people's child is !"

[@storyspren]

@@transformationchurch7254 You know I can just look at your profile and tell immediately that you're not Hemant, right? Joined 1 week ago, 1 subscriber, all that. Also for what seems to be an attempt at pretending to be someone, you're pretty far out of character too :p

[@Author-dad-veteran]

Wow, you got the exact same message from God that I did !! We must be truest blessed lmao

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

God didn't even bother to murder the kids himself, he sent an angle... rumours that the angel was a bit dim, a lot yellow and liked to giggle over the word "ba-na-nas" have not been confirmed though!

[@joshuaa7266]

Imagine living on the outer edges of Egypt. You wouldn't get news of what's going on in the cities, and suddenly basically the apocalypse would be happening without warning, ending with the death of all the firstborn of the family. And there's nothing you could do to stop it. Such a just god.

[@failuretocomunicate5266]

Thanks again, commenting for the algorithm, the bible is just nuts! I just had no idea. I never read the book.

[@dragowolfraven3806]

I can't read it without deciding whether to laugh or cry at how twisted God is😂

[@robertkirby8685]

It's a piece of literature that requires some level cultural and historical knowledge of the world it was written in.

[@nicolasandre9886]

@@robertkirby8685 : which culture should I study to be able to understand the concept of a benevolent god killing almost everyone in a big flood, including almost all animals who were just minding their own business?

[@robertkirby8685]

@@nicolasandre9886 The flood is actually a good example of what I mean. The one in the Bible is actually an import from Mesopotamia where we have a couple versions of the flood myth, the most famous probably in Gilgamesh. The world Gilgamesh has multiple gods, and it was one god (Enlil) who wanted to wiped out humanity away with a flood because they became too noisy, but another god (Ea) commanded a man named Utnapishtim (the Noah of the story) to build and ark to save some life during the Deluge. In the Genesis account however, Yahweh is the one supreme god, so he takes on the roles of both Enlil (killing all life with a flood) and Ea (commanding Noah to build an ark and load it with animals). By trying to modify a originally polytheistic story into a henotheistic one, Yahweh comes out as both the villain and hero (not to mention the added detail that the reason for Yahweh's flood was because humanity was wicked).

[@nicolasandre9886]

@@robertkirby8685 : it's really odd to conflate the good and the bad gods into one and try to make it the good guy nonetheless, especially when you already had a bad guy a few chapters earlier with the snake that tricked Eve, which could have assumed the bad guy's role once again. But I admit I will never be able to imagine what it's like to be a writer at the time these stories began to be written.

[@McFlingleson]

The part where the spirit of God kills a bunch of Egyptian kids in Prince of Egypt was one of my most traumatic movie moments as a child.

[@LadyAbstract]

Has anyone tried googling why God hardened Pharaohs heart? I did and theres some pretty interesting responses out there. 😂

[@badmedicine3564]

The explanation I've heard Christian apologists give is that-Pharaoh was already starting to harden his heart before Yahweh got to him,so Yahweh felt justified in taking the hardening to it's limit-the rest of the way.Whaaat? That is one of the lamest and ridiculous"explanations I've ever heard! They are just trying to get away from what is an obvious conclusion-that we have an obvious contradiction here.As if some ancient ignorant and superstitious writer of Exodus was incapable of writing mistakes and contradictions into the narrative.But both in Exodus and in Romans,it says that God hardened Pharaoh's heart to spread his glory and fame throughout the land so that the surrounding cultures would know that he is the greatest God.It also say in Romans 9 that God hardens who he wants to harden-which he actually did to a couple other nations/tribes so Israel could destroy them.I wonder why he didn't do that to the occupying Roman civilization that dominated Israel in the 1st century.It probably would have been better than torturing his son to death.

[@rudra62]

It made for a longer story for God to harden Pharaoh's heart over and over than just go in for the kill the first time. God had to give them the locusts, the frogs, kill the livestock first.... then kill their firstborn sons. Had God just come in, "God killed their kids and destroyed their farm land.", it wouldn't be as long or gory of a story.

[@badmedicine3564]

@@rudra62 You're probably right.

[@bellezavudd]

@@rudra62 True that. Amd all the exciting drama in literature would hardly exist if the author didnt stretch out the absurd actions of main characters digging in and doubling down on bad choices and horrible decisions.

[@russellmiles2861]

It’s like to to find out why God destroy Sodom whatever there sin was: it does seem a tad excess. God kills the animals and babies too - they must be some very naughty goats

[@yoursotruly]

We have almost the same ritual in Pastafarianism, instead of taking out the yeast, we put in the garlic salt on toasted bread by command of the Spaghetti Monster and never passover the parmesan cheese. Foreigners are welcome to eat but must never complain about the "bad breath" which they won't notice after they eat some spicy meatballs.

[@rick420buzz]

So let it be written So let it be done I'm sent here by the chosen one So let it be written So let it be done I'm Creeping Death

[@alguno1010101]

if something positive can be said about the Bible, is that it's pretty damn metal, Revelations needs to have some heavy metal playing on the back

[@JohanKylander]

To kill the firstborn Pharaoh's son I'm creeping death

[@Asa...S]

"Take a lamb" "The animals you choose must be year-old" "You may take them from the sheep or goats". First, if it´s a year old, is it really a lamb? Do they really stay lambs that long? Aren´t they sheep by then? Second, if it´s a goat it´s a kid isn´t it, not a lamb?

[@debbys-abqnm4537]

Clearly this god was not a farmer or rancher...

[@rudra62]

It actually takes 2 or 3 years for the offspring of these animals, as well as cattle, to grow up and be adult animals. The year-old sheep are kind of like yearling cattle - they're not yet adults, but are much larger than the newborn calves. Their meat is more tender than that of an adult, but in contemporary times, yearling calves are seldom slaughtered. I presume it's the same with sheep or goats. Mutton is a much fatter and tougher meat than lamb. Yes, year-old goats are kids - not lambs.

[@rudra62]

@@harveywabbit9541 Possibly. Or, possibly the Bible means just what it says. The seasons weren't divided up by God or astrology though.

