Everything Wrong With Exodus 30 in the Bible

[@tonydarcy1606]

Glorifying the priesthood and its attachment to valuable things. Look at the Vatican.

[@PInk77W1]

The Vatican will be here a 1000yrs from now. God told David in the Old Testament “I will build YOU a throne and it shall last forever.” 3000yrs later the pope sits on a THRONE

[@Jehannum2000]

@@PInk77W1 Yes, because there will always be a lot of gullible fools in the world.

[@jannettb7930]

Well, my dad used to tell me that the bible was god's instruction book to us. I used to scoff but I guess it turns out he was right. I just didn't know it was furniture assembly instructions.

[@rayberczik7251]

God loves his bling bling huh!! Then again he does work in delirious ways.

[@TheSecretMan1898]

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[@DioDeezBrando]

Bling bling boy is gods older brother confirmed

[@DJMarcO138]

I was raised Catholic. My parents are both in their 70s and have been lifelong churchgoers, and when I share info like this from the bible with them, it's as if they have never heard a single actual verse from the Bible. Clearly priests only stick to a certain "flavor" of sermon and never steer away from those, otherwise people would sit back and say "hey, wtf is going on here!" more often, lol. It's amazing that in 60 years of going to church, they only know a minuscule amount of what the book actually teaches.

[@visaman]

You are right. Each Orthodox Church has a freeze-dried list of approved sermons that they recite by rote.

[@peteralleyman1945]

Reading the bible is the fastest way to atheism.

[@Jehannum2000]

For most Christians Christianity is just a warm fuzzy feeling inside.

[@lucywillis4535]

God: that a nice body you've got there. It would be a shame if something happened to it. Accidents happen. People get sick. Tell you what I'll do. Ill do you a favour. Pay me half a sheckle and I'll look after it for you...

[@dragowolfraven3806]

Great more animal sacrifice. I wonder how no one heard this without laughing at the idea of a deity who is basically a bronze age supervillain😂

[@scienceexplains302]

Because it was normal or close to normal then. ANE cultures had kings with contracts with their people and slaves and vicious patriarchies. It was what people expected from their local god or king. It is an indication of how far society has advanced that some of us recognize the text as coming from what would be a supervillain in modern culture.

[@parkb5320]

Israelites: … God: You wouldn’t want anything unfortunate to happen to you or your family. Pay your protection money…I mean your tithing.

[@shriggs55]

Yahweh *commanded* the Israelites to love/worship him.Love doesn't work that way.So much for omniscience.

[@J.L.Media.]

I like that God was helpful in clarifying that half of 500 is 250.

[@lucalinadreemur9448]

Lmao you see his infinite wisdom at work

[@susanw.409]

I’ve always wondered what was in the Bible, as a lifelong atheist and anthropologist... Thank you I look forward to each new upload, your commentary is utterly delightful. Can’t wait till next week.

[@suelingsusu1339]

@David Watson ... have you read it??? Have you read the VOODOO RITUALS in Leviticus or Extortion Racket in Exodus 30 at the very least??? Do you know what the Law of The Leper is? Do you know what the Law of Jealousy is?? Do you know that your sky daddy demands and commands and accepts human sacrifice in order to abate a famine he caused??? A person in 2021 who reads the Bible and still believes it is anything but flimflam devised by benighted nasty mountebanks is... well.... let's just say .... in need of help.

[@a10miletooth]

@David Watson one doesn't need to read the bible to know that nothing supernatural has ever been demonstrated to exist, especially any gods.

