Everything Wrong With Numbers 15 in the Bible

[@FriendlyAtheist1]

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[@paulthompson9668]

Can you imagine how much more progress the human race would make in technological endeavors if the number of hours spent in this book club called Christianity was actually spent on science and innovation?

[@chrismassey7563]

@@paulthompson9668 Science and innovation arose from the freedom of Christianity.

[@paulthompson9668]

@@chrismassey7563 Freedom *of* Christianity, or freedom *from* Christianity?

[@chrismassey7563]

@@paulthompson9668 Freedom of Christianity.

[@paulthompson9668]

@@chrismassey7563 I see my reply was deleted. How ironic!

[@boomanchu2]

Anybody else getting a sense that the priestly class just likes getting drunk at a barbecue? Yeah, Zeke. Look mighty bad if you don't supply the party kegge...the drink offering. God would be mighty displeased and start smiting if you don't drop it by, say, 5:30 Friday afternoon. "

[@jgs1122]

"If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane." Robert Green Ingersoll

[@AmitKumar-qz2us]

How Jesus Love you.. I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children." (Leviticus 26:22) "Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourself every girl who has never slept with a man." (Numbers 31:17-18) "The Lord commands: ".. slay old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women" (zechial 9:4-6) "When the Lord delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the males As for the women, the children, the livestock and everything else in the city, you may take these as plunder for yourselves." (Deuteronomy 20:13-14) "You will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you." (Deuteronomy 28:53) "The Lord said to Joshua [..] 'you are to hamstring their horses." " (Exceedingly cruel.) (Joshua 11:6) 'The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their women with child ripped open." (Hosea 13:16) Christianity is Religion of Love?

[@markkozlowski3674]

I think God must have gotten a really frightful hangover from all that wine because he will later write, In Proverbs 20:1, that "wine is a mocker . . . and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise."

[@brandenharvey9817]

He's talking about fermented wine there. He's talking about unfermented wine (grape juice) here.

[@hughwozzit4301]

The question of animal sacrifice often comes up in this part of the Bible, with words like 'an aroma pleasing to The Lord'. This used to puzzle me, until I read the passage in Terry Pratchett's 'Going Postal' in which Moist von Lipwig goes to the temple of Offler the crocodile god to offer a prayer, taking along the prescribed offering of sausages. The dialogue in the film version goes something like this. I'm going from memory, and shortening I think: Moist: 'As I understand it, the gift of sausages reaches Offler by being fried, yes? And the spirit of the sausages ascends unto Offler by means of the smell? And then you eat the sausages?' The priest replies: 'The true sausagiddity goes straight to Offler. He, of course, eats the spirit of the sausages. We eat the mere earthly shell.' 'That would explain why the smell of sausages is always better than the actual sausage then?', said Moist. 'I've often noticed that.' The priest was impressed. 'You should have been a theologian' he said.

[@SweetTreat-wl2yl]

Sir pTerry was spot on, nothing was sacred, yet he was able to point out all flaws and foibles with a minimum of meanness and a generous dram o' humour. A very generous portion. I'm given to understand that in meat-space he could get quite upset about how we mere mortals deal with one another. We shall not see his like again, (mayherestinpeace.)

[@Grim_Beard]

GNU, pTerry.

[@scerdy3]

In Numbers 15:32-36, "a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses ... " That means that the vigilantes were *also* breaking the Sabbath by running security on the day of rest. Running security is also work, no?

[@alguno1010101]

I'm laughing at the idea of God saying to Moses, "Also kill them too, for being snitches. On Sabbath."

[@alanthompson8515]

To be fair to the snitches, they weren't out looking for trouble. They were only talking their dog for a Sabbath Day walk (Acts 1:12). The dog thought the man was going throw sticks for him. Instead he threw one at the dog and no dog lover will stand for that! (Numbers 74: 1-3) :)

[@puirYorick]

Hulk: "Puny god!" Seems very petty and downright psychotic too. Maybe it's because of all the burning meat fumes and sacramental wine. What a soused piece of you know what.

[@lucywillis4535]

"thou shalt not kill. Unless..."

[@Grim_Beard]

That's a common misconception, due to how it's usually translated into English. An accurate translation would be "Thou shalt not murder". That still allows killing in war, capital punishment for crimes or 'sins', killing animals and plants, and any other legal killing. It's still stupid, because all Yahweh said was "I'm telling you not to do something that you've already decided you shouldn't do". However, it's not stupid for the reason most people think it is.

