Everything Wrong With Numbers 18 in the Bible

[@FriendlyAtheist1]

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[@peejay2982]

Have a safe trip, Hemant.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

Friendly Atheist Okay, what priests, why need concern with their judgment and what makes them or you worth the price of admission?

[@JosephKano]

@@Daniel-cz7kd is... That supposed to make sense Daniel?

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

@@JosephKano As much sense as Hemant’s part, if you understood it that is.

[@JosephKano]

@@Daniel-cz7kd Hemant I understand. You're just frothy m8.

[@elainejohnson6955]

Reminds me of the "Wizard of Oz". Don't look at the guy behind the curtain!!!

[@tgbedini]

Once again, the priests tell people that they should give lots of nice and expensive things to, whom? The poor, who need it? Not a chance. Give it all to the priests. Because god said so. Man, we call that grifting, and a long con.

[@qbasicmichael]

This is the priestly stuff in numbers, written by the aaronid priestly faction. Deuteronomy will contradict it, and will say that the tithes are for the levites, the sojourners, the widows, and orphans.

[@tealx8462]

The Levite priests are the one’s that should pay a tenth!!! Most congregations are doing it!!! Not that it ever applied to us, anyway!!!!

[@keyboardoracle1044]

The tradition continues.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

tgbedini Perhaps god did say that, but there’s been no god yet to say that nor any reason to listen to any.

[@tnskyhawk]

I see how the prosperity gospel become popular.

[@AverageJillM]

“Women ceremonially clean” means they don’t get a portion when they are on their period.

[@piosbias6459]

Clearly,the writers of the Bible,whoever they were,did not understand menstrual-periods; that sperm doesn't make things unclean if found on a piece of clothing or some object; That leprosy does not attach itself to walls and it is caused by bacteria which can be cured(Jesus forgot to tell the Jews the remedy for curing bacterial leprosy.When he left,he left them nothing.)-and that it's not cured by a ritual of dipping two birds in blood; That you can tell if a woman has been cheating on her husband by making her drink some kind of dirt-water concoction; and a blind person can not be cured by spitting in his eyes or putting mud in his eyes; and that there is no such thing as demons of deafness, muteness,or blindness,so-on and so-on and so-on.

[@tealx8462]

Ugh, who’s checking?????

[@johnf536]

Thanks for persevering. After a life of unquestioned belief in the religion I was raised in, due to the variables of family and geography, I need to hear all of this.

[@WetDoggo]

We're glad to help you out of this blind following. I was raised with Christian beliefs and started questioning it all while doing the Confirmation thing. I'm absolutely glad I made it out of this myself and no one tried to push me back into this, extinguishing the flame of curiosity. The universe is much more complex and interesting than "a magic man poofed it all into existence just for us to rule over it" Letting this all just pass by for some make believe is an absolute waste.

[@mlwsf]

The more that you read this the more I am convinced that this was made up by the Priesthood to have the best of everything. "we need the best wine and, I mean, God needs..."

[@visaman]

Tradition says that Moses wrote this, so, it was understood even back then

[@mlwsf]

@@visaman I don't even understand what that's supposed to mean. lol. Besides, tradition is silly. We should all be so lucky to write about our own deaths.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

Mark Wilkins Actually God doesn’t need the best wine 🍷, He tells the the people to bring the best wine 🍷 and food 🥘 for the priests as their portion and part of their worship.

[@mlwsf]

@@Daniel-cz7kd this presumes both that there is a god and that they said anything at all. Either way it makes the priesthood the chosen caste and mocks any sort of idea of this so called god being fair, righteous, or just.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

@@mlwsf Oh there is a god and two and three and another thousand or million, many of which speak 🗣 or have spoken previously. As for god being fair, righteous or just, to human standards, any could be and then not be.

[@Andrea-rw9tf]

I think ceremonially clean also counts if you touch blood, so if a woman is on her period she isn’t clean for 7 days after her period, and daily bathing.