[@whatwouldjudydo_]

@David Watson what do you mean? We just all read it together with hemant

[@susanw.409]

@David Watson if there was a real god everyone on the planet would instinctively believe and worship it. The fact that children have to be taught about and indoctrinated into believing a specific god shows that those beliefs are not universal around the planet. If it’s not universal to everyone how can it be the one true god? The Bible is a fascinating collection of stories written by the people to document historical events and legitimizing their actions by lacing in a god to make them less mundane. Plus the book has lists of rules for their people to follow to make them distinct from their geographical neighbors. Plus throughout the Book of Genesis god keeps referring to himself as the god of bethel, very specific as if to distinguish himself from the other gods of the area... in “his own words” admitting he’s not the only god. So why should I pay money to a church for them to tell me about the god of bethel when I could just as easily pay money to a rabbi and learn about jahova... it’s the same dude right?

[@joshuaa7266]

@David Watson Have you read the Quran? Books promoting Hinduism, Mormonism, Jehovah Witnesses, Shinto, or Buddhism? If you haven't, by your logic, you have no good reason to not believe in them. Also, I read the Bible. That's why I became an atheist.

[@Malidictus]

"Make a golden gold out of gold and gild it with gold." Seriously, after what feels like 50 chapters of God telling the Israelites how to create golden idols to worship, is there any wonder they'll create a golden idol to worship later in the book? Assuming that does actually happen, and we're not trapped in purgatory reading the Hebrew Ikea manual for eternity.

[@kellydalstok8900]

God’s taste in furniture is very tacky.

[@suelingsusu1339]

All this amazing detail to enrich the priests …. and not even a whimper about how to make penicillin… or soap

[@visaman]

Cinnamon was their Penicillin.

[@suelingsusu1339]

@@visaman ... verse and chapter and book reference please where the bible says that cinnamon is to be used to cure leprosy or to treat infections??? Why does the bible instead prescribe VOODOO RITUALS???

[@visaman]

@@suelingsusu1339 It was used to treat coughs and sore throats throughout the ages., and as a healing oil.

[@suelingsusu1339]

@@visaman ... where does it say so in the Bible??? I know the Egyptians used it since 2000 BCE ... so nothing special there... but where does the Bible say to use it for curing infections.... and have you read in the bible all the PRESCRIPTIONS of VOODOO RITUALS of riving animals to shreds that the bible prescribes to cure stuff like say leprosy or cleanse a woman of having had a baby with twice as much VOODOO needed if she had a baby girl??? Do you know what the Law of The Leper is???

[@peteralleyman1945]

Such a pity so little christians listen to these sermons.

[@darkcustomxxx7252]

their religion would be dead in the water if they did...

[@elvisii4220]

I watch atheist videos, to read the comments for entertainment. Yall misunderstand so much so much . The big words yall force in to sound smart 😂😂 in need of humility

[@peteralleyman1945]

@@elvisii4220 The least thing you could do is give my comment a 👍

[@nosavepoints]

@@elvisii4220 Im confused what is being misunderstood, he is reading the passages as they are written in the bible.

[@tim37857]

you are way to early in the bible to have a Cristian,,this is jewish.

[@grapeshot]

Yahweh is one insecure deity. Very flashy while at the same time saying everybody else has to be humble.

[@shriggs55]

why would a"god"need worship-let alone from the creatures he created? It's all bull-sh*t.

[@MG-ot2yr]

These were bronze age grifters that wrote this crap to get people to provide them nice stuff, food, etc.

[@laurajarrell6187]

Friendly Atheist, Hemant, I realize it is boring, disgusting, and more, having to read this. But there are so many who don't know what is really in there! And, yes, this shows the beginning of the grift! The priests get the best of everything, including girls and boys. 👍🤎🥰✌

[@vegasemerald9657]

Well, I am excited to see what else does Yahweh has to say in his “infinite wisdom”? Is it going to be another “ME, ME, and ME” chapter that Yahweh loves to spend all that time doing? This is going to be about a continual offering, atonement money, and the anointing oil, aka, what the Bible calls a holy ointment oil. Good luck Hemant Menta!

[@tiredofliars]

Holy books are written by Priests, Priests collect all the gold that GOD wants. Since GOD didn't show up to get his gold, the Priest will spend it for him.