[@debbys-abqnm4537]

@@harveywabbit9541 -- I hadn't heard/read about that naughty idea, but am not surprised. There are a lot of spicy terms for how men do their "thing", but similar terms for women are almost uniformly insults.... Maybe if I were going to worship anyone Earthbound, it would be Mother Nature, who does seem to want everyone to grow and mature (no "worship me or else!"), but She understands how nature takes its course (there is a time for everything)... Recently, though, the idea of Laniakea has grabbed my interest, not to worship (I can't really see ever doing that to anyone or anything), but the idea is fascinating. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laniakea_Supercluster

[@rudra62]

@@harveywabbit9541 Yeah. Things were more "integrated" in the time of Moses. Sheep and goats, all sharing the same pastures, all eating the same food, all slaughtered on the same evening.... By the time of JC, it was "goats on the left, sheep on the right". Separate but equal. Thank goodness we've moved beyond that! These days, I see black and white and red cattle, all in the same pasture, all sharing the same food, all drinking from the same water trough. As bad as we hear commercial slaughterhouses today are, the directions in the Bible would subject someone to animal cruelty charges.

[@TheWaltiss1971]

These readings are amazing! Please continue and also do New Testament with your brilliant commentary!

[@Rei-Rei]

Wait, were they making unleavened bread because god told them to, or because they were in a hurry to leave? It seems to say both.

[@LM-jz9vh]

*Yahweh was introduced to Israel in a five-stage process:* *Traditional Polytheism:* The earliest Israelites worshipped creator god El, his wife Asherah, and his sons e.g., Baal. *Incorporation:* Yahweh was incorporated as a 2nd tier god in El’s pantheon. *Elevation:* Yahweh and El are identified as the same deity. *Monolatrism:* A new Yahweh-only movement emerges, and the gods of the second tier are denied. *Monotheism:* Gods of other nations are denied, Yahweh’s power is deemed universal in scope. *At some point in its history, El was identified with Yahweh as the same god.* This equation is expressed clearly in Exodus 6:2-3. “And God said to Moses, “I am Yahweh. I appeared to the patriarchs as El, but by my name Yahweh I did not make myself known to them.” Other Biblical material asserts this equation. Joshua 22:22 states “the god of gods is Yahweh”. Judges 9:46 refers to “El of the covenant”. *The Yahweh-alone movement vigorously condemn prominent Canaanite gods… except El. There are zero condemnations of El in the Hebrew Bible. This makes sense if Yahweh was ultimately identified with this Canaanite creator-god.* What’s more, archaeological evidence suggests that the Yahweh religious centers in Shiloh and Bethel were originally a place of El worship. *El and Yahweh are attributed same characteristics.* El is depicted as a wise old man with a beard eg “You are great, O El, and your hoary beard instructs you”. Yahweh is described in the same terms (Daniel 7:9, Job 36:26, Habakkuk 3:6). Like “Kind El, the Compassionate”, Yahweh is a “merciful and gracious god”. The description of Yahweh’s dwelling place as a tent (Psalms 15:1, 27:6, 91:10) recalls the tent of El in the Canaanite narrative of Elkunirsa. Finally, both Yahweh and El are said to dwell amidst cosmic waters (Isaiah 33:20-22, Ezekiel 47:1-12, Zechariah 14:8). El’s wife was named Asherah. When Yahweh was identified with El, did he also inherit his wife? In the blessings of Joseph, Genesis 49:25 contains language specific to the Asherah cult “blessings from Breast-and-Womb”. *The Bible further admits that the Israelites frequently worshipped a “Queen of Heaven”* (Jeremiah 7:18, 44:17-25). Indeed, 2 Kings 21:7 tells us that worship of Asherah happened within the Temple itself. *Finally, archaeology has uncovered several icons with the inscription “Yahweh and his Asherah”. This evidence cumulatively suggests that, in early forms of Israelite religion Yahweh was believed to have a wife.* The push towards monolatrism led to the eviction of the Asherah cult, whose memory may be preserved in Zechariah 5:5-11. But this eviction created a deficit of femininity to Israelite religious expression. *To compensate, the Biblical writers began attributing feminine attributes to Yahweh (Isaiah 49:15, 46:3, 44:2,24, 42:14).* *To induce the Israelites to stop worshipping Baal, the imagery of Baal was adopted by the Yahweh cult.* The Baal Cycle, ancient mythology on the scale of the Epic of Gilgameth, has four literary themes for the storm god. Here are those themes, along with the Biblical text which mirrors them. The march of the divine warrior (Psalm 104:3 “He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind”) The convulsions of nature as the divine warrior manifests his power (Judges 5:5, Hab 3:10) The return of the divine warrior to his holy mountain to assume divine kingship (Isaiah 31:4) The utterance of the divine warrior’s voice from his palace provides rains that fertilize the earth (Jeremiah 10:13) *Yahweh is also depicted as defeating Baal’s classic enemies:* Baal/Yahweh defeats a seven headed dragon, Leviathan, and River (CAT 5.1, Psalm 74:13-15). Baal/Yahweh defeats Sea (KTU 1.14, Psalm 89:10). Baal/Yahweh defeats Death/Mot (KTU 1.4 VIII-1.6, Isaiah 25:8). Polytheistic Roots of Israelite Religion | Fewer Lacunae kevinbinz.com/2018/07/21/polytheistic-roots-of-israelite-religion/

[@mastermarkus5307]

Yahweh is like a very weird abusive boyfriend: "If I see ANY yeast in this house, you have to go live on the street!"

[@rudra62]

This all-knowing God doesn't seem to know that you start growing the yeast FIRST when making a yeast bread, then after it's growing well and "healthy", you add the flour and oils and make the dough. You don't somehow "add yeast" to this already-formed dough. Before he gave cooking instructions, he should have asked his wife, Asherah. Heck, if you asked MY husband how to make bread, he would know that you don't add the yeast as an afterthought!

[@alguno1010101]

Maybe he was recently divorced, he was angry all the time and still hadn't got the gist of cooking by himself. Also, his dating skills were rusted and the Egyptian goddesses kept rejecting his advances at the bar.

