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by 1718627440 236 days ago
The bible is a long introduction to the punchline, that the highest entity rather gets himself killed, then raising the hand against anyone, and that it wants everyone to be like that.

> is like pushing a camel through a needle hole

I see what you did there...
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Hizonner 236 days ago
> the highest entity rather gets himself killed, then raising the hand against anyone

Well, after personally destroying some cities, cursing an entire civilization with plagues including the death of their firstborn, and ordering the "chosen people" to take over some land by slaughtering everybody living there. And the "getting killed" part didn't remove the threat of eternal fire for anybody who doesn't go along with the program. That's the big stuff I remember off the top of my head.

You have to ignore a lot of stuff in both testaments to get to where you're trying to go.

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1718627440 236 days ago
> the threat of eternal fire

Btw., the purificatorium is actually a bath (in Latin) and it's not eternal. Also Jesus isn't talking much about that.

> You have to ignore a lot of stuff in both testaments to get to where you're trying to go.

Yes. But it's still introduction and references for the punchline.

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Hizonner 236 days ago
> "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels". -- Matthew 25:41

That's supposed to be a quote from Jesus, personally. In fact he's talking about himself saying that in the future. See that word "everlasting"? Other translations use "eternal".

It's permanent Hell. It's really, really clear. He doesn't have to talk much about it, because he's made the point.

[Edited to fix the chapter and verse]

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1718627440 236 days ago
Yes, I don't disagree with you here.

In my opinion this doesn't describe anything happening in this world, so it is not relevant, whether to label it NSFW, and it isn't encouraging you to be violent in this world.

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akshitgaur2005 236 days ago
subjecting people to eternal punishment for a fleeting crime and dehumanising some people is okay?
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1718627440 235 days ago
The entity is not part of this world and is not affected by what information we distribute, so how would that matter? What dehumanising?
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