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

It still amuses me that all this industry is going on while the Hebrews are camping in the desert

[@amy_pieterse]

I know right. Where they getting the wood? If they are wondering around in the desert how are they constantly building forges to smelt all this gold? Where are they getting all these animals? So many questions pop up the more I listen to this.

[@kellydalstok8900]

@@amy_pieterse Maybe it wasn’t a desert before god demanded all the trees to be cut down for his extravagant temple and stuff.

[@amy_pieterse]

@@kellydalstok8900 maybe

[@brunozeigerts6379]

"Lord... what does an omnipotent god need with money?' Lightening strike! Any other questions?\ 'Uh... no...we're good.'

[@charlidog2]

I don't get it.

[@brunozeigerts6379]

@@charlidog2 Man questions why God needs money. God turns man into black spot on the ground. Asks if anyone else has any questions. Not surprisingly, nobody does.

[@charlidog2]

@@brunozeigerts6379 I guess it's the unlikely, or positive 100% isn't gonna happen, that's confusing me.

[@petertrnka9127]

This has always struck me as odd. The list of money you have to spend to get the attention of God. It has always reminded me of the Star Trek V when a skeptical Kirk asks, "What does God need with a starship?" Is God broke?

[@tiredofliars]

It would have made more sense if the bible had claimed, Go hither, and dig up the three tons of gold I have prepared for you, and you will smelt it until it is pure. The problem with that line is, the FOLLOWERS wouldn't give up what they had to do the job, they would say, GOD will PROVIDE his own gold.

[@holi6293]

Fun fact: anointment oil is also used when a new king or queen is anointed in the UK, they even have a special spoon for it, it's on display together with the royal jewels in the Tower of London

[@scienceexplains302]

The word we know as Altar in English, is “(sacrificial) slaughter place” in Ancient Hebrew. Except for two verses in Ezekiel 43, every instance of “altar” in the Hebrew Bible is mizveach, derived from Zevakh, slaughter/sacrifice en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughter_offering?wprov=sfti1

[@steveo6631]

If not for Indiana Jones, I would not know what the ark of the covenant was... Until Hemant, that is....

[@joshuaa7266]

There's some messed-up stories surrounding it in the Bible. On one occasion, a city steals the Ark, so God hits them all with a plague. They shove it to another city, then they get a plague, and so on until the Israelites get it back. Then there's a story where a man dies because he tries to prevent it from falling off a cart (nobody is supposed to touch it.)

[@paradoxofepicurus]

The lord sayeth my oil recipe is copyrighted and there shall be no infringement.

[@galenthom]

God is just a mob boss.

[@KeriRautenkranz]

Actually, I think it was Moses, Aaron & Sons that were the mob bosses.... This God character is clearly their Imaginary Friend!

[@DrBear-rk4qb]

Love this series! Hemant manages to make even the most boring chapters in the Bible entertaining to listen to and shows how utterly bizarre they really are! I can't believe I used to just read this cultish nonsense without question when I was a Christian.

[@fordprefect9658]

Boring chapters? Murder, sex, genocide, incest, human sacrifice and epic natural disasters that would put the script of 2012 to shame! How can anyone say that any part of this top class story book is boring?

[@peejay4606]

peejay is back for more. reminder set. ❤ya, Hemant. you keep me in stitches..

[@treering8228]

Yay, my kind of “church”. My dad was a preacher and until my mom left him when I was 16, I had the Bible force fed me. I’m proud to say atheism came quickly and easily and I was able to bring my mom along! My dad always said god was coming back while he was alive. He died a couple months ago…

[@keithherring7677]

Imagine how you will feel if you die and find out Jesus is real. You will have influenced your own mom to reject the God who could have saved her.

[@tiredofliars]

My step father preached that Jesus would return and take his people from this evil Earth by the end of the YEAR, because GOD had revealed it to him, in 1975, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1999, 2000, 2001 etc.