[@rudra62]

@@alguno1010101 He'd been divorced since before he created Adam - only a couple of thousand years earlier. It wasn't only the Egyptian goddesses who kept rejecting his advances - the Greek, Roman, Celtic, Indian, American, and Japanese Goddesses rejected YVHV en masse - he wouldn't even let them say his name, let alone give them his number. Some say that he was a closeted homosexual, as he's got a lot of focus on being gay, or making people gay as some sort of punishment, and torturing and killing them too. Word is that after being snubbed by 10s of thousands of Goddesses, he tried hitting on an Egyptian or Canaanite God who also snubbed him.

[@hoopoe3093]

How does Moses make his coffee? Hebrews it.

[@badmedicine3564]

@@harveywabbit9541 The water that came out of the rock could have been piss(?)!

[@templargfx]

I laughed a bit too much at that

[@ThatCanadianGuy-e1p]

Why would god need blood to distinguish between Egyptians and Israelites?

[@lusciouslipslibra]

Because he's not omnipotent, and admit it, you can't tell your all your kids apart either 😂

[@ThatCanadianGuy-e1p]

@@lusciouslipslibra I don't have kids, but, If I did; I think I could do a better job than god at distinguishing them. lol

[@ThatCanadianGuy-e1p]

@@harveywabbit9541 Interesting, can you tell me your source for that? It sounds a bit like something Robert Graves would have written.

[@vegasemerald9657]

Wait until you get to the Book of Numbers. Yahweh is going to make his “wonderful” magic trick he performed on Egypt to remind the Israelites to be thankful for. If you thought Exodus is fucked up, you’re in for a surprise in Leviticus to Deuteronomy.

[@PBAmygdala2021]

Can't wait!

[@mastermarkus5307]

That's when Yahweh goes full tyrannical dictator / gaslighting abuser.

[@vegasemerald9657]

@Master Markus Eeyup! Yahweh is a full-blown asshole and extremely unlikable. How are we expected to follow that guy if he’s a ticking time bomb waiting to go- KABOOM!! Yet, we would be damned to eternity in worshipping Yahweh 24/7 non-stop and damned if we refused. I hate having to choose between the two.

[@bellezavudd]

Came for the Freindly Hemant, stayed for the N.I.V. horror-show and bloody BBQ.

[@grapeshot]

Of course evidently there was a belief that the Egyptian gods did exist,it was just they felt their invisible sky wizard was stronger, that being Israelites. Yahweh seems to have a thing for blood that would carry over onto his supposed son.

[@jeneb52]

Also it says he loves the aroma of fat burning.

[@qbasicmichael]

This is monolatrism. Many gods exist, but yahweh is supreme. (Exodus 15:11; deuteronomy 32:43 (in dead sea scroll 4q44); psalm 97:7,9).

[@invisibledave]

So this chapter confirms that there is more than 1 god. I guess this chapter didn't get sent to the proof-readers.

[@qbasicmichael]

Much of the old testament is monolatrist, not monotheist. Many gods exist, but yahweh is supreme. (Exodus 15:11; deuteronomy 32:8-9,43 (in dead sea scrolls 4q37 and 4q44); psalm 82; psalm 97:7,9). Judges 11:24 seems henotheist in that jephthah seems to acknowledge chemosh's power for ammon. A small portion of the bible, namely 2nd isaiah, and possibly a few individual verses in deuteronomy, are monotheist. (Isaiah 45:5). It seems someone tried sanatizing the text of deuteronomy 32 in the masoretic text, removing the phrase "bow down to him, all gods" from deuteronomy 32:43, but leaving the same phrase in psalm 97:7.

[@wiwaxiasilver827]

Exactly this. I wondered why there wasn’t a single sympathetic Israelite that colored an Egyptian’s door with blood. Plus entering and taking precious metals from the Egyptians the day after all their firstborns died? This is not very far away from the atrocities of the holocaust. Sure, the pharaoh kept refusing to let them go, but it’s the pharaoh specifically. What about the prisoners that lost their sons, or the Egyptian princess that had adopted Moses and raised him as her own? Logistics aside, did all Egyptians really deserve this if all the bible accounts did happen? Not to mention, the pharaoh might just have been mind controlled like the Egyptians that suddenly turned favorable to the Israelites to give them silver and jewels. Where is free will in any of this?

[@dragowolfraven3806]

Let us see what the"loving and merciful God is going to do to"help" his "Chosen People" this time. I would hate to work for this guy as he has a very strange idea of helping😕 Are we sure this is the good guy?🤔😂

[@elliegotfredson3712]

If you wanna take OT literally (which I do - OT as literature), you have to go back to where Israel, father of the chosen ones, curses the House of Levi - Moses, Aaron, Miriam and the whole future Line of Priests. He disinherits them for1. Murder and 2. Keeping instruments of torture in their homes. I doubt if they stuck around at that point, maybe hooked up with the Midianites long before Moses was born. Black magicians who summoned up the Demon YHWH.

[@jakeloranger1419]

@@elliegotfredson3712 I'm all for taking OT as literature or mythology, but that's not what "literally" means. It means to take what's written at face value, without considering metaphor or irony. Usually people who take the Bible literally believe it is a record of what has actually happened. Which I think is a mistake, not only because there is plenty of evidence that shows what is described in OT couldn't possibly have happened that way, but also because they miss the deeper significance of some of the passages. Such as believing that there was actually a first man named Adam who sinned and therefore we're all guilty of sin. This leads the believer to think we are all flawed and need to be corrected somehow to be redeemed. Whereas if one takes Adam, not as the first man, but as a representation of every man, then one understands that human beings can fall victim to arrogance and desire to be god-like. The story then becomes an object lesson in human tendency and the possible consequences of giving in to that tendency. Greek mythology is full of stories about the dangers of hubris. As are the mythologies of many different cultures.

[@elliegotfredson3712]

@@harveywabbit9541 I respect your astrological viewpoint but most of us don't understand it - lots of study time just to learn astrology, much less how to apply it to the OT! I'd appreciate information on where you found that "moses" means "water" - first time hearing that!

[@elliegotfredson3712]

@@jakeloranger1419 Good grief, Charlie Brown! Adam didn't sin, Eve did! Also, he remembers his Mom so he knows, whatever this thing talking jn his head is, it didn't create him cuz his Mom did.

