Everything Wrong With Leviticus 13 in the Bible

[@sofiatgarcia3970]

It never ceases to amaze me that God knows exactly the same amount of science as His people of the time.

[@jeanine219]

😂🤣

[@gpang788]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Good one!

[@DrBear-rk4qb]

When I was a Christian, I never really noticed how repetitive and poorly written the Bible really is.

[@visaman]

Lost In Translation.

[@lynnefox4892]

Yep. It reads to me like someone was transcribing temple documents to create an anthology from the decisions handed down by judges to birth and death records, to stories, trying to reconstruct a narrative from a lot of people's writing, and a lot of stuff missing.

[@lynnefox4892]

@@visaman I call it the 6,000 year old game of Telephone, whose players all spoke different languages.

[@joeplunkett4000]

You might want to get insights and understanding from Jewish sources, who actually understand the original language and are living the lifestyle. Other then that you will get tainted messages. Like this guy. Unlike this guy I listen to all of his speach. Will he actually do that to some real actual Jewish sages? I'm thinking it's highly unlikely. Prove me wrong. I'd love to see and hear the discussion. If need suggestions and names I could provide some.

[@van-hieuvo8208]

@@joeplunkett4000 Clearly the one true omnipotent god needs to be explained by a single chosen people. What's even the point of following these stupid religions if you constantly need to consult Jews and Jews alone anyway? Scientific doctors can provide the same message across all languages without tainting it, but when it comes to these retarded parochial religions, oh no no, only Hebrew speakers can deliver the message untainted.

[@poopcanothegreat9947]

“I’m not a doctor, I’m just brown” I literally almost choked on my lunch and died 😂

[@grotsoftsadventuresinelect8868]

Came here to say exactly the same!

[@scienceexplains302]

I feel weird giving your post a 👍, as if I am cheering your NDE 😈

[@oneseeker2]

Ha!

[@darrenwilliams4938]

I almost had coffee coming out of my nose.

[@Grim_Beard]

Still more qualified than 'Dr.' Kent Hovind.

[@MovieMakingMan]

God can part the Red Sea, flood the earth and burn down towns but he can’t get rid of a pimple.

[@franciscosustek7249]

Mysterious ways...He sayeth

[@LouieLouie505]

“…get rid of a pimple…” Oh but he can -- he just will do it on his own terms. What are those? Well, put some money in the pot and keep coming back so we can find out. (Just so you know, ahem- thiis may take a while.)

[@Velata]

Skin disease with white and red marks and losing hair is more likely to be psoriasis than leprosy. Psoriasis is not contagious. Imagine the number of people who were wrongfully declared unclean and cast out of normal society.

[@bugk1738]

The only skin rash I can find that causes your skin and hair to turn white is Vitiligo. It's an autoimmune disease that is hereditary and not contagious. It can be triggered by stress, chemical contact, or extreme sunburn.

[@devinsmith4790]

The use of the word "leprosy" in the Bible can be misleading. The Hebrew word that's translated into English as leprosy is צרעת (tzaraath), which is a generic word for any skin condition, not just leprosy.

[@devinsmith4790]

@@harveywabbit9541 What source?

[@brunozeigerts6379]

God: Did you get all that, Moses? Moses: Not quite, Lord. God: What part didn't you get? Moses; The part after, 'Thus sayeth the Lord.'

[@michelepineau9657]

Hemant, you made one minor error. Hansen's Disease or leprosy is a bacterial infection and is treated with antibiotics, not a vaccine. Once had a patient with it. He did fine after treatment.

[@jeanine219]

I believe Hemant was inserting a notation to get a Covid vaccine.

[@michelepineau9657]

@@jeanine219 That is most likely, but there is already so much misinformation about medical matters, we all need to be careful.

[@AsmodeusDHare]

@@michelepineau9657 I want to make a poster to give out that says "Wash yo damned hands, Don't go to parties, stay twice your reach away from others when you can, for once being a shut in playing videogames is the healthy choice. Touch grass? Sure, touch you? not without a six foot pole I don't." I also want one that says "My lifestyle has a name... social distancing"

[@stevieh9860]

As with most of the Bible, this chapter basically says- “ don’t worry, so long as you do, exactly, what we tell you, you will be fine. And if you aren’t……. God.

[@stevewebber707]

You neglected to mention the victim blaming when things go badly.

[@stevieh9860]

@@stevewebber707 I had forgotten the whole “ we are as rags” worthlessness and guilt we are supposed to feel. So not only should we be submissive, but feel bad for wanting to be anything else. Because…. God.

[@chiricahuaapache5132]

@@stevieh9860 We are not worthy to eat the crumbs that fall off his table. Remember that, Sinner.

[@stevieh9860]

@@chiricahuaapache5132 Thank you for making my point.

[@TBomb39]

@@chiricahuaapache5132 If it it is real, it must beg for forgiveness to every Human that has ever lived for the miniscule chance to be worthy of any appreciation. This will never happen as your god is imaginary. Sin is a man-made construct and has always been a ploy to destroy the self-worth of people to further the god-con-delusion. You are absolutely useless here, we know all of your lies and delusions. Keep feeding your seeds of doubt that compel you to this site and hopefully, someday you can see the truth of the god-con for yourself.