[@lnsflare1]

@@keithherring7677 Imagine how you will feel when you for and find out that Yeshua is real and you end up in Hell for eternity with the rest of us heathens because he was pissed that you've been following some schmuck named "Jesus" your entire life, since he only seems to care that you pay lip service to him rather than come to him due to having sufficient evidence.

[@keithherring7677]

@@lnsflare1 I've been following the God that I know, so I don't have to worry about what is real/true.

[@lnsflare1]

@@keithherring7677 And how do you know that God now than the followers of other religions know *their* gods? Or better than the screaming guy in the subway knows the space aliens that created the universe? Though good on you for admitting that you don't actually care about what is real or true, but don't you think that might be a very big problem?

[@flattplanet]

I look forward to this every Sunday more than i ever did church.

[@costeliliescu6829]

Absolutely love your content especially this specific series. I'm only worried you will eventually stop and not through the entire Bible...

[@kleenex3000]

This exegesis of the sacred text is not only scholar-lissimo, it is also hilarious.

[@PInk77W1]

And wrong

[@TheCount991]

Ah yes, God's very own protection racket. I forgot about that. The ancient monetary version I mean. Not the new testament version. I didn't forget about the "love me and dedicate your life to me or suffer for eternity" version, which is somehow LESS subtle than the "pay me to not kill you" version.

[@stephanhirons3454]

As someone who likes a good horror story I'm waiting for the parts where we get off God's shopping list and he gets back to killing everyone

[@constantreader4088]

There's plenty more of that to come! God's no slouch.

[@eriknystrom5839]

Numbers (the 4th book of Moses)….chapter 31. That’s a horrific episode.

[@jeanine219]

@@eriknystrom5839 Yes, many horrific episodes to come.

[@shriggs55]

@@eriknystrom5839 Give the book of numbers a look.Don't eat anything before reading.

[@Shadowkitty360]

God loves his Aroma Therapy 😂

[@puppyash9656]

Where the heck did the rich people come from? They were slaves just a few chapters ago?? What is happening here?????

[@visaman]

40 to 50 years have passed since the parting of the Red Sea. They were slaves until they looted Eygpt.

[@janhankins911]

Right now, in America, the rich pay LESS than the poor. How Republican...

[@dragondancer1814]

For a party that claims to be all about “Christian values,” they sure forgot about that Bible verse that tells them to “Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s!” Oh wait, they’re too busy obsessing over following the rules laid down in Leviticus, my bad! 😛

[@Juiceboxdan72]

People who have never read the Christian bible should at least watch "Year One" with Jack Black

[@hakureikura9052]

And the life of brian for the new testament...

[@Juiceboxdan72]

@@hakureikura9052 Haha of course!!

[@realandar]

So that's where they got the idea for ransomware. Bastards.

[@rgprosucctions1704]

You know whats the worst part, this isnt even the most boring book in the Bible

[@brentlionakaboldchamp]

Yep....that comes much later, but majority are boring to me 😂🤷‍♂️ 99.6% of them

[@theugliestmanever5728]

Another week, another Bible study with Hemant! 👍🏼

[@jeanine219]

Thank you for reading the bible to us, accompanied by your always welcome and comforting wit and humor. Everyone needs to actually read this stuff. Especially the believers and promoters who usually seem to have no idea what these parts of the bible actually say. And to think Moses was the favored one chosen by yahweh as his ¨point man" every step of the way, including handing him the ten commandment tablets. Moses, who is one of the most sinister and murderous characters in the holy bible.

[@roostermcscratch9060]

I kind of want to pose as a fundamentalist Christian, just to try to defend this. But I can’t even _pretend_ to justify this garbage.

[@KeriRautenkranz]

Perhaps you could do the next best thing and pose as a Charlatan, Oops! I meant Priest, trying to defend your source of wealth and power?