[@yadabub]

"Unless it's a day of the week that ends in 'y.'"

[@kellydalstok8900]

God had better watch out that he doesn’t become addicted to alcohol.

[@exillens]

Question for religious people. Where do you think the biblical god's lust and requirement for blood, death and alcohol to be pleased or forgive comes from? Or do you simply say he likes what he likes and we shouldn't question his mysterious ways?

[@thegreatgazoo2334]

Manipulative phrasing. Only two views allowed? Do you not suppose there could be another view?

[@tealx8462]

All of this, from the creator of trillions of planets, stars, moons and galaxies!!!! 🤔🤔

[@exillens]

@@thegreatgazoo2334 You're not good at English comprehension or you're pretending to deflect. My first sentence was an open ended question. That alone makes it open for more than "2 views". It literally says where do you think the alcohol and blood lust he requires by demanding sacrifices and death to be pleased or forgive comes from? That's an open ended question allowing for multiple "views"

[@pineapplepenumbra]

@@thegreatgazoo2334 "Manipulative phrasing. Only two views allowed? Do you not suppose there could be another view?" As SP pointed out, it was an open ended question, but I don't see you advancing _any_ views...

[@DexNewsTV]

So glad am athiest. Nothing fails like prayer 🙏 💯

[@brunozeigerts6379]

All these sacrifices make me think of a Wizard of Id strip. To paraphrase: 'What do you think god wants now?' "Probably more sacrifices.' 'More? We've sacrificed everything. You can't get blood from a turnip.' God:(through Moses) Looking down... I'm reminded of a bunch of turnips.'

[@lotanerve]

By the sounds of it, this lordy dude has an outstanding set of nostrils. Which means that he must smell every fart a human has produced. No wonder he wants you to burn whatever to cover that up.

[@JamesRichardWiley]

Pastors across America should read this mind numbing gibberish to their congregations every Sunday and remind them that this is God's holy word.

[@unclescar5616]

I need tussles to remember God's law? Frank Turek assured me it's written in my heart. No wonder I've been sinning so much.

[@rcblazer]

This "Lord, your God" guy can't seem to keep his rules straight at all. He talks about burning animals if people accidentally don't follow his instructions to burn animals, wants people who blaspheme him to be exiles, and anyone who picks up wood on the Sabbath to be executed. Working on the Sabbath is a harsher crime than blasphemy? Or is the Lord just making this up as he goes along, and a lot of people blasphemed against him on purpose because they wanted to be exiled?

[@jonathanmarkoff4469]

Pay no attention to the little man behind the curtain!

[@d.o.m.494]

Thou shall not kill will be observed always from now on.... Hahahaha

[@storyspren]

If I ever end up in an accident that leaves me with permanent burn scars, I'm changing all my social media bios to include "an aroma pleasing to the Lord"

[@spidertheateo4344]

When I first read this I thought in my mind what does God need food for 😮

[@failuretocomunicate5266]

Thanks again! Commenting to help the channel.

[@stupidd6513]

YHWH loves scents so much. This is why, on the 11th day, he created scratch-n-sniff stickers

[@elainejohnson6955]

Remember, Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you.

[@warrendriscoll350]

The tenth of an ephah mentioned so many times in this part of the Bible is "1.560 kg to 1.770 kg" of wheat. And the quarter of a hin is about .91 litres of olive oil. So, about four packages of spaghetti soaked in a bottle of olive oil.

[@tomsenior7405]

Excellent Job Hemant. Who would have thunk that reading the Bible out loud would upset Evangelical Christians? I could understand their ire if you read it in Latin, or Ancient Greek. If I could support you financially, I would.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

Tom Senior You know, it was Hebrew, then Greek.

[@tomsenior7405]

@@Daniel-cz7kd Ancient Greek was quite popular back in the day wasn't it? Latin was a sort of Catholic thing, until Gutenberg did his thing. The Pentateuch was Ancient Greek, I think. The Torah was indeed written in Hebrew. Well done my dear sweet friend. Is your Summer as painfully hot as mine?

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

@@tomsenior7405 Hardly, summer can be warm, however I don’t count the expression ‘painful hot’. Ancient Greek was a main trading language and it was the gospels, Acts and letters, Latin was the Roman language that turned into the Catholic system when the Roman emperor started the religion.

