Everything Wrong With Deuteronomy 23 in the Bible

[@tomsenior7405]

These are some of the most ridiculous rules ever thought up. "...god loves you... I remain unconvinced.

[@pacoramirez7363]

"God will stop protecting you if he sees you pooping."

[@bugmancx]

I can finally eat grapes in the supermarket and feel guilt-free!

[@SweetTreat-wl2yl]

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[@Daniel-cz7kd]

bugmancx You’re forgetting a few details, especially the biggest one.

[@pranavghantasala6808]

I didn't expect to read about satanic poop summoning circles when I started this series. I regret nothing.

[@thescoobymike]

When Christians say they “reflect and prayerfully meditate on the Word of God” they usually seem to skip this section

[@visaman]

Jews only read certain verses once a year at most, at ceremonies.

[@bladerunner3314]

They skip the whole book.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

Scooby MiKE And what’s the matter with that?

[@thescoobymike]

@@Daniel-cz7kd because you’re embarrassed by it

[@mkstar12]

Reflect and prayerfully meditate on the word of God...except this section and this section...oh and this entire section...etc.

[@d.o.m.494]

a]No one who has been emasculated by crushing or cutting may enter the assembly of the Lord. How much of this was this going on to need to regulate it?

[@UncleKennysPlace]

Hence Catholic priests checking young boys for compliance.

[@visaman]

Eunuchs were quite common at the time in various temples. Today this verse is used against trans women.

[@stevewebber707]

Considering the way some women are treated in the bible, perhaps bobbitizing is not as recent a phenomena as we may have thought.

[@MrSeedi76]

​@@visamanwhich goes to show how much evangelicals and other deluded fundamentalists contradict their own "word of God" considering the first baptized convert in the new testament was a eunuch.

[@scottphillips2478]

love the series! i always interpreted that last passage to mean the poor shouldn't have to go hungry. they used to call it gleaning and was not thought of as stealing ... unless you took more than you needed hence not putting any in your basket.

[@visaman]

Jesus did this on the Sabbath, and was called out on it. He said, "Hey, who's Jesus here?"

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

Scott Phillips Well explained, it was indeed called gleaning, and it served as a way to help feed the poor.

[@brunozeigerts6379]

So... the people of Moab were to be condemned... for not wanting to be conquered and exterminated by the Hebrews? Shame on them!

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

This chapter was made all the more fun for the absence of death sentences!

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

Matt Bell What’s the matter with death sentences?

[@MatthewCaunsfield]

@@Daniel-cz7kd As already stated, they make the chapter less fun. Do you think death sentences are fun? If so, why?

[@galloe8933]

And when the Lord spoke unto Adam, with a voice like thunder asking why he was hiding his hairy berrys under a leaf, he replied to his Lord “No, you don’t need to see my balls, dude.” God was mad at Adam and his snakie girl for eating stuff they found on a tree, and even though he was all powerful, the Lord knew he would never get to see such fine dangly bits again. Show me them nuts homie, is now the first thing saint Peter says. They are like Gods favorite thing, but now he can’t look at them, nor can he watch you in a bathroom. Also, when ever he changes clouds, he has to let the rest of the gods know who he is, a murder and a predator, who likes peeping at your junk.

[@oneilximon3464]

😂😂😂 bruhhhh this is hilarious

[@QueenBoadicea]

3:53 Marge, have you ever sat down and read this thing? Technically, we're not even allowed to go to the bathroom.

[@zenmite2525]

I love this series too. Been there since the beginning. Here's an excerpt from Deconstructed: Bible Stories for Critical Thinkers: God is ‘everywhere’. He sees all and knows all. Even a sparrow doesn’t die without His knowledge. Surely an Omniscient, Omnipresent God can see feces all over the world, whether it is buried in the ground or at the bottom of the sea. Why is He offended by something as natural as a waste product from a creature that He built and designed Himself? Perhaps, like us, He finds not only the sight, but the smell of excrement repulsive. People don’t have any problem with God being able to see or hear...why not smell or taste too? An aroma NOT pleasing to the lord?

[@MrSeedi76]

The reason is that many of these laws were hygienic laws meant to keep people from getting sick. So better to bury your feces.