[@visaman]

That's exactly what ceremonially unclean means

[@Lightman0359]

Which means Levite Women only get tithe food about half the time on average. During their period and exile time, I guess they need stockpiles of non-sanctified food to sustain them. Why do so many people still accept this dreck written [poorly] by barbaric bronze-age goat-herders? The OT can be summed up by the following cycle: 1: Yaweh does/says something cryptic, contradictory or incorrect 2: His followers misinterpret the thing 3: Yaweh gets pissed off and kills them or they get captured by a militarily superior neighbor 4: Roll call of survivors 5: Repeat

[@headnsand9353]

Yes,the marvelous justice of god! He lays this super heavy responsibility on Aron and his sons by telling them if they don't do the rituals just right that his "wrath" would come upon,not just Aaron and his sons, but all the people.Is this beginning to sound familiar?

[@georgem2334]

I certainly agree, there's never been a better time to be an atheist. And it's cheaper too!

[@sauloftarsus3351]

Atheists don't exist

[@baldrickthesphereofamusement]

I'm sorry, which modern christian church requires you to pay a fee to remain in it?

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

George M There’s never been any good time to be an atheist, and what does expense have to do with any of it?

[@JosephKano]

@@Daniel-cz7kd why?

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

@@JosephKano Simple, since they’re concerned and worried about their money and what’s given to charities, make a budget, stick to it and leave the charities.

[@PaulThomas-qb9cx]

I wonder if this book was written to start a new grift, or to maintain the power of a regime of grifters. 🤔

[@stevieh9860]

My take is that this has been a scam from day one. 1. Invent a god and make him scary.2. Devise lots of ceremonial stuff to test how well your scam is working. 3. Make people bring gold, and really nice clothing. 4. Think up reasons why ordinary folk can’t see, touch, or own what is now your stuff . 5. Make them feed you. 6. Threaten to kill anyone who disobey in gods name. 7. Kill people in gods name to promote and maintain your scam.8. Think up lots of silly rules to test loyalty and to see if the scam works. 9. Keep going until people realise they’ve been had, then( spoiler alert) invent a new god, with different rules and different threats and start again.

[@tomsenior7405]

How dare you people mock the Bible so? The Bible is not to be laughed at! The Bible is supposed to sit on a shelf and gather dust, in order that good Christian people can say that they own a copy. You are not supposed to read the Good Book, or it will make you realise that god is a complete and utter Monster. You are supposed to go to Church, pay 10% of your hard earned cash and hand over authority to someone else who has memorised a few quotes from the Book. So sayeth every Pasta. Heil Jeebus.

[@TBomb39]

Heil.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

Tom Senior Interesting, where do you get any of these details of what’s to be done or not done with the Bible?

[@tomsenior7405]

@@Daniel-cz7kd The Bible used to sit in every Doctor's Surgery in the Country. It was used to swat Ganglions. Basically, the heavy tome was dropped on the swelling. Modern Science has moved on and better solutions are now available. A door stop is a common usage. During WW1, free Bibles were used as toilet paper. Wobbly table? use as many pages as necessary to stabilise it.

[@JosephKano]

@@Daniel-cz7kd considering my own lived experience I would say its likely from their lived experience and observations of Christians in their life.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

@@JosephKano You mean you had a Bible you never opened for whatever reason, just left it on the shelf to advertise, look good. You accepted a god who was nice or friendly. You didn’t go to church nor pay any % of your easily earned cash and didn’t hand over authority to anyone else who simply memorized a few quotes from the Bible. Well whoever this Jeebus is, good luck with them.

[@kellydalstok8900]

I imagine Aaron and his sons looked like Mr. Beadle and his enormous orphans in Blackadder’s Christmas Carol. They come carol singing at Blackadder’s door, and he gives them his last scrap of food.