[@ΘάνατοςΧορτοφάγος]

Funny how numbers gets the math wrong sometimes 🤦

[@randomlad5774]

Take a shot every time you hear, "as an aroma pleasing to the lord."

[@yadabub]

That God shares recipes for his sacrifices is hilariously disturbing.

[@AJ_The_One]

I feel like the Bible compilers wanted to make sure NO ONE read the book, so they wouldn’t question the book… so they added Leviticus and numbers… and whatever mind numbness comes after Numbers lol

[@BaronTomR]

Do you ever wonder how God would react if the animal was only 364 days old and not a full year old?

[@WerewolfLord]

Not that they can keep track of time with any accuracy.

[@Maryfs1]

And they say Christians don't do human sacrifices. 🙄

[@satinbarbi]

By the time you finish the entire Bible all your subscribers will have learned enough for a degree in anti-theology. These videos put the fun back in Bible studies.

[@Quvan]

At the rate he's going at, some of us might not be alive when he's done because of old age.

[@chaos0852]

@@natsusatsujinki8342 the same jesus that stated, “Slaves obey your masters, even the evil ones.”

[@chaos0852]

@@natsusatsujinki8342 I don’t have a Bible to look it up, it’s been quoted several times that’s why I remember it. If you believe in the trinity, god, holy ghost and Jesus are the same

[@TBomb39]

@@natsusatsujinki8342 Ephesians 6:5 NLT Edit: sorry, 1 Peter 2:18 NLT

[@ArakkoaChronicles]

I actually calculated how much time it would take and a few months ago it came up to 27 years.

[@metademetra]

"The Bible is a perfect moral code." The Bible: "Yeah I want an extra large Whopper meal with no cheese, extra ice, light on salt..."

[@clemstevenson]

God needed humans to present him with sacrifices, because god couldn't do the magic stuff that he was alleged to have done in an earlier time. If you didn't believe in an invisible humanoid who liked killing things, they'd probably stone you to death in the name of god. This is a point in time when possessing the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch would have been a great idea.

[@jonathanmarkoff4469]

The halibut was good enough for Jehovah!

[@clemstevenson]

@@jonathanmarkoff4469 Stone him!!! Would Jehovah appreciate a good stuffing with his turkey?

[@tealx8462]

Smoke and mirrors!!!! Notice throughout the Bible, this God character is never seen by a group of people!! B

[@clemstevenson]

@@tealx8462 Only certain people were, somehow, able to contact this invisible entity. This implies that the biblical text writers could make up any bullshit they liked. There is no historical reference, outside of the bible, for a guy named Moses. Similarly, there is no historical evidence for Abraham, outside of the bible.

[@jonathanmarkoff4469]

@@tealx8462 Well technically he is if you count Jesus, but by that time the narrative logic had shifted the goalpost considerably.

[@timlenord1]

Parts in the Old Testament when god's not killing are like parts in a porno when no ones having sex.

[@kellydalstok8900]

And just as pointless.

[@PaulThomas-qb9cx]

With just as coherent of a storyline.

[@markbeoluke6454]

I especially like the creative killing stories like Elisha and the Two Bears. Hemant will probably get to that story in maybe ten years!

[@MrCanis4]

Bible factory. I'm going to remember that word. Love it.

[@fordprefect5304]

Look at this from the prospect of reality. They have been in the desert for 40 years eating either manna or quails Where is the flour coming from? Where is the Olive oil coming from? Where are the animals coming from? Where is anything coming from? They have been wandering a desert for 40 years From the prospect of reality this is nonsense In the words of Dr Dever IMPLAUSIBLE Sorry sorry sorry we are not dealing with reality. My bad...

[@rufusdavis137]

What I find interesting is earlier in the Old Testament God prefers animal sacrifices when the Israelites sinned,but later on in the prophetic books He doesn’t…like what’s the point in all of that anyway smh

[@addictedtonotsmoking2893]

Doesn't it take even more work to drag someone to death row prison than to gather wood?

[@TBomb39]

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" comes later.

[@JeffreyChadwell]

Wait, a drink offering? That's new, isn't it? Does it have to be good wine, or could the Israelites offer up some Two-Buck Chuck?

[@Graeme_Lastname]

Sounds like a scam to me. No matter what happens you're supposed to give food to the priests. Yeah, a real simple scam.😄

[@dwainmarsh9139]

What if they are a bad cook and the first loaf is the worst loaf? Poor foreigner's family. He went out for wood one day, and never came home. Wandered to close to those Israelites didn't know they had some fancy laws about today. I just wonder what the Israelites we're doing that they even seen him.