[@jakeloranger1419]

@@elliegotfredson3712 Actually, in the story Adam eats of the fruit as well. So he is just as guilty of sin.

[@duckiesantos]

Thank you, preach it lol. Seriously though, I really enjoyed this week content. The bible is truly disturbing.

[@NeverTalkToCops1]

Damn it man, don't make me google, "How many sickening chapters are in Exodus."

[@australianandrew128]

I can't wait for Exodus 33: 3,4,5 behold Yahweh needs Anger Management.

[@Not_really]

A god who can read the human mind suddenly needs a sign-writer to mark the doorposts of Israelites, in blood, in order to help him distinguish the Israelites from those Egyptian heathens.

[@Claudi333]

Keep up the great work man!

[@rcblazer]

What exactly is God's grudge with yeast all about anyway? Not that it matters, considering he makes Jack the Ripper took tame in comparison.

[@jamesdoo1124]

I think that, rather than having a grudge about yeast, in 12.14-20 God introduces a feast that replicates the events that take place in 12.29-39. As Israel leave, there are two mentions of their dough, 1) v34, they've not packed to leave, so they rush out with half-prepared dough (without yeast), 2) v39, they bake the dough into cakes/loaves to eat. God's command about the feast without yeast is about remembering how they left Egypt, without preparation and without yeast! It seems important for the people to remember that God saved them from Egypt, which is why there's a terrible penalty for neglecting the celebration. What do you think?

[@rcblazer]

@@jamesdoo1124 Well considering we have archaeological findings that prove there were no Israelite people in Egypt as slaves or otherwise, I gotta call BS on the whole thing.

[@jamesdoo1124]

@@rcblazer I agree, if something claims to be history and history proves those claims false, we'd certainly have to. My understanding of the archaeology (limited as it is!) is that there are a number of factors that are persuasive in favour of and against the biblical account, but we just don't have anything to swing the argument to discrediting the biblical account, only leave us with possibilities either way. What archaeological findings are you thinking of?

[@rcblazer]

@@jamesdoo1124 Archaeologists have proven that there is no evidence that the story of Exodus ever took place in Egypt. The only account of it comes from the Bible itself. Considering the ludicrousness of Exodus (and the other stories in the Bible), I can only come to the conclusion that they are works of fiction.

[@jamesdoo1124]

Hi @@rcblazer, thanks for your reply. While I'm not especially well versed in the ancient history we're exploring, my understanding of the archaeological evidence is that there's not enough to make a conclusion either way. Could you point me to something that says otherwise? Does seeming ludicrousness itself prove falsehood?

[@hudsonchalmers6504]

Love your dissections

[@hudsonchalmers6504]

@@transformationchurch7254 I dont understand your reply?

[@victorpaesplinio2865]

In all the other plagues God simply differentiate the Israelites and Egyptians. But now he needs a blood mark so he don't become confused and kill the wrong people.

[@mynameiswoman]

Quite funny what most of humanity have to endure because of some desert ppl wanting to claim a piece of dry land 🤷‍♀️

[@IssoufBa42]

"The destroyer"? Did Moses actually made Israelites put blood in front of their doors and killed the Egyptians in the name of God? Geez!

[@laurajarrell6187]

Hemant, you make these so funny. With just your, huh? attitude, which was mine when I read the bible, first time, cover to cover. So much became clearer to me. Why the early church, in the middle ages, or dark ages, weren't even sure if women had souls. And, man, I hope you read through to where god tells them yo bury their poop, so he doesn't step in it, accidentally, while he's walking around at night. Oh, that might be after they build the ark of the covenant to carry him in, lol. 👍🥰✌😷🎃

[@badmedicine3564]

Yeah,right?

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

Well the bible does not tell anybody if a woman should have a soul, Eve did not get blown by god after all...

[@laurajarrell6187]

@@Ugly_German_Truths I almost spit tea out my nose, laughing at this!🤣👏🥰✌

[@garryferrington811]

God walks around at night stepping in poop? Kind of a dumb god.

[@Author-dad-veteran]

I wonder if anyone reads the Bible fully and actually stays religious. There must be very few who really have.

[@templargfx]

You know I never realised the significance of the name 'pass over'. That is some dark shit

[@visaman]

This is why Jesus was crucified on Passover. Jesus was the sacrificial lamb. It's all symbolic.

[@templargfx]

@@visaman It was awful nice of the Romans to be so accommodating to the symbolism

[@badmedicine3564]

@@visaman If Jesus was supposed to be the lamb of the Passover-and therefore the atonement,he was crucified on the wrong day.He should have been crucified on Yom Kippur-the day of atonement.Passover was,and still is,a memorial time to Yahweh for the Jews to remember and thank him for delivering them out of Egypt.When Jesus ate the passover meal(Last Supper)with his disciples before he was crucified,they were all supposed to eat unleavened bread because it was also during the feast of unleavened bread and Passover together.The Greek word for "unleavened"is "azymos"-The Greek word for "leavened"or bread with yeast in it,is artos.The bread that Jesus was supposed to be eating that night was"azymos-unleavened.Instead,Jesus and the 12,ate"artos"-leavened(which means "loaf"or"cake).Jesus violated the passover rules-and therefore -sinned.(Luke 22:15-16)

[@visaman]

@@templargfx Pilate even accommodated them the custom of releasing a prisoner on Passover, and was all set to let Jesus ho free, but the Jews hardened their hearts and asked that Barabbas be released instead.

[@PBAmygdala2021]

What would have happened if: - the parents weren't home to mark the door - the parents didn't hear about the blood trick, so didn't mark their door - someone in the house didn't know, and washed off the blood - they didn't put enough blood on the door (what is the threshold?) - parents used blood of wrong animal - kids were having a play-date and/or sleepover, so an Egyptian was at a Jewish house or vice versa

[@allanlarsen3261]

Prisoners were killed as well. Since the people of moses were slaves, it is not unreasonable to expect quite af few of them were locked up, therefore unable to participate in the ritual. Sucks to be them.

[@debbys-abqnm4537]

@@allanlarsen3261 -- all because god forgot to put on his glasses... rose- or blood-colored glasses at that.