[@piosbias6459]

Maybe I missed something here,but in this passage,when it says that "God" spoke to Aaron-how did God speak to Aaron? Through a "still small voice?" Through Moses? Through a donkey that they led around from place to place? Did they take a snake out of a box to speak for god? Did they travel from one burning bush to the next to hear him(especially in the winter?) I'm confused.

[@TheScotsalan]

Good point. As someone like moses, not a good speaker, as in, all through to age about 10, only my sister could understand me. Honestly, in primary school, the teacher had to call me older sister from her class to translate. So I am confused, cos god talked to moses cos moses was holy and aaron was the translater of moses. But thats all forgotten now 😂😂😳

[@TheScotsalan]

Sort of begs the question, why did god bother with moses if he can now talk directly to aaron. You make a most excellent point 👍

[@baldrickthesphereofamusement]

Does it matter?

[@shriggs55]

@@TheScotsalan Yeah, I see what you mean.

[@TheScotsalan]

@@baldrickthesphereofamusement Of course it matters. God apparently chose moses cos he was godly, but moses had a speach thing, so had to communicate thro aaron. Begs the question, why did god not just cure moses, AND, why now is god speaking direct to aaron when previously it was moses. 🥵😳

[@templargfx]

Whenever I hear a Christian say God is all loving I think to myself 'you've never read numbers have you'

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

templargfx And what, when they have?

[@templargfx]

@@Daniel-cz7kd Im not sure what you mean

[@yvonne3745]

They probably turn a blind eye to it

[@templargfx]

@@yvonne3745 worse, they see it as just and righteous

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

@@templargfx As you’ve pointed out: I say “God is all loving” You think “you’ve never read numbers have you” And you find out I have, what then?

[@QQuandary]

@ Friendly Atheist Thank you for reading the Bible with commentary. I've tried to read and listen to the Bible so many times I've lost count. I even went to a Catholic school and read the Bible in religion class. Recently, I discovered that I have Asperger's and ADHD. No matter what I did, I couldn't remain focused on the Bible. Your commentary has helped me remain focused.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

QQuandary Same here.

[@QQuandary]

@@californiacloud1036 I went to a Catholic school (Elementary, Junior High, and High School). In high school, we required to read certain passages from the Catholic Bible, and a teacher (a Nun) would interpret the passages from a Catholic point of view.

[@RayKosby]

I think there is a pattern in the bible where god claims he will take an action but a little later delegates that action to an Israelite. He states he will kill Levites who touch the furniture, then he states they will be put to death suggesting other Israelites will do the killing. In Exodus I think he claimed he would write on the stone tablets, then he he commands Moses to do the writing.

[@stevewebber707]

You know that business of tithing would look more honest if they just admitted the priesthood needs help to get by. We'll just ignore that bit about God providing to all as they need.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

Steve Webber You know, you’re right, they do need help to get by.

[@mikehopkins2625]

That’s the way it’s still done today. The best of everything goes to “God”. AKA the leaders of the church.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

Mike Hopkins Maybe in the church you know or near you, but not in others, like some I know.

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

If Yahweh is now speaking directly to Aaron and not Moses, how do we know which of them (allegedly) wrote the first 5 books of the OT? This retcon opens up all sorts of problems

[@joknaepkens]

In numbers 18:14-16 -> Only the male firstborns are to be redeemed. That means all the female firstborns are to be offered to Aaron. Did god just gave Aaron a green light to start a harem?

[@laurajarrell6187]

Friendly Atheist, Hemant, I hope you and yours, plus everyone here, has a great weekend! I had to laugh at how much God sounds like a mob boss. Hitchens was more correct than he even knew. 👍🌊💙💙💙🌊🥰✌

[@Malidictus]

In a previous video, I asked why God doesn't just talk to Aaron. Someone in the comments spent multiple posts trying to convince me that only prophets like Moses could hear God or else they would die, something about free will and parenting and a few other arguments I don't recall. Yet here we are, with God talking to Aaron. So... why did "God tell Moses to tell Aaron" in a previous chapter, then?