[@tealx8462]

They had no right to stone him to death!! As I understand it, he wasn’t one of THEM!

[@JeffreyChadwell]

And why does God feel like he has to keep reminding the Israelites who he his?

[@qbasicmichael]

It's intended to be taken as a statement of authority. But also, think about it, which sounds better, if you want people to obey what you write? "I am yahweh your god, who brought you out of the land of egypt." Or, "i am some random priest writing rules to make sure you bring in the correct sacrifices."

[@yadabub]

They edited out all of the other gods' communications. "It is me, the Lord your otherGod. I also need some mouthwatering sacrifices for your sins. Don't forget me just because Yahweh's always on with his 'one' god shite."

[@_Chuvisco_]

It is obvious the human nature of God!... "In the beginning Man created God..." etc.

[@guardrailbiter]

"In the beginning Man created God... in his own image."

[@_Chuvisco_]

@@guardrailbiter Yes!!

[@laurajarrell6187]

Yep, I'd missed this. Almost regret finding it. Though it's so much better, read by you, Hemant. 👍🌊💙💙💙🌊🥰✌

[@AmitKumar-qz2us]

How Jesus Love you.. I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children." (Leviticus 26:22) "Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourself every girl who has never slept with a man." (Numbers 31:17-18) "The Lord commands: ".. slay old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women" (zechial 9:4-6) "When the Lord delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the males As for the women, the children, the livestock and everything else in the city, you may take these as plunder for yourselves." (Deuteronomy 20:13-14) "You will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you." (Deuteronomy 28:53) "The Lord said to Joshua [..] 'you are to hamstring their horses." " (Exceedingly cruel.) (Joshua 11:6) 'The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their women with child ripped open." (Hosea 13:16) Christianity is Religion of Love?

[@yongyang4544]

Numbers gets interesting when you get to chapter 31 😬

[@janetkizer5956]

That's a mercy.

[@MarijnvdSterre]

Numbers is just such an inspiration. You just can feel the Divine inspiration, the Love of God for everyone and every creature on Earth no matter their believes or what group they belong too, the concise writing and the relevance throughout the centuries!

[@teloxy6579]

Man, you nailed it!

[@foppishdilletaunt9911]

Thanks for the keen insight and pithy distillation of this book of unparalleled lyric pœtry ! 😂

[@janetkizer5956]

Yup!

[@alanthompson8515]

Agreed! But what a pity so many believers think that the opposite of irony is wrinkly.

[@ralu9877]

Love of God will become a thing in the new testament until then... people must survive from their own god

[@peterlamboy5940]

Don't you hate it when people pick up firewood on Sunday.

[@qbasicmichael]

Not sunday. Friday sunset to saturday sunset.

[@KeytarKris]

This only brings to light the believers in the Bible have a late Bronze Age mindset. These superstitious rituals are still in power and are being practiced.

[@garryferrington811]

That's interesting. I often think we haven't moved beyond cave paintings.

[@tomschmidt381]

RE: Numbers 15: 30-31 being ostracized from the tribe for transgression is actually a pretty common punishment. Keep in mind being on your own is probably a death sentence.

[@Hugh.Manatee]

And even if it's not; this is basically the excommunication that jehova's witnesses still practice today. The threat of never speaking with your family or loved ones again is pretty horrible, even when you do have a place to go.

[@tealx8462]

Yes, man-made!!!

[@tach5884]

2:31 Always was. Too bad billions of theists hadn't figured that out yet.

[@dragowolfraven3806]

Does God have a bad memory or something? He is always repeating himself.😂

[@carlblaskovich2812]

God is getting old...

[@sauloftarsus3351]

He's repeating Himself because you have a bad memory.

[@debbys-abqnm4537]

He indeed has "a bad memory or something", but never accuse him of dementia! That is only for the most wealthy and powerful among us."

[@ralu9877]

​@@sauloftarsus3351 the punishment is death or great ilness, I bet these people didn't forget a letter from these rules

[@soft-p4g]

Okay I'm happy to hear you teach again ❤️

[@rockitbitz]

As usual it's all as clear as mud, awkward if the penalty for misunderstanding it was stoning. Did clothes have corners back then? Does that mean tassels on all four corners of ALL your clothes? Tasselly socks and underpants sounds a bit uncomfortable.