[@stevewebber707]

@@KeriRautenkranz There are some times it can be tough playing devils advocate. About the only way this stuff makes sense, is that it provides examples of rules even more insane than the regular biblical laws. So in contrast, the laws the religious people are expected to follow look less bad in comparison. That and to makes sure all his followers understand how very important it is to stroke the ego of the omni-insecure guy upstairs. You know that guy that's so insecure, that he claims to love everyone, and want really close relationships. But somehow can't seem to come out of his room to meet anyone?

[@visaman]

There is really nothing to defend here, especially as a Christian. It is as it was.

[@charlieklott2169]

Steven King needs to make horror films of the old testament .

[@constantreader4088]

He uses a lot of biblical themes. He avoids a direct confrontation though.

[@teresah268]

Stephen.

[@freedapeeple4049]

It'll never happen; he's a bible thumper.

[@satanofficial3902]

"The greatest trick aliens ever played was to make you think they don't really exist." ---Albert Einstein

[@satanofficial3902]

"To Serve Man... it's... it's... a cookbook!" ---Albert Einstein

[@satanofficial3902]

"Humans are nature's most perfect food." ---The Kanamits

[@satanofficial3902]

"Aliens can be alienating." ---Albert Einstein

[@satanofficial3902]

Fact checkers say..."True!"

[@satanofficial3902]

Ancient alien astronaut theorists say yes!

[@DirtPoorWargamer]

I used to think a flat-tax was a good idea... when I was in middle school. Also, there's a hypothesis that there was a mistranslation of both the incense and anointing oil recipies and that they're actually being made with marijuana. The supporting evidence being that the offending ingredient isn't actually native to the area, and that the original word has historically been used to refer to marijuana, which was native. In that light, all of this "Don't keep any for yourselves" makes a lot more sense, especially since the priests would have been on it, and associating the effects with religious experiences and inspired revelation intended only for the clergy. Really they were just high off their asses. This hypothesis also fits in with what we know about the early religious practices of communities all over the world; drugs played a significant factor in religious rituals all across the globe.

[@dwaneanderson8039]

All these specific directions in a supposedly timeless book are describing things that haven't existed for 2000 years. It shows the blinders that believers must have to not doubt the legitimacy of it.

[@visaman]

2500 years or more.

[@rowdydirtyboy7984]

The more I hear about God's material fascination with gold, the more I think he really did give Copeland that private jet.

[@Smilley85]

God wants the Israelites to pour oil over the entire tabernacle, including the altar of burnt offerning. That's a hell of a blaze (pun intended) the next time someone wants to actually burn something on the altar.

[@KeriRautenkranz]

Logic? Why, you, you...HERETIC!

[@rcblazer]

I don't think any Christian has ever tried to defend these specific rules in the Bible. In fact, I bet most don't even know about them.

[@KeriRautenkranz]

When confronted with the contents of their bible, most will say something like: "That's not in the Bible!" or "Jeeeeesus canceled out the old testament" or maybe "That was a mis-translation"

[@ArakkoaChronicles]

@@KeriRautenkranz There's also "that's no longer important because that was for this specific time period".

[@russellmiles2861]

@@KeriRautenkranz nah, they play the new covenant card and avoid that we are discussing the same god.

[@whatwouldjudydo_]

god works in mysterious ways..

[@veganatheistandmore]

Great video! Thank you!

[@d.o.m.494]

The people who wrote this part of the bible clearly wanted to live like kings.

[@MG-ot2yr]

lol yes, its in chapter 1 of the holy book writing manual..... When you say something pleases a god, people are quite willing to give you precious metals, fine fabric, food, desirable substances like incense and money.

[@d.o.m.494]

@@MG-ot2yr And they still fall for it even today!

[@shriggs55]

@@MG-ot2yr Are you saying that Aron and his priests buddies couldn't be trusted? Hmmm?