[@exillens]

They always have a long circular often illogical argument to try justify anything written. Then when they see something contradictory written they ignore what they said negotiate and go ad hoc

[@Irisarc1]

It seems to me that the Levites had a pretty easy job. They got to eat all the parts of the offerings intended for God that he doesn't want. Wait, they HAVE to eat all the leftovers. ALL the leftovers, in a time without refrigeration to preserve them. On top of that, according to an earlier rule, there are times they've been told to eat everything before sundown on the day of the sacrifice. I hope there were a lot of hungry Levites on those days. Also, it has occured to me that this choice assignment sure favored the Levites. But then again, who was it that wrote this section of the OT? Oh, yeah, it was the Levite priests. What a burden it must have been to get all their food handed to them without really working for it.

[@sidmelucci3675]

"From now on the Israelites must not go near the tent of meeting..." Ummm... so how can you have a tent of meeting if nobody is allowed to meet there? Just wondering...

[@Irisarc1]

Maybe Aaron and his son's could have done with their excess family helpers what I do with my pets. If I'm busy doing something that I need space for and need to do by myself, I tell them that the very best way for dogs and cats to help is to move away a little ways and just watch. After all, doesn't everyone do a better job if the are being supervised?

[@TheScotsalan]

10% from the wine press... wow. So wait a moment.. as a drunk aethiest, who is always told being drunk is bad... you want 10% of my booze? Why 😂. To pour it away? Sod that, I am off down to the bar to meet up with Noah. Hope lott aint there again. He is strange with his daughters. 😂😂😂😂

[@pattygould8240]

If I understood correctly, God gets a 10% cut of the 10% he told you to give the priest. One percent seems a small price for the universe and everything in it.

[@TheScotsalan]

@@pattygould8240 So the priest gets 10% of my wine, god gets 1%, and both dont drink... erm.. Wait a mo.. I am sat with noah.. AHH.. he says god drove him to drink. It was the 3k species of wood eating termites that pushed him over the edge. That and he now knows about saws and nails.... 6k years too late 😂😂🤣

[@pattygould8240]

@@TheScotsalan I don't think God and his priests are teetotalers.

[@tealx8462]

@@pattygould8240 No. The priest give 10%! The people give a portion!

[@apostateturtle1960]

I read through all of this as an adolescent and I'm going to allow myself to say now what I didn't allow myself to even think then... this part of the Bible is horribly boring

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

Apostate Turtle Very well, so what? It was horribly boring for me the first time I read it all the way through as well, I like to joke about how it almost killed me, same with Leviticus and Deuteronomy, yet I was able to find great details as in the gospels and other books 📚 😁

[@gbbereal]

I tell you what, if anyone is gonna waste my shekels is going to be me! Target, Amazon, Walmart, here I come with a purse full of shekels!

[@shawnboisclair3696]

You think God would have zapped down some plastic furniture covers to protect all those expensive furnishings from the hoi-polloi. Perpetual shares of free food and drink plus all these golden goodies rule!

[@d.o.m.494]

Is anything going to happen yet?

[@ΘάνατοςΧορτοφάγος]

Numbers makes it very clear this is just nonsense and just for moses and his family to get rich

[@kevinvorster9777]

How convenient that only Aaron's sons get to be priests and no one else with these perks.

[@wowomg1032]

We r still on 17

[@glassonion5350]

All the finest "new wine"? It goes a long way in explaining the priest's behavior,and why they were priests.I guess the rest of the people got the "old wine." But on the other hand,if I were a Levite priest serving the brutal dictator Yahweh,I would be drinking "new wine" instead of water for breakfast,lunch,and supper-and-some more for dessert.

[@dsiewert100]

So, god’s chosen people are wandering in the wilderness for years, yet they have flour and wine that can be tossed aside as an offering. From where is this stuff coming? One needs to stay in one place for most of a year to harvest grain. Years are needed in one place if you want to harvest grapes.