[@DavidSmith-vr1nb]

Both of those are relatively modern iirc.

[@SculptyWorks]

My favorite character, the Long Lobe of the Liver, hasn't appeared in a while. Did that stop being a thing?

[@anthonycrumb5753]

If it was in these days instead of back in Biblical days what would we bring for sacrifice - fast food - so many Big Macs or Whoppers - hold the cheese that's not Kosher and so many buckets of KFC with six packs of beer. Does God like pizza ??? If you found this interesting I HIGHLY recomend Prof Francesca Stravrakopoulou's recently published book " God an Anatomy" as this will explain a lot more about Yahweh's tastes and body parts especially his feet.

[@carlblaskovich2812]

"Thou shalt not eat pineapple pizza, It is unholy..."

[@mousebreaker1000]

Numbers 15: burger king foot lettuce

[@markbeoluke6454]

I am surprised there was no little story about a teen mouthing off to his parents and then getting stoned! It's not like God has some aversion to slaughtering kids (like Elisha and the Bears story)!

[@shriggs55]

"Prepare a place of "slaughter" for his sons because of the iniquity of their ancestors." Perfect justice.Yeah,right.

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

Yay, more rules! 😀😁😂

[@floptaxie68]

Where is this people getting all this food to waste in stupid sacrifices for? This book doesn’t make any sense!

[@LM-jz9vh]

So for example, when we read carefully what Yahweh says in the book of Leviticus, namely that the Aaronids (the sons of Aaron only), are high priests contrary to the Levites, that they alone are Yahweh’s mediators and the Levites are reduced to mere ministers of the Aaronids, that only through sacrifice can one atone for sins and not confession as preached by the Levites, or more precisely the Levite’s Yahweh, etc., *it can be no coincidence that in these laws and commandments,* ***which are placed on the mouth of Yahweh,*** *that Yahweh himself is presented advocating and legitimating the very views and beliefs of the specific priestly guild writing the text, and, contrary to the views and beliefs of their rivals, the Levites and the Levite’s Yahweh!* We will examine this more closely when we get to the contradictions in these books. But in short, this was the function of ancient literature, and we are allowing these ancient texts to speak for themselves. *In this particular case, the Levites and Aaronids wrote specific texts that each advocated their religious beliefs, views, and their position as high priests* ***by writing these sentiments directly into the mouth of their god!*** But just studying the Bible alone, scientifically, affords us the occasion *to see that many of these so-called words of Yahweh are* ***actually the very words of the texts’ authors.*** When we see numerous texts employing this ancient literary technique, and moreover, ***presenting Yahweh as the spokesperson for their own views and agenda,*** *and contrary to Yahweh’s other words in other texts written by other authors employing the same technique,* how can one conclude otherwise. In other words, when in the composite text that we now call the Bible we find: Yahweh declaring that only Aaronids can officiate as his priests and Yahweh declaring that all Levites can officiate as high priest; Yahweh declaring that sin is atoned through confession and Yahweh declaring that sin is only expiated through the sacrificial cult, no exceptions; Yahweh declaring that he gave laws and commandments at Sinai and Yahweh declaring that he only gave the Ten Commandments at Sinai; Yahweh commanding to exterminate all the Canaanites without pity and Yahweh declaring to tolerate them and live in their midst; Yahweh declaring that the wilderness generation were disloyal and rebellious and Yahweh declaring that they were a paradigm of loyalty and faith; Yahweh declaring that he may be offered sacrifices at any altar and Yahweh declaring that there is only one altar where sacrifices are to be offered up; Yahweh declaring that the people saw him at Sinai and Yahweh declaring that they only heard his voice; Yahweh declaring that circumcision is an eternal covenant and keeping the land depends on observing this very commandment and Yahweh declaring the Mosaic laws as the covenant and keeping the land is dependent on keeping these laws; Yahweh declaring that he dwells in the midst of the people and Yahweh declaring that he only resides in heaven; Yahweh commanding Passover to be celebrated by all at Jerusalem and Yahweh commanding it to be celebrated at each person’s home; Yahweh commanding that animals for consumption must be ritually sacrificed and Yahweh commanding that they don’t have to be sacrificed ritually, etc. ***one must conclude that Yahweh is being used by these authors, each with their own contrary views and beliefs as a spokesperson for each of these authors’ agendas.*** These are all the personal, and competing, views, theological beliefs, and religious systems of our biblical authors. And this is only the tip of the iceberg. *"Studying the Bible"* - Dr Steven DiMattei *"Contradictions in the Bible | Identified verse by verse and explained using the most up-to-date scholarly information about the Bible, its texts, and the men who wrote them"* -- by Dr. Steven DiMattei

[@KeriRautenkranz]

"It's a Traaaap!"