[@sobertillnoon]

So, I've kinda lost the thread here. Aren't these people still roaming around the desert at this point? What's the point of money when you don't have anything but mana that everyone gets? I'm confused. Please correct me if I missed the part where they murdered the Canaanites.

[@KeriRautenkranz]

It wasn't you that lost the thread but the authors. Don't worry, the slaughter is just beginning!

[@shawnboisclair3696]

God works in mysterious ways but likes round numbers and shiny things.

[@humanitech]

Working in Africa was enlightening and telling experience as many poor believers would abstain going to church on Sundays, when they didn't have any money for tithes...as they said they feared offending and getting gods and their pastors wrath.

[@sheriffcrandy]

I recommend you guys read Proverbs 18. Here's a sneak peak in verse 2: "Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions."

[@idaniluz652]

what about people who do understand the bible but give their opinions as commentary?

[@sheriffcrandy]

@@idaniluz652 giving opinions on the Bible is one thing. But this guy has an unnatural obsession with looking for faults in the Bible that are not there. And he's influencing a lot of people because of his platform. That's alright though, God is not mocked, whatever a man sows, that's what he'll reap.

[@sobertillnoon]

I agree with you on just about everything but the no drinks policy is a good one. You know it was put in there because one guy kept spilling his drinks on shit. You want ants? Because that's how you get ants.

[@charlidog2]

That Archer reference is classic.

[@jojol.2630]

God is a vampire confirmed

[@KeriRautenkranz]

Being a little rough on vampires, aren't you?

[@MichaelAntonFischer]

God is totally not a Mafia boss… oh wait, he totally is

[@LazyIRanch]

Secret formulas of oils and spices? Were there eleven of them? Is god really Colonel Sanders???

[@oldbiker9739]

Steven King would love to make weird movies out of the old testament gawd shenanigans .

[@teresah268]

Stephen.

[@DruncanUK]

So, God was teaching the Israelites about copyright and intellectual property law? Woe betide anyone who makes forgeries of his oil or incense!

[@kendee4421]

Sounds like an early version of Yves St Laurent or Dior. Make copies of their perfumes and you will go to jail!

[@sugarglider4040]

I got an ad about the Bible when I finished this video.

[@jaegrant6441]

I'm just imagining this in a dystopian office like scenario and god is the HR manager. Lol

[@katieheys8564]

Yay! new one

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

With incense, you really got to get the good stuff. The dollar store stuff smalls terrible. Get it at a head shop or you can buy the Indian kind at the convenience store. Nag Champa.

[@paulwillems1656]

Hi! I just wanted to be the 400th comment. But also, dig your stuff!

[@J2onton]

When god received these payments, where did he deposit the cash? What did he spend it on?

[@hakureikura9052]

blackjack and hookers...

[@PBAmygdala2021]

The dimensions are 1×1 length and width, then 2-high = tall and narrow. Given 1 cubit = 1.5 imperial feet, this "altar" would look like a solid podium, not a table.

[@danielrhouck]

What makes you think God hasn’t read the end of the Midas story? Do you think He wouldn’t want to be Midas if it might turn his followers to gold? He might see that as a bonus.

[@onixxfilth]

I've always wondered why God doesn't want rulers to know how many subjects they have.

[@amy_pieterse]

Where did they get all this gold from? They were slaves that escaped Egypt. Did they have gold just lying around?

[@KeriRautenkranz]

All of that incense might be to cover up the foul stench from the other altar and all of the priests clothings?

[@LazyIRanch]

Now THAT is something I can believe! The staff in the White House had to burn scented candles to cover up the smell of hamberders and old man diaper of the previous occupant. True story! Yankee Candle Company probably got a lot of business from the oval office staff.

[@billjohnston882]

How lucky is it that Moses and Aaron happen to belong to god’s preferred tribe that gets the good food, collect tithes and tell the rest what god wants.

[@brunozeigerts6379]

Man, Biblical copyright laws were a bitch!