[@visaman]

They were wondering for 40 years.

[@baldrickthesphereofamusement]

You need to read up on your scripture mate. The 40 years in the wilderness were before this happened- at this point they are as settled as any other nation of the time.

[@dsiewert100]

You are right, that I’m no biblical scholar. But just a couple chapters earlier, scouts were sent out to spy on the land prior to starting the looting and genocide of the people that were already there. Moses is still around so they haven’t officially entered their new “homeland”. Lots of the stuff seems to have a very messed up timeline. So much doesn’t pertain to them while wandering. Feels more like someone after the fact writing a mythology to justify their prior actions.

[@visaman]

@@dsiewert100 oh no, they are still far off from entering the Promise Land. There is still another 18 weeks of Numbers yet! 😜

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

dean siewert Interesting details, especially when there are no ‘god’s chosen people’, who are ‘wandering in the wilderness for years,’

[@janetkizer5956]

I keep waiting for something beautiful and soiritual to be revealed. Am I waiting in vain?

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

Janet Kizer Not, if you wait and put your trust and life in Jesus.

[@JosephKano]

Yes

[@JosephKano]

@@Daniel-cz7kd LOL no.

[@qbasicmichael]

This was obviously written by the aaronid priestly faction. (Deuteronomy contradicts this by equating the levites with the priests.) I generally dislike this priestly section of leviticus and most of numbers. Deuteronomy is much better.

[@lh1673]

Numbers 18:11, The practice of WAVE OFFERING should be enough how insane this God is, to this god it’s a gift. Imagine, ribbons are tied on those animals intestines and offered to this God first, which His satisfied.

[@tealx8462]

God must have 4 heads, like angels! With all the blood, grain and burning flesh, sound more like some type of beast!

[@debunkingpopulism2976]

Remember regelion is all about community. s/

[@jalpa9642]

What the Hell are the Women supposed to eat.....? "You and your sons & daughters may eat of it"...!

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

1. Missed this earlier today. OOOOOOPS. 2. If I were Aaron's sons, I'd be like, "Hey, bro, I dare you, one step closer to the altar. Let's see if Sky Daddy fries us up." XD 3. By the way, eh, you know that's why the book of laws is called "Levi-ticus", right? They're traditionally in charge of upholding the Law. I saw this cool video a few days ago about "Where Did the Twelve Tribes of Israel Go?", and historically speaking, they were slowly subsumed within other empires when the kingdoms of Judah and Israel were conquered, but there are a LOT of different people groups around the world who claim descent from the original Twelve Tribes. Some ignoramuses who got to North America and met the Indigenous people here thought that they could even ben missing descendants, I think of the Tribe of Dan...? So far as I'm aware, though, the First Peoples never claimed that for themselves, though: that was a colonial thing. I think that vid was done by a channel called "Patheos", if anyone's interested. Talks about the whole Mormon interpretation of events, too, which is just...weird, quite frankly. 4. You know, i would have been thousands of years after this was set, but one of the reasons why I like Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), even though I'm not a Muslim, is that he said that every woman is equal to every man, and he outlawed female infanticide in the Ummah (Islamic religious community). Killing baby girls was REALLY common at that time and in that part of the world, because, in pre-Islamic Arabia, a lot of wealth accumulation was based not just on trade, but on theft, and women and girls were seen not only as property to be stolen, but also, therefore, as liabilities, so it wasn't uncommon, if a girl was born, for her caravan to bury her in the sand and just keep going. This whole thing with, "Oh, and the chicks can eat the gristle when the guys are done with the beef" is REALLY nasty. And I bring Islam up because, hey, their Prophet did BETTER THAN THIS. "Every woman is equal to very man" was quite the statement for the time. Hell, regretfully, it's even quite the statement now, in some circles. You should hear the Transformed Wife talk about women. I feel bad hating her--she's old and she's ill--but I DO hate her. Sigh... 5. Like, at least the Vedic Hindu way of doing things made sense. Same time period, which is my reason for the comparison. But they would bring, like, a spoonful of rice for the G/god, burn that in the sacrificial ire, and then everyone would eat everything else brought. They had this crazy drink called soma (if you've read "Brave New World", this is where the name of the drug comes rom) that would make people high as a f*cking kite, and they'd offer that drink, too, but there were entire hymns in the Rig Veda written in honour of soma's effects. So, a LITTLE BIT to the G/gods, the rest to the people at large. Note that this was before the caste system was a thing in Hinduism, we're talking, like, 1700-1500BCE. 6. Aaron's getting nothing for Christmas, uh-oh. Did he f*ck up at some point that I haven't kept track of? 7. So God gets 11%, actually. A tithe is traditionally 10%, right, and if God's asking for 10% of that 10%, that's an additional 1%, so it's 11%. Look, teacher, I can math! Actually, I'm sh*t at math, but I had bad teachers, unfortunately.