[@QueenBoadicea]

I don't have any objection to the instructions. If you live in a Bronze Age tribe without access to indoor plumbing, then giving people strict instructions on how to dispose of their poop makes perfect sense. I imagine this is what people do when they go camping. Think how much more necessary it is to dispose of your bodily waste when you live cheek by jowl with many other people. These rules serve any number of purposes. Your neighbors won't step in it. Your children won't be exposed to the potential of diseases. Rats and other vermin won't be attracted to your home (they're attracted to the food bits lodged in human feces). The neighborhood won't be fouled by the effluvium of urine and feces, etc. What really puzzles me are the following verses indicating that you should remove your waste because god doesn't like the sight or smell of it. He created human beings and most other species to eject foulness from their bodies and then he decides he doesn't like it? And it falls to humans to bury it so he's not offended? What kind of sense does THAT make?

[@zenmite2525]

@@QueenBoadicea Exactly. Good, practical instructions, but for a goofy reason. It's like the burnt offerings in the o.t. It says 39 times that Yahweh likes the aroma of burning meat. (an aroma pleasing to the Lord) Yet, every Christian apologist claims the offering is only symbolic. The scripture is very plain. It was all about feeding Yahweh. They also did a drink offering of wine and, to go with that, a grain offering. Yahweh was eating and drinking good in those days. Just like the other ancient gods from the near east, who also had to be fed in their temples.

[@QueenBoadicea]

I never understood the part about how god sees when a sparrow falls. So what? The sparrow falls anyway. What difference does it make if god sees it or not? 🤔

[@rcblazer]

Deuteronomy 23 21-23 has the easiest solution; never make any vow to God. Says right there if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty.

[@visaman]

This is why it is a custom to take a vow to tell only the truth in court. A scare tactic.

[@rcblazer]

@@visaman As George Carlin said "They could have your hand on any book, so why use the Bible? 'Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you God?' and I say 'Yeah, sure. I'll tell you as much truth as there is in that f***in' Bible!'"😆

[@visaman]

@@rcblazer that did actually happen in Canada, they used a dictionary I think.

[@rcblazer]

@@visaman The dictionary would make a good replacement in courts for the Bible.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

RCBlazer And you forgot the rest of that verse along with 21, 23, 24, and 25, but why does it matter to you whether you make a vow or not?

[@arielle2745]

💗💓💖 Excellent Bible lesson as always, Hemant! You always make a great start to Sunday for my husband and me!

[@tgbedini]

I follow this series of videos religiously. 🤓

[@vivekkuma1]

Increase the frequency of the numbers of videos as at the current rate it will take 50 yrs or so to completely cover the bible. Btw love your videos.

[@CarolineIronwill]

Clearly Hemant, you're not a camper. You always dig a dookie hole far away from camp or water sources. That;s just good practice. Pee however, should be done along the edge of camp to scare aware vermin.

[@DavidSmith-vr1nb]

That's fine for a small camp. We're talking about an entire army with enough manpower to dig plenty of pit latrines, but God wants them to keep digging individual holes in the same general area just outside camp.

[@shaalijones3484]

Emasculated by cutting…every man who has had a vasectomy.

[@pyrosfuelgaming1867]

Sweet all caught up from the middle of numbers! Great job so far on the 3 year best Bible study EVER!!!!

[@SPL0869]

Something that bothered me when I first read this story back in the day and still bothers me now. How was Spider-Man supposed to “snap” Wolverine’s adamantium laced neck?

[@glebeboi]

designate a place outside the camp where you can go and relieve yourself. Haha - at first I thought it was saying where to go where you have a wank but then thought - but that's against gods ruling for you shouldn't waste your seed - as in how he struck down Onan for doing so before he went to "service" Tamar. This act is detailed as retribution for being "displeasing in the sight of Lord".

[@KeriRautenkranz]

"Biblical Morality at its best"...

[@dartz005]

@1:52 So they would be allowed in on the eleventh generation? Gonna love seeing Christians try to defend how the Bible says otherwise on verses like that.

[@visaman]

A generation was 40 years so, 400 years in the future, which was about the time this was written.

[@dartz005]

@@visaman Makes sense.

[@Tyrconnell]

'Sacred Prostitution' was quite a common thing in polytheistic middle eastern religions. What confuses me is why an Isreaelite would be a sacred prostitute. It would mean either they worked at a shrine of a different religion or.....early Judaism also had sacred prostitutes...hhhmmm

[@visaman]

This is how the Temple made money, in Jesus Christ Superstar, there is an in-your-face scene with them. This is what holly pisses Jesus off!