[@515aleon]

It's extra virgin olive oil with some herbs in it. Might make good pasta.

[@willievanstraaten1960]

Hermant: "What the Hell" Me: "What the Hell"

[@PInk77W1]

Jesus said My flesh is real food

[@sharrell86]

Good job on these videos. I wish you'd cover more than one chapter per week though. It's taking forever. Do you plan to cover other books as well?

[@MegaMemimo]

Friendly Athiest, Please do a presentation on god's foreskin fetish. I found at least 13 references in the bible where god demands foreskin as either Abraham's covenant with god, or god's desire to receive foreskin as an offering from his faithful believers. Whenever I entertain 'believers' to dinner and they insist on praying prior to having the food, I reciprocate by reading random most ridiculous text from the bible. I found that reading controversial scripture about god's foreskin fetishes invoke a most interesting status quo.

[@visaman]

Wouldn't the dinner be cold by the time you were finished?

[@m.a.sperry3424]

This is some weird shit. What is the point of people knowing this stuff? Love your wry sense of humor, Hemant. It at least makes it entertaining.

[@visaman]

Back then it was important to know it. Now, it's like a history lesson. Why do people collect ancient coins or stamps? Because it is facinating.

[@KeriRautenkranz]

Weird shit indeed! Unfortunately, it is necessary to know this stuff because a great many gullible people believe it without knowing the first thing about it. Great numbers of misled people can cause great harm, so....

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

1. Drink offerings, called "libation", were very common with the Pagan gods, and, at least back in the Vedic Age, even with the Hindu Gods. Nowadays in Hinduism, alcohol is considered ritually impure, but way back when, in 1500-1100BCE, Indra especially was said to prefer libation. Nowadays he's only the god of storms, but in Vedic times, he was considered the king of the Gods. 2. You see here the origin of Pesach being a yearly ritual, though, eh, and not just a one-time thing in Egypt. It's why Christians stopped giving burnt offerings, though: Jesus is considered their Pascal Lamb, so in Christianity, God is thought not to want or require the blood of an animal, at least in MOST Christian sects. So, for them, the literal human blood sacrifice (ew) is good enough, but for the Jess, there still does remain the tradition of the Pascal Lamb and the scapegoat. At least with the goat, they can live on almost anything, so it's not guaranteed an immediate death when they end it out into the wilderness. I don't know how this is done in urban America, though, since the highest concentration of Jews in the world live, I believe, in New York State. Someone in the know inform me: do people drive out a goat in the city...? 3. Why does God suddenly need money...? I mean, I know Abraham offered God a PRETTY tidy sum when 'he" came down to Earth to talk to him, but seriously, what would an omnipotent God do with money? I've never understood this. By which I mean I understand this perfectly, and it's for the enrichment of the church. Vow of poverty my ass: the Catholic church is among the richest institutions in the world. I know this is pre-Catholicism,, but the same principle holds true. 4. In the literal sense, people can die if they don't wash. Actually, way back in the Bubonic Plague days, Jews and Muslims died at a lower rate than Christians in Europe because they had these ritualistic washings. This was WAY before Germ Theory, but obviously it still worked. It's kind of one of the reasons why Christians hated both groups: they believed the other two had some kind of magic that kept them safe, and if it's not Christian magic (i.e. transubstantiation an so forth...), it must be EVIL magic, see. 5. Wait, what? I'm ALMOST positive cinnamon originated in India. Where the HELL are they getting all this stuff in the middle of the Sahara Desert?! Are they even still in the desert at this point, or did I miss something?

[@visaman]

The Sahara desert is in Africa. Moses was in the Sinai Desert. Arabians held a monopoly in Cinnamon trading for 3000 years (1500BC - 1500AD) at the great city of Constantinople and supplied to Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians. Herodotus (484BC-425BC) records about the crafty marketing techniques of Arabians, keeping the origin of cinnamon a safe secret

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

@@visaman, ugh, Sinai, you're right. I'm an idiot. And yes, Arabia did have a monopoly on the spice trade for AGES.