[@PBAmygdala2021]

@@allanlarsen3261 great point!

[@rudra62]

The threshold is the bottom part of the door. It's kind of like the tradition of the groom carrying the bride over the threshold. They are more substantial in contemporary construction. Look at the door to your home. Do you see either a wooden or metal piece at the bottom, designed to interface with weatherization strips, to keep out cold air and water? That's a threshold.

[@PBAmygdala2021]

@@rudra62 I was using "threshold" in the context of "minimim quota", ie. how much blood would be sufficient? So, if a family only owned one little lamb that only produced enough blood for one small streak on the door, would that be detected by the angel of death who flew over the houses? Or would it be too small of a signal on the door? Did that angel of death have a known optical resolving power on its divine eyes or lens? For example, would it be able to detect and correctly identify a smattering of blood that was only 10 cm by 10 cm? (3" by 3"). What would happen if a small stain of blood was on an Egyptian family's door? Perhaps it got there by accident. Would they be spared? What would people think afterwards? Would the neighbors be furious that their sons were spared? Maybe the survivors might think that they were Hebrew themselves but didn't realize it! Maybe they would choose to migrate to Judea too, along with Moses. While we're on the topic, did the angel of death perform an analysis to confirm that the substance on each door was in fact blood, and not something like sandy mud or spilled paint? Did the angel perform a DNA analysis to confirm which species of animal the blood came from, to confirm compliance? If its was cat blood, would the angel still deliver death? This exercise is bringing even more questions to mind. How many Hebrew houses were there? How long did it take for this flyover mission? Could it really all be done in just one night? I remember asking such questions as a kid about a similar visitor on a similar judgement-and-reward mission, each Christmas eve. My real hope from this line of inquiry is to encourage critical thinking and investigation, and to highlight that the authors of those biblical stories did not take such an approach.

[@debbys-abqnm4537]

How do the traveling Israelites find ovens to bake their bread? Do they just make a new oven out of stone at each pit stop? And once the sanction on any yeast in the home is lifted, where do the Israelites find yeast? Perhaps they find some (intact) non-Israelite yeast growers to take along on the chosen ones' coming many-year journey. Oh, and did the Israelites also put lamb blood over/on the front doors of the barns where their own animals slept that fateful night? Could god tell which animals worshiped him and which didn't care? Questions, questions!

[@zecuse]

9:48 Um... so Pharaoh and Moses have met yet again and neither one of them died during the encounter?

[@badmedicine3564]

Yeah,right?

[@PBAmygdala2021]

Its like a kids cartoon where the autobots constantly show down against the decepticons but nobody dies or is seriously injured, because they need the stories to continue next week. And to sell toys of each side.

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

@@PBAmygdala2021 but then why did the authors of this garbage lay the words "when i next see you i'll have you killed" into Pharao's mouth last chapter? You do not need to risk such contradictions when you make the stuff up anyways!

[@PBAmygdala2021]

@@Ugly_German_Truths Well, my best guess would be that it makes for good drama. Threats catch people's attention. But just because he says it, doesn't mean it's actually going to happen. Or, if that threat was at their final encounter before the Jews were freed and fled, then in that case it's good dramatic foreshadowing before Pharoah chased them down through the desert.

[@jeneb52]

So effen messed up, but more enjoyable with your commentary... but how were they to prove that they were snipped? Did they pull up the robes, who did the exams, and no wonder they didn't get very far after being in pain!

[@iamnohere]

I: A pagan here, not an atheist, but I enjoy this series a lot. It´s catharctic to dunk on the bible´s twisted morality sometimes, when so often it gets presented as the very pinnacle of it - which is pretty disturbing edit: addition

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

Are you at least a good person? We need more good people on this planet in the middle of nowhere space.

[@iamnohere]

@@youtubestudiosucks978 I: _"at least"_ a good person? I certainly _try_ to be, yes. But whether/how well I'm succeeding isn't for myself to gauge, but those whom my actions affect (directly or not). So, can't tell you if I'm a good person or not

[@billjohnston882]

This story makes less sense the more you read it. The story I heard growing up was that the Israelites had to eat unleavened bread (and so did we) because they had to flee Egypt quickly and there wasn't time to make proper bread. But that's not true. They had to pick out the lamb on day 10 and slaughter it on day 14, so they had 4 days warning. Even if they didn't know the genocide was going to happen that night the lamb was killed at twilight and the genocide began at midnight. Wouldn't the bread being baked have been made to be served with dinner? The Israelites seem to understand what to do with a week of warning, only god seems to be under the impression of a big hurry. Some people may be awake at midnight but don't most parents let sleeping children lie? Who is waking up their kids at midnight to check on them? Can we really say the Israelites were fleeing when they stopped to rob their grieving neighbors? The Israelites have been slaves for 400 years and god has been absent all that time. He wished Joshua the best of luck and bounced. That was why he needed these big signs to prove his existence. The Israelites have read of god's love, but they know his cruelty and terror first-hand. Are they happy to be rescued by god or terrified that this monster has come back and focused on them?

[@whenthecloudspart]

Honestly I am so thankful I started reading the Bible because I really see how the world has taken these stories and acted them out today. Like the obsession with God punishing their enemies, war, trickery, and manipulation. Hell even narcissism and how they are so obsessed with having children. Thinking of the duggars and many huge catholic families. That Leah and Rachel story, how women can have children in hopes that the man will finally love them. The selling of a brother into slavery because he had a dream he would have power over them. All of that is depicted in this book and I now can understand why some people do what they do. Why the destruction continues, why slavery continues. The whole thing of a country feeling threatened by the rising of another group and being over run. All of it is here and I feel like I am learning so much because whether we admit it or not this book is in every piece of media we have. So many of the stories/themes are taken and written about. So much is playing out because people are carrying it with them. So many people read this book and think that is how I should act, that is what I should do it worked for them. It sucks I hope that people start to move past this by reading it themselves and questioning. Because you can think about the themes of the stories and try and explain it away but taking a moment and thinking about how at face value it is a horribly destructive book. Wanting fear to be the way forward when love is always the answer. I read the stories and I’m like if God had used love instead this could have been a better teaching moment for that person. Or focusing on loving his people, things could be different. Anyway still reading

[@edwinbrown855]

I like how every other plague God apparently knew where the Israelites where but for this one he needed sheep blood smeared on the door to be able to tell... So much for all knowing I guess 😅

[@edwinbrown855]

This seems a stretch, but it’s interesting to speculate on how different cultures have shared and exchanged ideas I guess. I’m fascinated by paganism (actually celebrate Yule every year secularly), but that doesn’t mean that everything is pagan. The ancient people living in the levant had their own practices/beliefs, and neighbors who had their own religions which I assume were not Hellenistic paganism. There is no perfect pagan truth out there, but there *are* a lot of old stories some good some bad and all borrowing from earlier traditions.