[@laurajarrell6187]

Active Advocate, I'm sorry sweetie, but you're terribly misinformed about Mohammed and Islam. The only reason he didn't want female babies killed was for more wives and concubines for his men. He said women's brains were much smaller than men's and that most would go to hell. He also, though when he was young he married an older, wealthy widow. Granted, he was a bit gentler when in Medina, as he built his following, but much stricter and viscous after his move to Mecca. He copied most of the Jewish and Christian laws but made them even more harsh. He was a warlord merchant who had 67 successful campaigns, taking slaves, and converting or killing most. And he considered women property as the others did, but property hidden from other men. He also was a pedophile. Just look into it more critically, not with someone trying to convert you. The qur'an is bad, but the habits make it much worse, as later proclamations abrogate the earlier ones. Check out Apostate Prophet, his older videos tell a lot. Though I'd known of all the horrors of it from many others, like Sarah Hader from North American Ex Muslims🥰✌

[@PaulThomas-qb9cx]

First 😇

[@SUperDEvil137]

You are 7 days too early

[@PaulThomas-qb9cx]

@@SUperDEvil137 I'm THAT eager to support TFA and his work.

[@SUperDEvil137]

@@PaulThomas-qb9cx nice.

[@arielle2745]

💓💗💖

[@sauloftarsus3351]

How do you like God's character in this chapter? Is His character real?

[@TBomb39]

As a fictional character, he's a real pain. A monumental prick. Definitely not real.

[@sauloftarsus3351]

@@TBomb39 So you're saying God's character is not real, what's the difference between a character that's real and a character that's not real?

[@TBomb39]

@@sauloftarsus3351 Yes.

[@sauloftarsus3351]

@@TBomb39 What's the difference between character that's real and character that's not real?

[@TBomb39]

@@sauloftarsus3351 Yes. Like you said. One is real and one is not. Now, what you should have asked was, how do we know whether a character is fictional or based on a real person? To which I would have replied "evidence" Now, answer this question. Why do you think the buybull god character is not fictional?

[@TheRealPaulMarshall]

And who is as gets those silver redemption shekels? God's got problems making the rent this month?

[@raccoon874]

it's like strip coupon bonds

[@Canalcoholic]

What a complete and utter load of bollocks.

[@lundgrentp]

HOLY SHIT!

[@Sonic_Shroom]

Moses really likes a BBQ.

[@jayb5596]

The bible contains the knowledge of good and evil which is part of a single tree! It's the truth that sets you free from the knowledge of good and evil!

[@lundgrentp]

Yikes is right.

[@foppishdilletaunt9911]

Alright my chosen people, all you schlepeppers and shepherds get your lazy tucheses out of the mikvah - it’s YHWH or the highway !!!

[@chrismassey7563]

The Bible is teaching evolution, how to evolve into a Christian.

[@boterlettersukkel]

B$

[@tealx8462]

The evolution of scamming!!!

[@tealx8462]

I’m surprised that no one caught a disease from all the blood splattered about the place!