[@sadfaery]

I have thoughts. 1) Some of these sores might have been cancerous lesions rather than leprosy. 2) maybe there were European traders or raiders who they were encountering and blaming for disease? And 3) as a natural blonde aged 45, I have both yellow and white hairs and some of the white hairs in particular, which are mostly in my facial hair, have a tendency to become infected due to folliculitis, or infected hair follicles. I literally have sores with white hairs growing out of them. Of course, these sores are not white themselves. Mostly. But when they get infected, it can be pretty deep. Some of these hairs are really long underneath the skin. By Leviticus definitions, I'd probably be considered unclean just from my acne and hair color alone. Also, I think I'm going to print out that part of that Bible verse with the covering the lower part of your face and show it to every single anti-masker who tries to Jesus their way out of wearing a mask.

[@margaretbarrett6087]

“Jesus their way out…” I love that phrase !

[@LouieLouie505]

“…Jesus their way out….” But but but Jesus said the Old Testament doesn’t matter since he came -- unless it is convenient to marginalize and harass anyone conservatives want to punish.

[@margaretbarrett6087]

@@LouieLouie505 The words of Jesus are only to be taken literally when they do not cause personal inconvenience (such as urging his followers to give all they possess to the poor !!)

[@LouieLouie505]

@@margaretbarrett6087 Exactly. That list is endless, really.

[@alexalbuquerquerodriguesal108]

@@margaretbarrett6087 Ewww, commie Jesus evil, capitalist mega church preacher better, big bucks to earn.

[@tonyclif1]

I asked a friend if he had read the bible - “yes” What did it teach him - “how to live a good life and be a good person” I guess he missed this chapter! (And most of the other chapters as well)

[@jeneb52]

A Christian came on Pinecreeks channel and said he has read the Bible and is more moral now than before, I guess he missed these books too!

[@Andrew-it7fb]

@Natsu Satsujinki So you cherry pick what you like out of it.

[@tonyclif1]

@@natsusatsujinki8342 haha, trying to please god by....... not beating your slaves TOO badly, stoning disobedient sons, or by screwing your dead brothers wife - and getting killed if you decide to pull out before completion? Oh, and you just pick out the good bits for yourself? Hmm, I don’t think I ever thought slaves or genocide reflect me in any way! And they are evil in the eyes of every moral person are they not?

[@Andrew-it7fb]

@Natsu Satsujinki No, that's absolutely what you do. You just admitted that you pick and choose what applies to you. So does every other Christian and if you ask 10 different believers, you'll get 10 different answers on what applies.

[@tonyclif1]

@@natsusatsujinki8342 oh, and now it’s name calling. Where exactly did Jesus endorse that? You continue to cherry pick and then make excuses for doing so.

[@tasha.a3096]

"I'm not a doctor I'm just brown." Lmao best line ever

[@multiverse45]

Lol

[@TheScotsalan]

😂😂😂👍

[@dragondancer1814]

Boy, anybody with adolescent acne must have been living in hell on earth!

[@xavras06]

One of my favourites :D For me (as MD) it sounds like someone really, really hard tries to deal with rules protecting community from leprosy. But have absolutely no medical knowlegde and how it truely works. And he's using only words available in his limited, priestly dictionary, which makes it even funnier :) When considering Bible as words of all-knowing God, it's absolutely hilarious XD Fun fact: In Polish, lines 40-41 are translated as "If a men has lost his hair - he's bald (and clean). If he's lost them only on his forehead - his half-bald (and clean)". I find it absolutely wonderful XD

[@KeriRautenkranz]

"Yellow hair = Unclean, Black hair = Clean". What happens if you have Blonde hair? Or White hair? Or NO hair? Wanna bet having the Priest come over costs a perfect Ram or two?

[@garethbaus5471]

Actually having no hair seems to be fine.

[@billjohnston882]

When you think about it, God is kind of a jerk. Remember why Aaron had to go with Moses to see Pharoah? Moses has a speech impediment that God doesn’t heal and needed Aaron to do the talking. Later, after they flee Egypt, God gives Moses lots of laws that Moses has to verbally relay. By himself. In Lev 10 two of Aaron’s sons are burned to death for not obeying these arcane laws perfectly. I wonder if the speech impediment could have been a factor in this violation. No one can understand what uncle Moses has to say. No wonder Aaron tagged along this time to get the holy message.

[@kellydalstok8900]

Don’t look for logic in a fairytale. Fairytale “logic” is like this: in Blue Beard the girl drops a key on the bloody floor. When she wipes one side, the other side gets bloody. I figured out right away she could’ve wiped both sides at once, not one at a time, and done the job. Bible “logic” is exactly like this, but more repetitive.

[@garethbaus5471]

@@harveywabbit9541 citation still needed.

[@BaronVonSTFU]

Would have been cool if god explained germ theory to his people instead of just giving them more superstition. Almost as if the bible wasn't written by god or even "god inspired", but written by a bunch of people that didn't know anything about why people get sick.

[@PA1606X]

@@halebopp4747 To keep it's pets/slaves alive? Or simple decency to prevent suffering?

[@PA1606X]

@@halebopp4747 Their own choosing, you will have to explain that and as to your second point if you have to ask that question then I feel sorry for you.

[@cecilbrisley5185]

@@halebopp4747 Well I feel very sorry for any pets you might have if you think this hypothetical creator is justified in treating his sentient creations this way. I do not suggest you try it as if you are caught, you will be sent to jail. Best you leave the owning of pets and raising of children to those with a sense of morality and empathy.

[@neoqwerty]

@@halebopp4747 What you understand is authoritarianism, not ethical theory. You sound like someone who'd think a child is a tiny slave without any autonomy of their own.