[@WilddogAB]

In the Mormon church, they call the pact of being clean before God, part of being in the Aaronic Priesthood.

[@myaatheist2744]

God is real according to the Bible

[@idaniluz652]

And Harry Potter is real according to the Harry Potter books

[@myaatheist2744]

@@harveywabbit9541 LOLZ

[@myaatheist2744]

@@idaniluz652 🤣

[@skepticsinister]

No more proselytizing from any religion! Period! Shut it.

[@lordshipmayhem]

And remember, this is all during a time when they are relatively newly-freed slaves wandering a desert, not encountering any other tribes where they can trade for money or where they can do metalsmithing. Nor are they farming (because, hey, they're wandering in a desert) for olive plants for making olive oil. How did they get all this stuff? Must be a miracle.

[@TheHiddenMarty]

Blood for the Blood God!

[@PInk77W1]

St Maximilian Kolbe gave his life for a stranger in A concentration camp. He had no gun He had no money He had no fear. He destroyed the Nazis with love. St Maximilian Kolbe • pray for us

[@marioposavec7897]

You are almoust on 666 subscribers cant weit to see this ps love jour show

[@tranz4m473]

It really sounds as if there are people who need to be fed and who need money but they keep saying the goods are for a God who doesn't need any of this.

[@onepiece4002]

I used to hate this guy, but now i watch him everyday.

[@onepiece4002]

@@fightevil.readbooks.5076 I used to be very religious, you know? I didn't like atheist, Until I saw this guy's videos.

[@onepiece4002]

@@fightevil.readbooks.5076 Me too bro. I can't believe how dumb and brainwashed I used to be.

[@lpronovost84]

This is the only way I want to hear from the bible. Otherwise it's a farce

[@_Omega_Weapon]

God giving out busy work

[@hossmcgregor3853]

Cultures, that author would known about used wine, beer, or the like poured either on the ground or on an altar.

[@Palmieres]

Don't worship a golden calf, worship a golden box with a golden table set in front of it, both of which are decorated in so much gold you wouldn't believe it. Use the money to help those in need, you say? No, way. We're the ones in need - of gold. And a lot of perfume, apparently. And animal sacrifices because God loves blood. Also, collect money for God, who definitely needs something humanity created and brings about a ton of sins like the ones the laws in the golden box warn us all about.

[@davelagman9084]

This God really need some more attention 🤣🤣🤣 with this so much list and instruction that God really is self centered 😂😂😂 that's why he always threatened those people poor god 🤣🤣🤣

[@trudiebeswick4224]

I am watching this, simply bcos yoou have the patience to read it cheers

[@Chez114]

Thank you for your dedication to completing our bible studies with us. Please keep going right to the end times

[@dwainmarsh9139]

I just noticed something. This (and I'd have to see how far back it started) all boils down to a kind of witchcraft on behalf of god. The ritual, stand in a certain spot, do a certain thing. Chant (sorry pray) in a certain way.

[@visaman]

The Orthodox Churches still do these things today, minus, the animal sacrificing. Ultra Orthodox Jews want to bring back the animal sacrifices in a new temple. It was only considered Witchcraft if a woman did it.

[@aethertoast4320]

I swear that they made the specifications for carrying the tablets has been told like 6 times. Or am I just having this all blend into one giant mush from the stupid crap God wants.

[@visaman]

That was 2 chapters ago. This is about anointing Aaron.

[@hedydd2]

20 year olds were well into middle age around 2000 years ago when life expectancy was actually about half the promised three score years and ten.

[@gregnorris8279]

So, as former slaves, how did they get all this gold?

[@KeriRautenkranz]

Maybe slaughtering the locals and stealing all their belongings? As the hebrew war god has expensive tastes, it must have been a very large and wealthy but poorly defended population…