[@DavidSmith-vr1nb]

​@@visaman ... and Jesus Christ Superstar is a contemporary historical document... 🤔

[@puirYorick]

So, circumcision is not considered to be emasculation by cutting? 🤨

[@MrOsmodeus]

more of a trim i guess

[@puirYorick]

@@MrOsmodeus Trimming of a man's beard was also forbidden as an abomination, at least in certain orthodox denominations IIRC.

[@MrOsmodeus]

@@puirYorick yeah i cannot fathom why anyone willingly joined this cult. i assume the do what dad says or else he'll kill you probably

[@alasdairwhyte6616]

0:41 do they have an inspection at the door of the synagogue? 🤣🤣🤣

[@lisaboban]

Why not? Modern christians want inspectors at the doors of public washrooms.

[@tyronejones7341]

8magine being caught by the owner of a vineyard while munching on his grapes and tell him according to Deutoronmy you are allowed to steal his grapes as long as you don't put them in a basket !!!!!.

[@MK-lh3xd]

Why can't the guy wash up or shower in the morning itself and come back to the camp? Why he has to wait till evening to wash up? Isn't that unsanitary?

[@visaman]

The evening marks the end of the day. So, one day outside the camp.

[@VanityUnfair-l8c]

"Shrine prostitute" is, I think, a reference to Asherah, a name that those who know more about this than I consider to have been mistranslated into Greek as "grove". This gets more notice in Judges where it seems to be rife. Deuteronomy is presented as predating Judges so either there was a huge backsliding or this has been interpolated by a later hand. Perish the thought.

[@bladerunner3314]

A weird factoid I came across during my time with the German military: when you're impotent, you're unfit to serve.

[@dwaneanderson8039]

How do they check?

[@bladerunner3314]

@@dwaneanderson8039 They don't, but if a recruit or soldier is putting out the claim, the doctors will check ... i heard about injecting something into your penis and I don't know about you, I don't fancy that idea.

[@laurajarrell6187]

FriendlyAtheist, Hemant, wow that was a sanitized version and as you said, revisionisthistory. I don't remember which, but a couple of those I read did say god didn't want to step in the poop! As he liked to walk, it specifically said walk, around while they slept! Though, have we done the parts about how unclean women are? We really be dirty! Especially twice as long after giving birth to a girl than a boy! LMAO! 👍💖💙🥰✌

[@nataliaborys1554]

The whiplash of those last few chapters though. Didn't think it's possible to talk about castrates, poop, prostitutes and punishments for wet dreams in one chapter, yet here we are. All it took was the writer giving up on any sort of segways!

[@foxmaeshelyg]

@friendly atheist thanks so much for your commentaries. Yesterday I was accosted by Christians in the street and I had better knowledge of the bible than they. I don't think they had ever met an educated opponent

[@bailujen8052]

1:10 is why I'm here, i am a product of unequally yoked adultery where my dad was the christian and mum wasn't.

[@yiddishnerd8642]

The part about Taking fruit only applies to SHIMETA, (the 7th year, when you must share your field with everyone)

[@wulfmadien]

Vote OUT all GQP

[@philw6056]

The last thing is actually not that bad. It's some kind of socialism. Your neighbors, especially those in needs, can take a small amount of foodstuff from your fields without punishment. But they can only use it for themselves.

[@sadderwhiskeymann]

Don't you think it would be better to ask first?

[@philw6056]

@@sadderwhiskeymann It would be better if the government, city or community would provide it directly for those in needs. But it is better than sending people to prison(or Australia) for a literal handful of crops. Edit: Sure, asking would be better. But it's the bible and noone expects that to be perfect. For me the bible is only interesting for 2 reasons: The crazy stuff(for laughs) and things that might give us a glimpse of the knowledge and ideas in antiquity.

[@aurorafrost288]

Heck, for the stuff I grow in my front yard, I have no problem with anyone helping themselves to anything that escapes to outside the fence (usually sunflowers growing along the fence line, but this year, there could be other things that passersby are welcome to. I even advised one guy last year who liked to frequently take sunflower blossoms as he passed by to carry some snips with him, just so the stalks don't get too damagesd (have some upcoming projects involving the stalks. And next time he came by, he did use proper snippers.

[@errabbitc]

You can't help a nocturnal emission.

[@AmityvilleFan]

So. You may not steal items, or anomals from your neighbour - but you can steal their slaves?