[@TBomb39]

The buybull is teaching how to fleece your congregation in this chapter.

[@Akira625]

Tell that to the Jews.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

Hemant or friendly atheist Interesting opening, “For some reason, death and miracles haven’t convinced the Israelites to worship God yet, which means God better work quickly if He wants to get money out of these people.” And what about you or other atheists? What’s your reason? “This chapter is all about tithing. And how priests can convince you they’re worth the price of admission.” Interesting, sounds a lot like you and other atheists. Really, “problem solved.”? Wouldn’t it be easier if you could give the tribe the benefit of the doubt and consider the possibility that they’d be told and they themselves take heed of the warning? “I hope you noticed that God is finally talking to Aaron. Not Moses. That’s unusual.” Wow Hemant, ‘newsflash’, what do you mean ‘finally’, God has already spoken to Aaron many times before, or have you forgotten those parts as you’ve forgotten other parts of the Bible? “If you know what I mean.” No I don’t know what you mean, where do you find “if the Levites screw up, that whole sanctuary will be filled with blood,”? “There has never been a better time to be an atheist.” There has never been any good time to be an atheist; what’s the use or good of atheism there anyway? “If strangers visit the sanctuary unannounced, they’ll be meet with guillotines or something.” So? Announce yourself, purify yourself, bring the correct offering, there you go. Interesting Hemant, “Once again, God’s letting the priests know that after the sad and poor hand over a large portion of what little they have, don’t worry because you’ll get your share.” “Technically, God never said a tenth.” Wow Hemant 😳, so according to you, all I have to do is be happy and rich 🤑, and ‘technically’ I’m allowed to give any portion of my money 💵 to whichever religious organization I want, just as you and others are allowed to give any portion of your money 💵 to whichever atheist or other organization you want without any problem. Interesting thought Hemant, I’ll think about the sense of your ‘no sense’ when I’m giving money to my teachers out of my own self will, despite they’ve done none of the work in producing it. Interesting thought 💭, if there was a church back then. I thought you said “life is precious.”? Aaron does get something or better said, someone permanent. Ah yes, I forgot, atheist “So if they don’t give God the best of whatever they have, they’ll be shot.” “The only people who benefit are God people. God’s highest-ranking people. But not you. You’re not special.” Thanks for expressing another lie so many other religions express, and explaining why I need worry about what I give to God. “God will always find a way to remind people how they can give Him prezzies.” Ok, so what? Can’t I give Him a ‘prezzie’?

[@JosephKano]

LOL. That was a rant and a half.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

@@JosephKano Well, sometimes I pick up some bad habits from Hemant or others.

[@JosephKano]

@@Daniel-cz7kd LOL nah, that's all you m8.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

@@JosephKano What’s ‘m8’?

[@darkgreenera2069]

You call yourself "friendly Atheist" You really aren't that evil as some Atheists, like AmazingAtheist and Coughlan and some Atheists, I met personally. But really friendly you aren't either. Maybe you should call yourself "LesserEvilAtheist" or "SomewhereBetweenAtheist"

[@yadabub]

He's friendly to people, not crappy old books.

[@darkgreenera2069]

@@yadabub Hey, don't say h-llish words to a holy book or even better don't say h-llish words in general That is really unfriendly

[@stevemack7110]

@@darkgreenera2069 Which holy book? There are a bunch of them.

[@tanvirhassan7149]

Please bro I suggest you must study Islam.......I hope Challenge you inshallah you will not remain athist again

[@nathanmckenzie904]

You worship the same imaginary God that jews and Christians do

[@werwergtgtg]

I think you're a Muslim in disguise 🥸

[@puirYorick]

Dude, they are just three different branches of the same lie. The main three Abrahamic religions rely on the same fake con about the same god only written by different scribes at different times to suit their own ethnic audience in their own languages accordingly.

[@werwergtgtg]

@@puirYorick Yeah I know it was a joke.