[@bernierasmusson9257]

@@halebopp4747 Until you provide evidence for the existence of your or any god, belief in such is unwarranted and irrational.

[@andybeans5790]

"I'm not a doctor, I'm just brown" 😂

[@MaxtheFinger]

😁 Best line in the sermon!

[@yoursotruly]

There's a punch line, isn't there? "...and if scales cover his whole body and his tongue splits in two, the priest shall declare him a snake and he shall be clean unless he sheds his skin, in which case, he will be unclean for seven days and then be made into pair of shoes."

[@jeanine219]

Thank you Hemant for another biblical reading. Your articulate and witty critiques reaffirm sanity, reality, compassion, and critical thinking in a context of disturbing and ignorant mythology.

[@jeanine219]

@Fist Bump Hello Fist Bump! Am doing fine, and yourself?

[@jeremymoss5537]

during covid 19 Christians must ignore james 4:8 leviticus 13:45 leviticus 13:46 luke9 1-24 mathew 22:39 proverbs4:6

[@williamoldaker5348]

How aren't religious beliefs considered delusional?

[@KeriRautenkranz]

They are! By anyone that has examined them in the slightest...

[@grapeshot]

When it came down to matters of medicine, Yahweh was no expert.

[@dragowolfraven3806]

I am enjoying this series.😊

[@AmandaTroutman]

The only kind of Sunday school I'll tolerate

[@SabbatarianSundayer.]

@@AmandaTroutman A KJB only church; is the only Sunday school church; I will "tolerate".

[@jeanine219]

@@SabbatarianSundayer. Shakespearean English over modern English?

[@SabbatarianSundayer.]

@@jeanine219 I answered this question already.

[@TBomb39]

@@SabbatarianSundayer. You picked your poison.

[@emilwandel]

Another favorite for the most boring sections of the bible. Enjoyed building a tabernacle over this. 🤔

[@PraiseTheFSMonster]

I don't know, I kind of enjoyed hearing about ancient festering sores

[@AngryBilleh]

This is exactly what made me stop reading the bible

[@katieheys8564]

The tabernacle was rivetting stuff 🤣

[@TheScotsalan]

@@AngryBilleh Its a great cure for insomnia tho. Count begats instead of sheep 👍😂😂

[@cinnamonsplash]

Leviticus might be one of the most boring books overall. It's mostly a long list of rules almost nobody cares about these days.

[@mr.skeptical4592]

I love the closing arguments,👍🏽

[@jeanine219]

So the Yahweh priests were assigned the role of ancient tribe “dermatologist” as well? What were their qualifications exactly? From all we have read so far, the Yahweh god had not imparted any progressive enlightenment or divinely intelligent knowledge to Moses on this topic, or any other for that matter. Particularly in light of all that science has given to us, there were little to no valuable insights, that were actually communicated or taught by Moses to the Israelite tribe. No information that served any useful purpose in significantly improving their health or quality of their lives. But rather seemed to only add endless minutia of primitive, barbaric, and nonsensical “god mandated” rules, restrictions, abuse, humiliation, threats, fear, suffering, punishment, and death.

[@blablubb8615]

The ultimate qualification. I SAID GOD SAID SO.

[@formerlyrabbigodjr1110]

You're doing your job of opposing the Bible very well.

[@jeanine219]

@@formerlyrabbigodjr1110 we are reading your Bible word for word.

[@PA1606X]

Hi Jeanine, any one would think that God is no more knowledgeable about disease than a fifth century bc scribe shacked up in ancient Babylonia. Although, leprosy was wide spread and it was thought to be spread person to person so I suppose this was the best they could do.

[@formerlyrabbigodjr1110]

@@jeanine219 Was the Bible written for non-believers?

[@peteralleyman1388]

Jahweh's treatment of leprosy is as useful as his boy walking on water: totally useless.

[@AsmodeusDHare]

oh I don't know... I'd love to be able to walk on water... Imagine the fishing I could do without hauling around a boat.

[@peteralleyman1388]

@@AsmodeusDHare I would prefer the water into wine thing. Or even better: water into whiskey.

[@losttribe3001]

Too bad God didn’t give any solutions for juvenile type one diabetes, childhood leukemia, amputations, kidney failure, Down syndrome, SIDS, etc, etc, etc…if only he had, we could close down each and every children’s hospital!

[@smochygrice465]

Wow! No wonder life expectancy back then was short..

[@thescoobymike]

“I’m not a doctor, I’m just brown” lol

[@m.arnold717]

As I sit here listening and wiping the maple syrup off my kid's hands and face, I begin to wonder...why doesn't God just wipe the Leporacy off the poor guy? Wouldn't having a nation of strong, healthy people be proof of the presence of God?

[@adamstrange7884]

Great how God has no problem with diseases, shows his all loving nature.

[@timothy8428]

God could have saved so much of the priests' time by saying "This is how you make bleach. Use it for mould."

[@elainejohnson6955]

In other words, if you have a gross physical problem, bring it to the Priest! If you are sinning, tell the Priest all about it while they gore one of your best animals and have a BBQ. Being a Priest was disgusting and dangerous to be around with all of those unclean people.... Sick people, mold, animal guts, rashes, boils, and spattered blood, lying, thieving, lustful, murderers!!! How did they get anyone to become a Priest?!? How did this religion continue?!? Also, if God wasn't going to heal these people and knew what was going to happen to them, couldn't he just tell them whether or not they were screwed (unclean) and isolate them on day one... Why wait the seven days?!? Where are the hazmat suits?!?