[@alguno1010101]

also, sometimes the Israelites live all together (around 600000 families, apparently) on their own ghetto, and sometimes they have Egyptian neighbours to ask for silver and gold

[@edwinbrown855]

Yes, Amen His book is truly a wellspring of truth! 🙏🏼

[@janniemostert4688]

Where was God during the Holocaust?

[@GeneralArmorus]

god is a strangely absent father

[@flowingafterglow629]

According to their belt buckles, he was with the Wehrmacht soldiers

[@GeneralArmorus]

@@flowingafterglow629 such a cruel twist is def to his taste

[@benclark4823]

@@flowingafterglow629 probably another one of gods cruel punishment 😒

[@puirYorick]

Thankfully the Jewish classmates and acquaintances I knew in my school days were not that observant of their religion. I guess they were only culturally Jewish. We broke bread together but nobody inspected me for a turtleneck first.

[@mynameiswoman]

Smearing blood on doors sound like witchcraft. Funny that an all knowing god didn't know Egyptians from Israelites. 🤔

[@StrawHalo44]

Both were black

[@GapWim]

10:58 _”Jesus, this is messed up!”_ This works both as an expletive and as directly adressed to Jesus.

[@GapWim]

@@transformationchurch7254 | The content alone gave away that you’re a spoofed account and not the real Friendly Atheist. That your account details say you joined a week ago and one subscriber is just icing on the cake. 🤣🤣🤣 So c’mon, don’t be a poor excuse for a total shitbag of a human being and cut it out. 😒

[@phillip1563]

Reminder set

[@whisperedarcc6543]

Its amazing how some people refer to the bible as inerrant when it cannot get simple things correct. The bible talks about lambs and then finishes the verse by saying "...the animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats..." Oooooohkay. I am not sure if "god" is aware of this but lambs are from sheep while young goats are called kids. NowI am well aware that it is possible that perhaps the young of both animal types were called lambs in those days however as the tenth commandment clearly states "Though shalt not seeth a kid in its mothers milk."it is clear that the bible does indeed recognise the difference between baby sheep and baby goats.

[@LM-jz9vh]

*The Israelite people were indigenous Canaanites.* So where did the Israelite people come from? *The Israelite people were originally Canaanite pastoralists who, in 1300 BCE. changed their economic strategy in response to worsening conditions.* There is substantial evidence for this hypothesis. *Linguistic:* Hebrew and Canaanite language are increasingly indistinguishable the further back you go in the Iron Age. *Material culture:* Israelite and Canaanites shared the same building plans, pottery designs, village layouts, cooking habits … *In Canaan, the chief god was El. El’s wife was Asherah, and his sons include Ba’al and Anut. The Canaanite pantheon is well-understood from the discovery of the Ugaritic texts.* In most English translations of the Hebrew Bible, you will see frequent use of the words “God” and “Lord”. The Hebrew terms for these phrases are more literally translated “El” and “Yahweh”. They are used so interchangeably in the Hebrew Bible that you would think them synonyms. *Names: The very name “Israel” means “house of El”. In contrast, later Israelite names have “Yahweh”-based suffixes e.g., Jehu. Further, most Israelite cities were named after the gods in El’s assembly.* The god Anat was honored in the city of Anathoth, the place of origin of the prophet Jeremiah. The god Dagan in Beth-Dagan. The god El in Beth-El. The god Shamash in Beth-Shamash. The god Shalimu in Jerusalem. *Ritual systems:* The priestly system laid out in Leviticus is very nearly copy-and-pasted from the Ugaritic sacrificial system. *Legal codes:* The Covenant, Holiness, and Deuteronomic law codes share strong parallels with surrounding Canaanite legal systems. *Iconography:* A seal found in Jerusalem in a tomb of the seventh century shows a solar god flanked by two minor gods: “Righteousness” and “Justice” *There are also expressions of polytheism throughout the Hebrew Bible. For example,* “Do you not possess that which Chemosh, your god, has given you? So shall we possess what Yahweh has given us.” Judges 11:24 “Who is like Yahweh among the gods?” Exodus 15:11 “The people of Judah have as many gods as they have towns.” Jeremiah 11:13 *Yahweh was introduced to Israel as a second tier deity (a member of El’s family)* *This can be seen in Deuteronomy 32:8-9, where El gives each of his sons a nation to rule over:* *When El gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of El. For Yahweh’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance.* *In Psalm 82, we see Yahweh not at the head of the pantheon, but later asked to assume the job of all gods. “Yahweh stands in the divine assembly of El. Among the divinities, he pronounces judgment… Arise O Yahweh, judge the world; for You inherit all the nations.” Genesis 49:24-25 and Numbers 23-24 also view YHWH and El existing as distinct deities.* We have seen how Yahweh was first worshiped in Midian, and not Israel. Concurrently, El was worshiped in the land of Israel. *Then, when Yahwism emigrated to Israel (incorporation), Yahweh was not recognized as a god of gods. Rather, Yahweh was elevated to this position (equated with El) as the nation of Judah transitioned towards statehood.* *In summary:* The Israelite origin story is largely a patriotic fiction. The Israelite people were indigenous Canaanites. The first Israelites worshiped the pantheon of El. The original Yahweh cult was a Shasu religion located in southern Edom Yahweh was first worshiped as a god of metallurgy The founder of Judaism, Moses, was said to be a Midianite Yahweh was introduced to Israel as a second tier deity (a member of El’s family) Yahweh, god of metallurgy | Fewer Lacunae kevinbinz.com/2018/07/11/yahweh-god-of-metallurgy/

[@edddycardenas2999]

The all knowing god doesn’t know who is who 😂

[@jhunz23]

This is my de-conversion therapy!