[@willj1598]

Besides everything else I unbelievable about the bible, I can't make sense of scale. The alter is something along the size of a truck, I think. You could stack a handful dead critters and wine and these crappy flour crackers. But, there are hundreds of thousands of people out there sinning or just bringing in their mandatory "cut" or "protection" god requires. There are only 24 hours in a day and only so much room on the grill.

[@yadabub]

Just think of what would happen if _almost_ everyone sinned accidentally at the same time. Goats would go extinct.

[@garryferrington811]

Rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat...at least we didn't have to enumerate every damned tribe again.

[@namegoeshere3838]

and what happened to "I'll take care of my children"? I want you to have some land, so go steal THEIR land!! Wasn't that one of the 10 commandments...thou shalt not steal???

[@ralu9877]

God will remember that he actually likes children on new testament

[@andystokes8702]

I'm a bit confused by the concept of unintentional sin. Surely your actions can only be considered a sin if you have done them deliberately.

[@alanthompson8515]

Ah, but what if those in charge call what you have accidentally done a sin? You are still sh*fted.

[@kristianadeleon6365]

ARBITER OF IGNORANCE 🙌

[@jeneb52]

What a violent God is written about in this book. Again they really weren't that far from Egypt, why didn't they go back? Like some of the people did in Babylon, insanity rules I guess!

[@PaulThomas-qb9cx]

I love this comment! Never thought of that! I'd love to see a skit where some of them say f#$% it, I'm headed back to Egypt.

[@foppishdilletaunt9911]

As one of my 3 adopted grandfathers said for his long, beautiful life, “YHWH, can you please choose someone else for a while ?” He looked sharp in his old tallit katan with the blue tzitzit he would twirl for comic effect. A deeply compassionate and funny man. I miss you, Daniel !

[@randomlad5774]

Drinking game: take a shot every time you hear, "as an aroma pleasing to the lord." Rick Sanchez would die from that much alcohol.

[@davidbudge8359]

If God looses his sense of smell through a cold or other illness do the offerings still count?

[@PaulThomas-qb9cx]

🤔😏😊😂

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

1. Dude...sigh...WE'RE IN CANAAN. Seriously, can God not advance the plot any faster? I:t's been literal books of this shit. 2. It's odd tha this particular god demands wine offerings, because MOST gods in most pantheons didn't do that. Dionysus is an obvious exception, but generally, his followers would drink the wine themselves. Another exception is Goddess Kali further out east in India, but Mother Kali is a Goddess of outcasts, among other things, and drinkers were often considered ritually unclean in the pat. I don't know about now. 3. "You and he foreigner shall be the same before the Lord." EXCEPT FOR...alright, y'all help me name all the instances so far where that hasn't been the case. 4. Contextually, though, Hemant, there was, WAAAAAAY back ye-haw, this idea of a reciprocal relationship between humans and god/s. There are some variations of Indian (as in India, not as in Indigenous) creation myths where the Ashvin Twins--the first two men...depending on who you ask--sacrifice a horse, or a cow, again, depending on who you ask, to the gods in order to give life to the new world, but that's not universal. A LOT of Indian and European cultures have this same idea, though, because sacrifice is thought to make things new and stronger, and, in some pantheons, the gods can't maintain their own strength without sacrifice. Not true of the Devas or of Yahweh, though it's implied to be true of the Mesopotamian, Greek, and Mayan gods. In the pantheons where that's not the case, though, it's more seen as tit-for-tat. "You offer me a cow, I'll give you a son." That kind of thing. Law of equal exchange, but these systems are also largely based in trade economies. 5. Mind you, not being able to hang out with the people who worship God can ALSO mean being cut off from your family, just like with Mormons and JW's, which is not WONDERFUL, to be real. That and the fact that you're now fair game during their holy wars. 6. Is stoning omeone to death no considered a form of work I know of Jewish people who can't leave the house on the Sabbath. I've heard of entire communities in Israel where all of the houses are of one piece, joined by corridors, so that no one has to go outside if they want to see their neighbour on the Sabbath. Can anyone confirm if that's a thing, though? I'm not sure if it's just hearsay. 7. No, really, I've seen this in practice: Orthodox Jews will wear tassels on their clothes, as well as small boxes with Scripture on them, around their neck and beside their head, while reading from the Torah. VERY long tradition. They also have to cover their head and wear a blue and white shawl. And I'm not sure if that's incumbent upon women, too: I've only ever seen a guy do that.