[@jeanine219]

Great comment. You laid it all out very well....and wouldn’t it go to follow, that if indeed an Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omni benevolent “Creator of the of the Universe”, decided to finally present himself to humans.... specifically to a small primitive tribe of “his chosen people” in the Middle East.....that he would have shared helpful medicine and technology with them at the very least. But it is all just a barbaric, violent, simpleminded myth fortunately.

[@hitman5782]

I am a doctor and i have a patient who has leprosy. Where can i find one of these priests? And the patient only has tumors on half his body, so is he clean or unclean? And he will have tumors probably till the day he dies, so does he has to run around the rest of his life screaming "unclean", and how often does he have to scream that?

[@Onganana]

Such a damaging book. You really need to be THAT dense to buy into this BS in modern day.

[@liamwilbur1897]

Not dense. Indoctrinated. Smart kids who grew up in that cult were usually seen as problematic, because we somehow managed to develop objective reasoning skills despite the brainwashing and could see through the BS once something didn't make sense. Don't leave a medial resource book out when you have a 10 yr old with a 9th grade reading comprehension level and a strong curiosity of the world. It makes for some very awkward questions for a semi-illiterate Sunday school to be confronted with. Like.... "what part of Jesus do we eat at communion? Can we get sick from drinking Jesus blood?"

[@laurajarrell6187]

Friendly Atheist, Hemant, lol, I loved 'I'm not a doctor, I'm just brown'! Loved it all. 👍💖 🥰✌

[@e.rvanrood7373]

Favourite quote "I'm not a doctor...I'm just brown"

[@Canalcoholic]

Seems to be going round and round in circles. GET ON WITH IT!!! I thought Genesis and Exodus were total bollocks, but Leviticus is going from bad to worse.

[@jeanine219]

@@magellanthecat 🤣

[@PA1606X]

Oh it gets worse doesn't it Jeanine.

[@jeanine219]

@@PA1606X ... every time you don’t see how it could, the buybull finds a myriad of ways.

[@PA1606X]

@@jeanine219 Yep. Although, how come none of the apologists notices that god actually changes his name has a wife, a father and is part of a pantheon. Or my favourite, the Hebrews leave Egypt spend forty years wandering around Egypts back yard and then settle in Egypts sphere of influence, go figure.

[@jeanine219]

@@PA1606X Because they are willingly ignorant and clueless re the history of ancient Mediterranean, the history of Canaan, modern evidence held by ancient history and archeological scholars... secular and most non-secular as well. The Christian apologists are also uninformed re the history and assembly of their own Roman Papacy established Christian doctrine and holy bible.

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

I'd heard that there was a pro-mask bit in the Bible and now hearing it, the instructions are pretty explicit!

[@bonsaibean2971]

"I'm not a doctor. I'm just brown"

[@stevewebber707]

Honestly, I don't know much about the state of medical care in that period. But it's conceivable that priests might have been the best source of knowledge and help. Scary thought that. The stories I've heard about medical care before scientific methodology was developed, make my toes curl. And of course when all this is put in the context of instruction from the omniscient omnipotent God, it just gets that much worse.

[@delonweird6500]

The fiction in these chapters ain't a joke😂😂

[@SeattleDinghyer]

Oh man.. when you go through these it's like that relative at Thanksgiving who just. Won't. Stop. Talking.

[@puirYorick]

So god went to med school in a comedy movie franchise with Bill & Ted?

[@d.o.m.494]

It's amazing the ancient Jews didn't kill their priests after hearing Leviticus.

[@KeriRautenkranz]

Gullibility Factor 11!😀

[@amyneu8078]

Loved the content!

[@dwentlandt1022]

Ok so my daughter,that was born with eczema, would be unclean from birth. Hmmmmm. Ok then. Can I say screw god? Or would that be blasphemy? Like I care.

[@stevewebber707]

Technically yes, that would be blasphemy. But if God screws so much of humanity, I have no problem with that response. Blasphemy is typically defined in terms of a lack of respect. And as far as I'm considered, the degree of respect it calls for is something that needs to be earned, rather than granted ahead of time.

[@PA1606X]

@@stevewebber707 You cannot disrespect what does not exist.

[@TBomb39]

Screw god, and screw the buybull more. "unclean" is a superstitious label.

[@defenestratefalsehoods]

What happens if your old and all your hair is white? What do they go off of then?

[@debbys-abqnm4537]

Just tell them you're a priest (works only for men though), with years of knowledge given by god to pass along to other priests. They'll be easy to fool.

[@EvilGrin]

Thank god the Council of Nicaea decided that the Book of Leviticus is an essential source to christianity and needed to stay in the bible. Can you imagine how much worse our lives would be if we did not go to the priests for medical advise, or if we had to guess what and how to sacrifice to god to keep him from genociding us again? And of course the amount of repetition is perfect to make sure that we know exactly what god wanted from us. So we could, for example, not just pick a one-line-rule (idk., like Lv18:22 maybe) and make a major rule of it and forget about the much more important rules about building a tabernacle...

[@zecuse]

The Council of Nicaea had nothing to do with establishing canon books. It was about how the Trinity should be interpreted and the Arian theology.

[@EvilGrin]

@@zecuse You're right. If I ever meet my RI Teacher again I'll throw this at him. I just learned that Voltaire is actually the source of this misinformation. Thank you for correcting me.

[@timothy8428]

@@EvilGrin Yeah, I tries to find out exactly when the books of the bible were all canonised and it was a confused mess, almost as if it was decided on by multiple committees.