[@qbasicmichael]

Yes, the word could mean "walks". So yahweh could be walking rather than just moving through the camp. The 2nd reference to male prostitutes, the one in verse 18, is literally "dogs". The command to not return escaped slaves contradicts the united states constitution, which says "No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due."

[@jgs1122]

In the story of Balaam the 'lord spoke through his ass..."!! Lol

[@grapeshot]

So porta-potties are out of the question? I guess the invisible sky wizard doesn't like state fairs either.

[@visaman]

This is why the Romans were way ahead in technology. Imagine how Pontius Pilate must have felt being relegated to the Middle East.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

GRAPE SHOT Did you miss it? Or do you actually need plastic in the first place?

[@garybowler5946]

Dude, about the toilets, you have obviously never been camping. This was actually good advise to avoid disease.😊 6:04

[@smochygrice465]

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[@MrMarinus18]

4:20 That one is standard though. You need to have excrement burried and away from the camp cause otherwise diseases will spread like wildfire. The Romans had an identical rule for the same reason.

[@russellmiles2861]

I can't cope ... Can we skip this book

[@davepowder4020]

You're using the NIV Bible? One of the complaints about different translations is the how the translation can be affected by the already established beliefs of the translating party. Apparently the German equivalent of the King James Bible is considered the most true to the original works, in as far as we have access to them, anyway. The Sanhedrin of the New Testament apparently did quite the job at removing some of the Old Testament from future access, in order to try to prevent another "Christ" from rising in popularity and using the scriptures available in the same way that the son of Joseph and Mary did. They didn't have nearly as many copies of scripture to go through as they would have after the invention of the printing press, so we've got some lost writings from then. Also, making references to the Old Testament writings and being sarcastic about the "Christian" way is kind of off-base, as the "Christian" way won't have been any kind of way for quite some time after any of that was written, correct?

[@DavidSmith-vr1nb]

You don't honestly think the KJV or its American clones are more accurate than the NIV, do you? Neither are without their problems, but don't pretend that KJV is some sort of gold standard.

[@davepowder4020]

@@DavidSmith-vr1nb It tends to be "more doctrinally neutral" simply because of the large numbers of people that worked on it. You had a wider variety of views regarding the original meaning of the texts and what they should translate to in the English of the time. So personal bias would often get cancelled out, simply because of so many other views, that the most neutral meanings became what was finally accepted. Sometimes the messy sausage-making works by simply squeezing out the most problematic substances.

[@chrissonofpear1384]

@@davepowder4020 Yeah, distribution and accuracy, is a b1tch, isn't it? Quality control gone poor. Maybe Augustine interpreting Matthew 27:25 and 1 Corinthians 10... could have used better, themselves? Stopped a lot, of errant, antisemitic, prolonged, nonsense, in 'united Christendom', well - later. And perhaps someday, people can finally define what being 'born into sin' means, in an Edenic sense? As that remains a huge mess. Meantime - well, things like 2 Samuel 12:18, don't need much inference. Just, rather, nasty.

[@tealx8462]

Let me get this straight! The creator of the universe, detests feces and finds it unholy! Yeah, right! And I have a billion dollars!

[@PaulaBean]

Wow, there is gold in the bible.

[@ActiveAdvocate1]

1. A lot of the time, it wasn't these guys' fault. Making eunuchs of men was seen as a good way of keeping male slaves away from women back in the day. They lost their sex drive, see, so it was considered no big deal. MUUUUUUUUUUCH later, during the Renaissance, musical academies would occasionally make castrati of their male singers in order to keep their voices from changing. It's inhumane, and I've only heard a castrati sing on recording once, and it's kind of creepy-sounding. Also, "forbidden marriage" COULD be interracial, but was more often a case of daddy saying to daughter, "I don't want you marrying him." 2. Mmm, well, the ancient Hebrews DID pick up the practice of circumcision from the Egyptians, so yeah, them being allowed into the Temple after a bit makes sense. Nowadays, though, I DON'T think Israel and Egypt get along too well, do they? 3. Snort, middle-school lever cruelty for a middle-school level god. Yeah, that tracks. Sorry dudes. The whole "bury your waste" part kind of does make sense, though: during the Black Death in Europe, Christians REALLY hated the Muslims and the Jews because they seemed to die less often from the plague. I WONDER WHY? It's because these cultures are cleaner. If you're commanded to intentionally remove your waste, and, in the case of Muslims, they do ritual washing five times a day before prayer, obviously you're not going to be as germy. But they didn't KNOW that, which is where the Oriental stereotype comes from about magic and all that nonsense. They didn't have magic: they were just cleaner. 4. Okay, that point about slavery, about not handing a runaway back to their master? THAT'S how the Quakers, and other religious movements who helps runaway Black slaves, legally got away with it. I see that rule, at least, as a good one. Back in Biblical times, too, you had the right to kill a runaway slave if you were their master and you got them back. Not pretty. 5. Yeah, this was a problem back in the day. Love gods an goddesses, like Ishtar in Mesopotamia and Aphrodite in Greece, had temple prostitutes, while there were ALSO temples where women specifically served, but were sworn to keep their virginity. Later on, in Rome, the Vestal Virgins were the ones responsible for keeping Rome's sacred fire burning, because Vesta, the goddess of the fire, was seen as among Rome's protectors. If the fire ever went out, it was thought to be a sign that one of the priestesses had lost her virginity, and if they found the guilty party--or CREATED a guilty party--they'd bury her alive. Not fun. 6. LOL, you and I could charge one another interest. You're an ex-Jain and I'm an ex-Catholic, and two more different religions you'll scarcely find. I wouldn't do that to you, though: I'm a good Communist.