[@exillens]

To address your #2 point. In the new testament the biblical gods jesus/yahweh have followers that drink wine with the ritualistic eating and drinking of flesh and blood to commemorate their deities. The flesh and blood were probably symbolic and not actual flesh and blood but even so it would be bread and wine as the symbolic substitute for the ritual

[@metademetra]

Not only that, the Greek pantheon went as far as to demand the WORST bits of the animal, being the fat and bones. Imagine if a pastor, instead of demanding money, gave people the "You get a car, you get a car!" treatment after every ritual day.

[@tealx8462]

They weren’t talking to us today! God was telling THEM that stupid stuff, if he existed!!!

[@lh1673]

The man God chose as good man will dip his finger in a blood and sprinkle it, perhaps he was the first one to show the example that his God required!

[@risehatten8384]

Shouldn't we carry a stone to refund ourselves of being stoned?

[@invisibledave]

They should just start telling God, "no". If God threatens to kill them for not doing something, they can then ask, "if we do it, will you still kill us?". He would then just tell them, "yes".

[@grrsss8335]

It was a bigger threat back to kick someone out then as it meant isolation and a slow death in most circumstances.

[@TheRazz1717]

Sounds like the Hebrew Gordon Ramsey cooking up some new dish.

[@henriherz8498]

Maybe the man the Israelites had found outside in the wilderness collecting wood didn't even belong to them; maybe it's been a guy who never had heard about “the lord”?

[@NewtonMD]

What happens if the everyone intentionally disobeys God

[@PaulThomas-qb9cx]

Uprising! I love it! But after a while, the new rulers would bring in a new "god", with a whole new rule book.

[@kevinstewart1878]

Darn, I was like 667. Missed it by 1

[@guardrailbiter]

I pass gas "as an aroma pleasing to the Lord."

[@mrdestoryher171]

I have a great question. If you don’t believe in an afterlife, can you explain spirit box videos and the Ouija board?

[@DONUTBUZZCUT]

Put the bull upon the alter for the final sacrifice!

[@rexbettencourt3800]

So, my question is what happens to all that "offerings to the lord?"Does it stay there until god decides to eat or is it handed out to the engorged priests? Since the tent is taken out first when they pack up, is it left there? This is so wasteful.

[@myheartismadeofstars]

either burned and therefore wasted or given to the priest

[@namegoeshere3838]

Geeez, more people needed to tell the Freak to F.O.A.D.

[@TheRaker1000]

this chapter is calling up images of a Harry Mudd type character on a primitive planet with some holo-projectors. much of this chapter is him ordering dinner.

[@Malidictus]

Um... you citing Leviticus to point out a contradiction is actually quite impressive. I completely spaced out through most of that book so I would not have caught it.

[@apricebcd]

At one video a week have you worked out when we get to the end of the bible?

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Is someone else keeping notes for all of this? I forgot to take any... 😉 😄😄😄 (In case it's not clear, that's sarcasm. No, I don't need any notes.)

[@thelyrebird1310]

And Aaron and the priesthood get more bread, roast lamb, beef, goats and sheep for their BBQ and piss up with all that wine 😆 🍷

[@prabusam9823]

Moses sister how got punishment when he talk about moses

[@thelostone6981]

God is ramping up his drinking just like a Mormon…a little, a little more, slightly more than a little more, and finally full out alcoholism!

[@nyarlathotep4389]

Arbiter of ignorance is a job I want.

[@qbasicmichael]

I think "cut off" means kill.

[@camerongreensill6761]

Well there you go, there's evolution in the bible... first god commanded the commandments be written on stone tablets, and then he just says "hang up some pom poms"

[@VixJustTryingOK]

👍🏼

[@cliffordzellner5917]

I wonder if just the author is a picky eater.

[@kewakl8891]

numbers 15:30-31 like getting kicked from the GOP!

[@ready1fire1aim1]

Dragons 🐉 eat a lot.