[@neoqwerty]

@@harveywabbit9541 I mean, technically... The church WAS the government. Divine right of the monarchy and all that tapped into this. So in a roundabout way he was correct: the god (that humans made) created the church as a government... because the people that made god wanted to be in power.

[@jeanine219]

@@harveywabbit9541 Hi Harvey! Yes, the religious right cult wants an autocratic theocracy instead of a democracy. And we in the US, have actually seen how damaging egocentric ignorance and narcissism can be to the governmental institutions as a whole: The recent tRump presidency was a case in point of what a evolving fascist government would look like. The extreme right wing evangelical trump cultists have used , for the past 5 + years, their politicized religious dogma which resulted in extensive multidimensional damage, a few examples being the following: 1) Turned Donald Trump into their demagogue, and were determined he would be elected for a second term as POTUS 2) Helped to contrive and spread an election lie, which many of them still promote today, and which resulted in an unprecedented extremely violent domestic terrorist attack on our nation’s capital. Their intention was to sabotage our election process and stop electoral ballots from being certified. 3)Many Of the trump evangelical cultists promote the vaccines as a conspiracy, and are still refusing to get Covid vaccines 4) These evangelical cultists protest against wearing masks and social distancing, armed with their AR15 rapid fire assault rifles 5) They are demanding that the Adam & Eve/ talking snake CREATION MYTH (which would necessitate mass incest necessary for procreation of Adam and Eve’s grandchildren and beyond) be taught in the schools to our children as science. They oppose the teaching of evolutionary biology to children. 6) They are demanding that abortion be outlawed, including in cases of rape, child incest, extreme birth defects, high morbidity/ mortality risk for pregnant mom etc. 7) They oppose stem cell research on unused human zygote cells. Even though this technology could treat, and prevent many childhood diseases such as Diabetes Type 1, cancer, birth defects, etc. 8) They deny global warming as an issue that needs to be addressed, calling it a hoax. They vote to deregulate the oil and gas industry, as well as corporate america in general. 9) This evangelical cult preaches that an apocalyptic rapture is at hand, so sentient life on the earth is not of concern to them

[@stevencook9526]

Better than going to church

[@RedAngelSophia]

So -. the Book of Leviticus specifically _tells_ people with leprosy (affected by a pandemic) to live outside the camp and warn people of their leprosy (social distance) as well as cover the lower part of their face (wear a mask) - but they consider it a violation of their Christian lifestyle if Dr. Faucci says to do so?

[@jeanine219]

Yes indeed. Um....I guess you could call that blatant religious hypocrisy and contradiction?

[@jaegrant6441]

Because Dr Fauci is a member of the blood libel space Jew's. Duh. :);)

[@devinsmith4790]

Well people of any skin condition, the Hebrew word that's translated into leprosy in English Bibles can be misleading since it's not strictly leprosy.

[@jeanine219]

@@devinsmith4790 Even acne. Damn. Them priests were crooks of the highest order.

[@RedAngelSophia]

@@jaegrant6441 so the bit about him being Italian must be what “they” want me to think for - reasons.

[@stephenlassiter7066]

I have a potential solution. Never show anyone, especially a priest, your bare skin.

[@debbys-abqnm4537]

It might also help to be a woman (a defilement in itself, hmm?) since I think women of any age were (are?) not allowed in the holy temple (or holy emergency room or holy exam room). All these manly priestly doctor wannabes worked hard to pay off governments and keep women out of the profession. Another reason women were captured, tortured and killed just for making herbal medicines. And in today's world we also have Christian Scientists... sigh 😥 one of my best friends suffered a terribly obvious problem for years and died recently because some woman! (Mary Baker Eddy, born in 1821) said the bible didn't want people going to doctors but meditating on health instead. Didn't work for my friend or her wonderful husband (who died ~2000 of strokes). Blah.

[@jeanine219]

@@debbys-abqnm4537 the Abrahamic religions give great preference to you if: 1) you have a penis (circumcised preferably) 2) you are Jewish 3) you are a pope, priest, bishop, clergyman, reverend, rabbi, shaykh, apostle, prophet, etc of one of the many Judaist, Judeo-Christian, or Muslim varieties of religious sects/cults.

[@jeanine219]

@@debbys-abqnm4537 .... and not to sound callous, but if in this day and time, with unlimited brilliant medical science and technology, at the tap of a computer key. Those who still continue to stubbornly defer to religion based voo doo, magic, and conspiracy theories, perhaps are earning themselves a Darwin Award after all is said and done.🤷‍♀️

[@PA1606X]

@@jeanine219 Exactly.

[@debbys-abqnm4537]

@@jeanine219 -- wow, kingpins and their boys, crime families for centuries! I guess that's why the book and movies about The Godfather attracted so many thoughtless fans, they did't see what was clear to us. Me, I'm not a fan of Brando. Or of the Cosanostra, the Koshernostra, or Russian mobsters (there's probably a Chinese version as well), all of whom own pieces of the DJTrump family, wouldn't you know?

[@Bob-of-Zoid]

If mold starts growing on your clothes, you are unclean, and probably haven't washed in months! You could just go by the smell, and know much earlier, no need to wait for mold to grow! (

[@TheRonnierate]

I wonder what magical powers protected the priest from disease. Maybe God only cured or protected the priest.

