I didn’t criticise the diversity outside of the anti-human nature of the instance, no.

You can be a very diverse group of people, but have shared beliefs. I made no comment about the diversity of that instance, even in the bit you quoted.

You’re very welcome 🤖🤖

Actually I just wanted to add: I didn’t criticise the diversity of people on your instance, or anything of the sort. I think diversity is a great thing, and I’m glad that you find Db0 to be a diverse place!

Thanks, Blaze! And thanks for all the content you create, I deffo recognise your name!

Yeah it made me pretty unhappy to see the “News” community just be an American news feed, and to know that this dumb yank moderates the “World News” community with the same pigheaded USA-centric attitude that we’ve come to expect from Americans is disheartening.

I can’t do Db0 because they love AI over there and I sort of don’t feel comfortable joining a bunch of anti-human dorks looking at a feed of robot slop, so that’s out of the picture, but I’ll find somewhere!

Okay, so we can agree that the Bible has at least one passage that commands genocide, in that time, for those four groups? Not a gotcha, not a criticism of your faith, just a question about the content of the scripture.

Yes, I think slavery is bad even if the person in slavery is treated “well”. Those Leviticus passages are interesting. Who is the “you” addressed in them? What’s the meaning of “your brother” in the second - does that mean any person, or a specific “in-group” of people?

The Luke passage is nice! It seems, from just the passages I’ve shared and the passages you’ve shared, that the Bible acknowledges slavery as extant during the various periods it was written, and sits on the fence about it. Was there a passage about how much you should charge for a slave, and how you should beat them? I believe I’ve heard that somewhere, but can’t look it up right now.

Sure, slavery was generally accepted until very recently - so would you say the bible endorses slavery, or denounces it?

Right, it’s the Lord commanding people to wipe out those groups. Whether or not the command should be reflected in the current day, that passage was written. That passage contains the Lord commanding people to wipe out groups - would you agree, or disagree?

The first one is an instruction to the enslaved telling them to obey their masters, whether they’re kind or cruel.

1. Does that sound like the Bible says slaves should not be enslaved, should rise up and free themselves or be freed by others?

To your second point, the passage names Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. The bible actually refers to these groups separately, and collectively as the “nations” that are encountered by the Israelites. These groups do (generally) have distinct identities and practices.

2. The passage Deuteronomy 20:17 commands followers to “completely destroy” each of these groups. How does that not constitute any sort of genocide?

I am absolutely happy to be wrong, and I’m not intending to be hostile - I know these beliefs are deeply held and are personal, and I’m not attacking you for your faith. Just want to make that clear! 👍

Which bit?

Slavery: 1 Peter 2:18

Genocide: Deuteronomy 20:17

Obviously these are just little tasters, there’s definitely more in there :)

Looks pretty steady to me. Not optimal, or good, but steady.

Oh fuck, I recognise like… Four things here? I’m old.

What’s the buckle my shoe thing? That’s a really old song, no?

What’s brainrot girlfriend?

Man you are wound up so tight

Mate I’m not gonna comment on anything else you’ve said, but it’s very funny to see you immediately whine about an “ad hominem” given your other very personal insults and aggressive tone in other comments in this larger thread lol, it’s like… Grow a pair and insult people, or whinge about being insulted. Don’t do both 😂

Solves both problems really

Do you think it’s cos the police are scared of the people who can actually fight? Four bobbies to a granny but not one brave enough to face up to somebody their own size?

Bars??? You think any prison could hold so fearsome and scary a person as her?? Look; in that picture she needs at least four burly policemen to even have a chance of physically manhandling her while she cries out

Wow! Look at that thumbnail! Thank god they got that hardened criminal off the streets.

All these evil terrorist supporters say “oooh think of the children” when talking about the genocide, but they never stop for a second to think about how the missile drones feel.

Those tiny little heavily armed drones must be terrified of these old women in England non-violently protesting. My heart aches for them, those poor, cold, metal drones that are wiping out entire families.

A horrible fate. He went to England.

Linkedin is usually a nightmare. It has been especially bad today. So many right wing freaks.

Thank my lucky tuppence that those smashing knockers are pixelated or I would’ve spaffed right all over bloody Trafalgar Square and what a kerfuffle that would have been