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

1. I have heard that the blood of the lamb is supposed to be a sort of prelude to Jesus. I even read in this weird book series called the "Chronicles of the Door" that the spirit of death, when it sees the blood, sees a bloody body hanging in front of the door, which is, of course, the tortured Jesus, and it can't get past the image of the body. But that book gets it wrong in that it's God "himself" who does the killing, not some appointed Grim Reaper. I'm reasonably certain that "Chronicles of the Door' was written by an Evangelical Christian, though. Some dude called Gene Edwards. They're interesting books, because it's five of the major Bible stories (Genesis, Exodus, Jesus' birth, Jesus' death, and Revelation) told from the perspective of the angels. I don't know if I recommend them, per se, but they are interesting. 2. In terms of the lambs, eh, back in the day, you more or less ate what you had, and yes, that did include organ meat. I mean, people still eat liver. Ew. But the idea was that they would have to leave in haste anyway. Didn't God even say in one of these chapters that they would be literally driven out of Egypt at this point...considering all the murder "he" had done before then, too? 3. The Destroyer? Lord Shiva...? No, to be fair, Shiv's a nicer guy than God...except or that one time he decapitated Ganesha. 4. I definitely see your Jain tendencies coming out here, eh, even though you don't have to be a Jain to b a pacifist. I'm just happy you were raised in a pacifist tradition to begin with: I think that, despite the religious elements with the Tirtankaras and such, it gave you a good grounding. Mind you, this coming from a former Catholic, and they are NOT pacifists. I actually got that tendency of mine through studying Jainism, so my thanks to your ancestors. But Humanism is supposed to be, at least in my iteration of it, a pacifist thing, too. 5. Oh, and by "favourably dispose", I'm PRETTY sure it really means "f*cking terrified that their God is going to kill another one of our kids." I don't know i you've ever watched anything from the channel "Cinema Therapy", but I recommend their episode on "The Prince of Egypt". One of their guys, Alan, is Jewish, and he's really not a fan of what goes on. He's very fond of the idea, though, of portraying it as heart-breaking, which the movie does a good job of, I think. You even see Moses with some human decency, breaking down at the end. FINALLY someone who actually gets it. You certainly don't get that in the original.

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

How do you mean that god does the killing? The book claims god is doing the murder not the angel of death Exodus specifically mentions? Ouch, what an self own! and people eat livers, kidneys, heart, lungs and brains and they will use stomach and colon lining for things like sausage or Haggis. If they do not have any purpose for say the spleen or windpipe itself it still makes good dog food.

[@brunozeigerts6379]

'No shoes, no shirts, no foreskins... no service.'

[@barriepotgieter4194]

Thanks for your work Sir Can't remember your name.

[@abhijeetguha961]

His name is Hemant Mehta

[@v0id616]

I wish they had included in the story if God was invisible while going door-to-door, or if all the Egyptians actually saw him. Must've been a busy night as well, I wonder what the body count was... Btw, this will always be one of my favorite series, really enjoying these episodes and the commentary. All the best!

[@eris808]

The "busy night" part of your comment reminded me of Santa :)

[@v0id616]

@@eris808 😂

[@kaljuhyypio]

But can you DRINK something made with yeast?

[@elainejohnson6955]

That's funny, thanks for the laugh!

[@kaljuhyypio]

@@elainejohnson6955 You're welcome

[@neonshadow5005]

"Exodus 12 .. it's child killing time .." that's hilarious .. I know it shouldn't be but it is. I love your introductions to some of these chapters. But seriously .. this story Sukkoth ..

[@osuzyq828]

Oh great - Half way through, just saw a commercial for Illuminations - bringing the Bible to people around the world. 🤪

[@HortiMyth]

this is proof that God is not all knowing

[@noobpsyhcocodmobile6589]

I'm hereeee❤️

[@noobpsyhcocodmobile6589]

@@transformationchurch7254 what profile?

[@oscargordon]

Being Pharaoh was mostly passed on to the first born son. Since this is an anonymous pharaoh, we can't know for sure, but shouldn't Pharaoh been killed also? Did Pharaoh have an older brother?

[@badmedicine3564]

The"Lord" could've killed Pharaoh and all the officials and whoever was next in line for the throne.It would have saved lots of lives but accomplished the task at hand(Exodus)without blood-and without torturing the Egyption people needlessly and as collateral damage for what their king had done.

[@oscargordon]

@@badmedicine3564 What I wonder is how the story completely skipped over how in Jisarael's time, the Hebrew's were best buds with the Pharaoh and 430 years later they are slaves. How did that come about? Also 430 years of living in Egypt and not a single Hebrew/Israelite artifact or writing. How does that happen?

[@badmedicine3564]

@@oscargordon It didn't.If anything,having a million Hebrew slaves for over 400 years,would've given the Egyptians and,especially the Pharaoh,something to brag about,as rulers tended to do back then.Somebody definitely would have written it down,don't you think? I heard somebody say that maybe the Egyptians were embarrassed to not write down what happened in their defeat from Moses and his God.But then,for that to have happened,all those miracles/magic from Yahweh would have to have happened for real-as well as the sorcerers.And we know that's not true.

[@alguno1010101]

@@badmedicine3564 Some people argue that Egyptians could have hidden those 430 years of history (nevermind that some stuff that they actually tried to erase from the records got found out anyway), but Egypt was a nation that traded with lots of other nations, it would be beyond them to get every neighbour country to not mention anywhere that their merchants couldn't get any grain from them this year because the river was full of blood, locusts and nationwide hail destroyed all the fields, and the livestock got completely murdered three times in a row. Only half of those plagues would have spelled the end of any ancient civilization.

[@badmedicine3564]

@@alguno1010101 Yeah.right?

[@xerozoo]

yep, the passover story is terrible, but it's a really fun holiday. Better than Hanukkah, better than Christmas. the only holiday that comes close is thanksgiving, maybe because everything on the seder plate are replaced with special flavors of homemade ice cream in my house.