[@jsparlin1]

god really reveals his omnipotence in strange ways. seems like, to a mortal like me, that he's basically clueless

[@sivesh14]

In two days i completed all genesis exodus litvicus . I had super fun and wisdom. Now I have to wait for new episode eagerly. I hate waiting

[@josephharrism.d.1056]

I’m a brown Physician. God should be sued for malpractice.

[@patelk464]

So the only solution the all knowing Yahweh could provide was isolation. It is also clear that God was incapable of drawing a picture.

[@kellydalstok8900]

What if a woman has a boil or rash on her bum, will the priest examine that closely as well?

[@jeanine219]

That is when Moses' priests had a particularly SPECIAL interest in visualizing the boil or rash😂

[@brandenharvey9817]

@@jeanine219 Possible

[@PassivesAbseits]

Halfway there... only 13 more chapters until we can return to the fun part we all came here for: More violence and sex than in an R-Rated Movie...

[@jeanine219]

....and encouraged by Christians, as mandatory reading material for children of all ages, no less.

[@holi6293]

I have psoriasis on my feet, I assume this means I'm unclean and should be in quarantine for the rest of my life 😁

[@stephenhill8790]

Unless you can do a sacrifice of steak 🥩 and burn it on the altar (BBQ)

[@lords-child7773]

Are you reading through from genesis to revelation? Because I'm interested in knowing your opinion on the scriptures. I'm reading from front to back too cause like everyone else we all wanna know the meaning of it all.

[@Luci151085]

Shouldn't modern priests still use this as a guide? I mean it's "inspired" by god and all.

[@robertmiller9735]

Wouldn't be surprised to hear they do, in some ultra-Orthodox community.

[@PA1606X]

@@halebopp4747Not heresy surely, Rabbinical Judeism is a direct response to the destruction of the temple and the dispora, they have not rejected the Torah just rejigged the hierarchy.

[@robertmiller9735]

@@halebopp4747 Considering the other bizarre stuff some of 'em do, why not? "Heretical" is pretty subjective. There are, after all, Jewish sects that still perform animal sacrifice, with chickens, which theoretically they ought not to be doing without priests and a temple. If asked, I'm sure they'd have an excuse.

[@robertmiller9735]

@@halebopp4747 It's called kapparat, and Wiki says it's practiced by many Ashkenazi and Hasidim (by community, not sect, okay). "Putting your sins" on an animal before killing it is definitely animal sacrifice.

[@robertmiller9735]

@@halebopp4747 Oh, I see. It's not really sacrifice because of [obviously contrived excuse meaningful only to some initiates]. Got it. Don't you see, smart religious scholars can do that for literally anything. That's my original point-it's what someone did here! And I bet you anything plenty of Jewish scholars dismiss that sophistry and call it animal sacrifice, just like I did.

[@markedwards3647]

re mold: A couple of ounces of BTF iodophor in the rinse water will prevent mold/mildew, and is a potent antibacterial and antiviral.

[@mariolis]

1:58 So its not talking about ghouls from Fallout? My dissapointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

[@rwandaforever6744]

Nope, benign tumors are a thing. A tumor is just a growth or swelling of undefined origin. Usually you would not describe a swollen lymph node due to an infection as a tumor, but it would be. Most times a tumor is a growth that persists. A benign tumor has a slow growth rate, can be clearly distinguished from surrounding tissue (e.g by a capsule), is made up of homogene tissue, has a low cell count, a low mutation rate and is not spreading. A malign tumor is...the opposite.

[@LPNurja]

Quarantine and face mask, not what I expected from the old testament

[@while.coyote]

Remember, kids, give your moldy clothes to your preacher.

[@Levantis1]

Why doesn't Gawd heal leprosy? You mean, heal an unclean thing? Lord High and Mighty touch an unclean thing? Like Ew! I'm sure he's got more important things to do like getting high off of his burnt offerings or something...

[@carealoo744]

He covers the first 8 verses all at once- that's the length of the last chapter!

[@billygundum]

Is just me or did no one get the flowchart from the link?

[@Stairdweller]

As a blonde person I'm just gonna preemptively go live in a hermitage kthxbai

[@teloxy6579]

I can't believe this stuff is actually in the bible...

[@kimarioevans3745]

How can I get a hold of u I have a few questions I would like u to ask on your channel,

[@kimarioevans3745]

These questions will puzzle any christian

[@kimarioevans3745]

Tbh I don't really wanna ask them out to everyone, I would rather email

[@kimarioevans3745]

@@halebopp4747 Yeah that's true my questions are direct and head on, if they try to go around it people will know and if they answer correctly it will prove god doesn't exist, but I need a bigger platform were I can actually debate with any pastor who try to answer, so I would rather not ask them openly as yet

[@kimarioevans3745]

@@halebopp4747 I recently debated a KZbinr christian and he didn't get pass question 2 so I know these questions are powerful, but I don't have the platform and friendly atheist is a very smart man so I think he would do just fine with them as I would

[@kimarioevans3745]

@@halebopp4747 cheak ur email bro, sorry it so long I tried to explain everything in one text

[@zacharyhiland300]

I've always thought that these exhaustive lists of rules are essentially the collected wisdom that is getting passed down in an effort to keep people alive and healthy and such. But the thing about that is that you don't generally write down "laws from god" for things that people are doing anyway. Which means that believers in the Abrahamic god have had problems with cleanliness and health measures for millennia...

[@bernierasmusson9257]

@@halebopp4747 I don't care which language is used. There has never been any evidence for the existence of any god. Any god belief is unwarranted and irrational.