[@jenna2431]

2nd verse....so Boaz marrying a Moabite would be a big no-no so Jesus wasn't able to assemble.

[@CCoop-fp1su]

😇😇😇

[@adolphromero7493]

Hay say hi to the copper smith when you see him😂😂😂

[@rutlegs]

Not sure if you should use the phrase "really packing it in there" while discussing Sodomy...

[@invisibledave]

Good thing I have no idea what a wet dream is.

[@youtubestudiosucks978]

When you have a nocturnal emission. It's sticky and wet and mostly white unless it's red but when it's red is when you need to go to a doctor.

[@wolfos420]

Nice.

[@mikekolokowsky]

Toilets needed to be outside of camp for sanitation. And the smell.

[@pfefferfilm]

Oooo Deuteronomy 23:1 means I'm not allowed to ever go to church! Checkmate theists! (note: I got 'emasculated" intentionally and professionally by a doctor, and, basically yea emasculation was the whole point of it)

[@vaughnwoss4990]

Deuteronomy authorises stealing!

[@jamiegallier2106]

❤

[@josephrodriguez2780]

Warped by purity culture. God is just warped.

[@vizioon6430]

"Don God"... pretty dood description!

[@adolphromero7493]

John 6:66 from that time many of his disciples went back,and walked no more with him. (The mark of the beast is unbelief) good luck atheists you’re gonna need it😂😂😂

[@classybree2241]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@charleskesling4477]

I was srcomsiz when I was born so I guess I'm SOL LOL

[@cmbr.]

Hahaaa awesome

[@doctorpicardnononono7469]

Iesus radit, sed solum crura !!!

[@PaulaBean]

Translation: Jesus shaves, but only his legs!

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

Hemant or friendly atheist Well said and pointed out “I don’t know anymore.” Of course how much did you even know before😏 Well remembered Hemant, do you also remember about the gold Balaam desired and went for or what Balaam talks about in Numbers 24 that carries on? And what’s YOUR problem with the guy going out of the camp Hemant? “God is apparently so sensitive He can’t handle makeshift toilets. So these people have to dig a hole in the ground outside their camp, poop there, I guess next to the guys who were shunned for having dirty thoughts, and then come back.” And you’re apparently so knowledgeable that you know better than God what a makeshift toilet was, is , and where they go in a camp in the first place. Interesting thoughts Hemant, and what does God’s omnipresence and your mention of hovering have anything to do with the location of the poop, God’s wrath or tricks of the Devil, especially when the Bible is already explaining the details of bathroom rules. “Sounds like no one should ever make any promises to Mafia Don God then. Problem solved.” Sounds like YOU need to explain where YOU get your should from. Besides what problem is there when there’s no “Mafia Don God”? “Atheists are way ahead of everyone on this.” And you’ve yet to explain what’s SO great about it, you’re no better off much less at the end of those who could at least do something with atheism😎 “Stealing is okay.” Nice observation Hemant, where exactly does it say that? Or is it just another stupid thing YOU made up, as the other stuff, to sound smart and make it look like the Bible’s wrong?

[@PaulaBean]

Jezus is a myth.

[@Daniel-cz7kd]

@@PaulaBean Well pointed out, I even say Jezus is a fictional idea that is irrelevant to the Bible, similar to the other made up words said on the comments