[@chadbertrand1460]

Isn't yeast destroyed anyway when the dough is cooked into bread?

[@lagodifuoco313]

What happened to the Israelites that didn't put the blood on their doors? What a morbid story all together.

[@lagodifuoco313]

@@harveywabbit9541 Ok?

[@lagodifuoco313]

@@harveywabbit9541 WTFH are you talking about?

[@gerardmurphy5039]

I have in recent years asked questions about religion and the bible. One question I have asked is about the soul if it where to exist what it is linked to. Religion and its books seem to link everything to a deity that is in the realms of myth and fiction. Surely even with the existence of consciousness itself it cannot be linked with anything fictional. Life cannot be linked with something that doesn't exist. Everything as to be linked to something that does exist.

[@flowingafterglow629]

I'm confused about the whole plundering of the Egyptians part. It says that they should go into the Egyptians' homes and take all their stuff. But God will make it so the Egyptians like them, so they will be ok with it? I'm not getting it.

[@kellydalstok8900]

What does this say about the people who still celebrate this massacre today?

[@idaniluz652]

We celebrate going from slavery to freedom, the murder and suffering is just a side note

[@masterchief5195]

@@idaniluz652 Luckily it's all nonsense.

[@seitisetsoh4991]

Well Moses killed a guy, and wasn't too torn up about it...

[@badmedicine3564]

Yeah,I know.He was raised up by the Pharaoh's family and,apparently,reached a pretty high position in his court.Then he throws it all away because he sees a slave(Hebrew of course)being beaten-as if he never saw a Hebrew slave beaten before(living in an ivory tower,I guess).No wonder that Pharaoh was so pissed when Moses came back and threatened him and his people within inches of their lives.I mean,how ungrateful can a spoiled Egyption be? And I guess Moses never learned the Hebrew's history,because if he would've known that it was Yahweh who arranged for his peoples 400 years of slavery in the first place."The eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the good and the evil."-Prov.

[@badmedicine3564]

@@harveywabbit9541 Okay.What you said.

[@KomodoMagic]

Why dose God hate yeast?

[@Nilsy1975]

Or cooking a goat in its mother's milk.

[@kingsolomon7553]

Because yeast is a representation of sin.

[@KomodoMagic]

@@kingsolomon7553 but why?

[@kingsolomon7553]

@@KomodoMagic Why is yeast a representation of sin?

[@Nilsy1975]

@@KomodoMagic one explanation I recall hearing is the Hebrew priests used the bread to mop up the blood from their sacrifices and eat it. Thus unleavened bread was better at mopping up blood.

[@dtsosie5836]

A day off, but cooking is a lot of work....

[@giganotosaurus845]

Abrahamic god : I will judge the egyptian gods. Ra : it's free real estate. The Valar : girls girls you're both pretty. Edit : WTF why do you always want gods to go up against each other. It's stupid. Almost every pantheon has it's own all powerful deity. So at some point it will become a pointless battle.

[@visaman]

Star Trek The Original Series had an interesting take on religion. In one episode, they encounter the god Apollo, who was actually a space Alien living on Earth, but had no one to worship so he took over a planet. In short all the ancient gods were aliens.

[@WilliamsLibrary]

While it is interesting what practicing Christians would say in response to Hemant's commentary, I want to hear what practicing Jews would say in response. Would they curse Hemant for blasphemy with as much anger as a Fundamentalist Baptist?

[@hitman5782]

4:06 Wait WHAT?! Kill the firstborn ANIMALS as well? HOW? WHY? And haven´t ALL Egypt animals not died over and over again in all the other plagues. How can these animals respawn all the time? How do you know who is the firstborn child of a lamb?

[@romelmurdock4187]

Never realized how many times the cattle #livestock were destroyed in Egypt damn I totally whiffed on that

[@OnyxLee]

What's the deal between God and the yeast? Did he get some infections before?

[@OnyxLee]

@@transformationchurch7254 is your account hacked?

[@c.a.t.732]

7:35 "The Destroyer"? I remember him from the first Thor movie. So did Yahweh and Odin share him?

[@flowingafterglow629]

Is The Destroyer any relation to The Destructor? Gozar....

[@c.a.t.732]

@@harveywabbit9541 Yikes! I was just making a little joke... no need to go tin-foil hat bananas about it!

[@flowingafterglow629]

@@c.a.t.732 I wish there were a way to mute non-useful commentors.

[@HortiMyth]

silence of the lambs

[@darrenwilliams4938]

Thank the imaginary sky fairy that you are on our side Hemant Mehta.

[@masterchief5195]

@@transformationchurch7254 😂😂😂

[@dwaneanderson8039]

So if you can't have anything with yeast during Passover, does that mean you can't drink beer?

[@rudra62]

Yes. You cannot have beer during Passover. Only certain wines are allowed.

[@visaman]

Kosher wine. Morgen David. Archie Bunker's choice of wine

[@flowingafterglow629]

@@visaman Moen David (not Morgen) Mogen David is literally grape juice with ethyl alcohol mixed in.

[@robertkirby8685]

Nope, can't have anything containing yeast in it on Passover.

[@geshtu1760]

No way did 600K men (plus women, children and livestock) leave Egypt in one night. That would take quite some rate of speed. Even if they traveled 10 abreast, and allowing 1m distance between each of them, they'd still extend about 60km - and that's just the men! Just how fast were they supposedly moving? That speed will become even more relevant in upcoming episodes (no spoilers lol)

[@oliviawilliams6204]

How many time the livestock die in this story???

[@alanthompson8515]

Watch out folks! I think there is a phoney "Friendly Atheist" troll around in these comments. BTW Isn't doing that the YT equivalent of the unforgiveable sin? It looks like there is but one cut n pasted comment starting with "God bless you beloved" so it's easy to ignore.

[@Nexils]

Thanks for the heads up. I found them and reported them for spamming a bunch of times. Should be cleaned up soon enough, I hope.

[@BenlitaPintosKitchen]

That last line... Lol! 😁😁😁

[@TheIceman50]

Where did the Egyptians come from anyway? What is their biblical lineage? How many generations since Noah?