[@zacharyhiland300]

@@halebopp4747 I'm honestly too old to have learned much of anything about the bible from anyone on youtube, but I also never cared enough about it to ask for help deciphering its meaning from any source, be it a person or a book. I have on many occasions been exhorted to read it, because people thought it would change my life, so I did some reading. I thought about what I read, and came to conclusions that made sense to me. I saw genesis as something of a story of how we got to where we are now, from where we started, with a not so hidden explanation of how we were "designed" to be... which everyone completely ignored. I looked at the early books of the old testament and saw a whole bunch of rules that actually sort of make sense for a community of desert nomads with limited access to resources that we take for granted, but also the description of a god that finds the smell of burning flesh to be sweet, and who revels in animal sacrifice, which as a life long vegetarian is horrific to me. As a heroic-mythic record of a people from thousands of years ago, the bible makes sense to me, but it definitely doesn't describe a deity that I would worship even if I had absolute proof of its existence. So please don't just assume you know my story because you read a couple of sentences I wrote.

[@tqnohe]

So this god fairy is omnipresent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent, why didn’t it just give them the cure. Wait a minute, why did it even permit them to get this disease.

[@margaretbarrett6087]

Well god was probably bored so created his own horror movie; even sadistic gods must get their entertainment somehow.

[@tqnohe]

@@halebopp4747 😂😂😂

[@jeanine219]

@@tqnohe Same ol' repetitive, moldy, musty rhetoric and propaganda, from the same ol' delusional apologist bopp.😴💤

[@TBomb39]

@@halebopp4747 Epicurus wisdom still applies. "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?” And then there's the fictional (like all gods) Lex Luther “See, what we call God depends upon our tribe, Clark Jo, 'cause God is tribal. God takes sides. No man in the sky intervened when I was a boy to deliver me from Daddy's fist and abominations. I figured out way back if God is all-powerful, He cannot be all good. And if He is all good, then He cannot be all-powerful.” The buybull is the claim, not the evidence, and its usage in a debate or argument is circular by definition. You really aren't the one to talk about bloated egos.

[@tqnohe]

@@halebopp4747 So pretty much, this god you worship, adore, and love is and can be a monster because it is the god you worship, adore, and love. For the Bible tells you so. If you discover your sister is being a ousted by her spouse, beaten, verbally and mentally abused, raped, starved, isolated from other including family, you would recommend she stick it out because he’s her husband and above the normal reciprocity of a loving relationship. Because that’s the kind of relationship you are I with this god fairy from your Wholey Babble.

[@smochygrice465]

Cheers for the upload, audio bible helps with house work 😁

[@TBomb39]

Hi Smochy :)

[@TBomb39]

Are you watching The Atheist Experience?

[@panqueque445]

Telling sick people to quarantine is the only good thing the bible has said so far.

[@jeanine219]

Except that instead of telling them to wear torn clothes, keep their hair unkept, yell out unclean at all times, and even ultimately be permanently sent away and banished to live alone..... gawd could have just delivered them some antibiotics....at the very LEAST. So much for Omni benevolence, omniscience or omnipotence😂🤣

[@panqueque445]

@@jeanine219 Why even bother with antibiotics? That's an extra step. God could just snap his fingers and make the disease go away.

[@jeanine219]

@@panqueque445 exactly right.... just saying at BARE MINIMUM.

[@DanielAlvarez-is8nx]

I just imagine the smell. I went to Williamsburg BK the other day and it is 2022, the smell was disgusting.

[@oneseeker2]

Can someone actually be plain to me, WHO wrote these stories! Christians say god, well, we know that isn't true. Who wrote these stories, stuck them in a book, that remains the best seller!

[@PA1606X]

The ealiest compilation was compiled during the exile in Babylon, the OT to this point is a just so story to justify the place of the priests when they finally got back to Judea. The most interesting thing is it actually backs up the archaeological evidence that Judeism was an off shoot of the local Cananite polytheism.

[@KeriRautenkranz]

Ancient Conmen, notably Moses, Aaron & Sons in this section....

[@yongyang4544]

Much better than Sunday service lol

[@xerozoo]

see? quarantine!

[@imjessietr29]

I’d love to see the various medical texts from the region to see what the difference is.

[@joeplunkett4000]

Moses ben Maimon (1138-1204), commonly known as Maimonides Was a physician for royalty. Maybe seeing how he sees these concepts will it make sense. Because he is a doctor and a rabbi/Torah scholar.

[@_Omega_Weapon]

Too bad god didn't know about other diseases (and insects) that cause such rashes.

[@tangerinetangerine4400]

Surprisingly relevant. 😅😯

[@DomeShaker]

Repent to Jesus

[@TBomb39]

Think for yourself.

[@RXI63]

Can’t wait for the “All things wrong in the Quran” and “Torah” series.

[@idaniluz652]

this is the Torah

[@RXI63]

@@idaniluz652 The title says “Bible.” I know what you are talking about tho.

[@idaniluz652]

@@RXI63 the first 5 books of the OT are the Torah

[@RXI63]

@@idaniluz652 I know that, let’s just hope there will be a series for the Talmud then.

[@fordprefect5304]

There are 66 books in the bible, it will be a while before we get to the Quran.

[@spazbog123]

Why did God design our bodies to be so susceptible to all of these diseases in the first place?

[@jeanine219]

No intelligent design, and no intelligent designer. Instead evolution and natural selection has been proven in all levels of science, including mitochondrial DNA tracing, genome studies between species, archeology, paleontology, zoology, biology, etc. But the anti evolution movement is strongly offended by the Theory of Evolution, and this is because it does not prop up their delusional machinations that: 1)The human is "designed" in the image of gods. 2) The human is loved by a creator of the universe, who is obsessed with obtaining their praise and worship. 3) The human is followed around by the creator of the universe, who performs magic tricks on their behalf, in order to bless them. 4) The human body is just a shell for their internal spirit/ghost that will survive for infinity. Just as a caterpillar in a cocoon, they will become like a butterfly , and upon shedding of their cocoon, be levitated up and away to live with their god(s) of choice in a pleasure paradise for infinity. 5) But conversely, they preach that most other humans that have ever walked the earth, and don't believe exactly as they did, will become like a butterfly also, but they will fly away to eternal torture and torment in a lake of fire, by this same god.

[@BeatrixTomomizu]

... And I though we were through the hard "I need to repeat myself several times because for every possibility I need to tell you the same thing over and over! " And I never watched Game of Thrones, but that "unclean, unclean" kinda reminded me of the shame-bell xD And even people thousands of years ago kinda got the grip on how to prevent spreading diseases, even if they didn't actually know what caused them...

[@jeanine219]

@@harveywabbit9541 Exactly. And unfortunately religion has caused more death and destruction than any other disease.

[@jaegrant6441]

That's why it would be good if included in the reading was a touch of historical perspective. From my understanding, these books came from amalgamating several oral and previously written accounts from different groups. The repetition is from including all the different sources. Of course, the biblie is passed off as the one and only word of gawd so that makes the repetition nonsensical and boring. But we know it isn't, and it would be interesting to also have this historical perspective sprinkled through.

[@BeatrixTomomizu]

@@jaegrant6441 I believe the biggest Problem with the bible lies exactly there. People forget when the bible was wrote and that it is a work of it's time. And like every work that's older, it's not really socially normal. Or even scientificly correct... But there are people believing that everything this "fan fiction" (I forgot from whom I heard it, but I really like the analogy) says is the truth and the only truth mankind needs. There was a time when the bible was needed as a guide, but not in this day and time... And many seem to don't wanna See this..

[@jeanine219]

@@harveywabbit9541 I think that is exactly whey said religions are so popular. The delusion of "living happily ever after". The ones without a promised afterlife eventually died out. Everyone chased after the self grandiose, "gods following me around with a sack of magic tricks", "made in the image of gods", "cheating death", "pleasure paradise for infinity"....religious fairy tales. The Charlatan constructors and assemblers of the Abrahamic religions knew exactly what they were doing, and profited mightily in myriads of ways.

[@jeanine219]

@@harveywabbit9541 it seems Bible believers give themselves endless loopholes. Satisfy your urges on a regular basis.... then merely ask sky dada for forgiveness on a regular basis. Oh! And you can always earn bonus points by spreading your myth based gospel to someone in a comment section. Armed robbery, fraud, or money laundering? No problem. Just give a small percentage of it to the “ man upstairs” . Extramarital sex, porn, hedonism, gluttony, extravagance? Normal human urges. Bargain with sky dada. You can have it all per the buybull....Daily self gratification, all the carnal pleasures, AND levitation to your own pleasure paradise for infinity🤗👻🦄🧚‍♀️🍼🙏

[@jeneb52]

So now the priests are doctors Now? I think I understand why the JWs tell it's members to go to the elders when they have an issue! Always enjoy your take on things and help us understand the book of nonsense which should be renamed to that... maybe more would take it as a book of fiction not "the word of God!"

[@jaegrant6441]

It's not really that priests suddenly became the "doctors" , it was always the priest type group that held the knowledge passed down orally for the treatment of maladies. I also think that's why it is so repetitive. Because they were incorporating several accounts, oral and written.

[@adamstrange7884]

Anyway WE'RE STILL NOT DONE!

[@RobinPillage.]

yahweh sure was a bizarre character.🤔

[@tnskyhawk]

God can do anything for love, but he can’t do that.

[@jeanine219]

Per Meatloaf?🎵🎶 (who just died actually)

[@tnskyhawk]

@@jeanine219 Yes

[@cinnamonsplash]

And this is how Leviticus 13:45 joins my collection of Bible verses to remember and use. Just imagine Christian conservative: Real Jesus followers don't wear masks! Me: Leviticus 13:45 *drops mic*

[@finngswan3732]

I can't imagine how these instructions are worse compared to actual medical ability at the time.

[@jeanine219]

The instructions should've been be divine and unprecedented from the "omniscient" yahweh god, who adopted these Israelites. Being adopted, is not always preferable....as in the case of yahweh and his chosen people.😩

[@DavidFraser007]

This is the same superbeing that created the universe and all the complicated animals, now he's telling his favourite tribe that bird's blood cures diseases. I just don't get how anyone can think, Yep, all sounds good to me.

[@Malidictus]

OK, I'm officially lost. I don't know if it's because of the dry subject or because the bible repeats the same phrased over and over and over again, but I legitimately cannot follow what's being said. If you were to quizz me on whether an example person is clean or unclean, I'd have no idea of where to start. There appears to be no system here, just a long... LONG set of ad-hoc rules that I can't possibly remember. *edit* Oh, neat! That flowchart actually does help. Thank you. Also, did we ever get a definition of what it means to be "unclean?" I get that it's something God finds "icky," but is that it? What happens to the unclean person? What's the significance? Or was this already established and I just forgot?

[@harrylinka5227]

I like the part about a mask yes they should cover their faces man those poor people havend they been through enough following Moses