Tag: old testament
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Why is God Jealous?
How come, in the Bible, the Lord not only calls himself jealous, but acts like it’s a good thing? For just one of many examples: “Thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God” Exodus 34.14 KJV. This may be strange to read. Isn’t jealousy a manifestation…
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Isaiah 40, Tannaitic Rabbis, “Goyim,” and Rosen-Zvi
While doing research for my previous post, I had found an interesting passage in one of Ishay Rosen-Zvi’s papers: In other words, a few centuries after Christ, the Jewish rabbis had twisted a passage in scripture (namely Isaiah 40.17) in order to construct the notion of “goyim” as “gentiles.” For the record, Rosen-Zvi is himself…
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Times that Israel is Called “Goy” or “Goyim” in the Bible
Typically speaking, the word “goy” (plural “goyim”) is used to mean a Gentile, aka a non-Jew. Merriam-Webster Dictionary simply defines the word as “a non-Jewish person.” The Hebrew word “גּוֹי” (gôy) from which it derives simply means a nation or nations, but is frequently translated as “Gentiles” or “heathen” in the Hebrew Bible (Strong’s H1471).…
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Christian Teaching Against Rape
Disclaimer: I had started planning this post in November of 2022. However, various personal commitments prevented me from finishing what I had started over the past few or so months. Apologies for the delay in posting. To forcefully sleep with someone without their consent – that is, to commit rape – is incompatable with Christian…
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Do Pagans Worship the Lord? A Christian Perspective
This is a follow-up to “Pagan Romans Claimed to Worship the God of Abraham“. For context, if you haven’t already done so, please read that article first! As discussed previously, pagans in ancient Greece and Rome believed the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to actually be one of their own idols under a…
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Pagan Romans Claimed to Worship the God of Abraham
When looking at other religions, we Christians typically think in terms of ourselves worshipping the true God versus the heathens worshipping false gods. This is true to a large extent. However other religions often don’t just have our worldview but inverted. Most non-Christian religions don’t simply believe that their gods are real while our God…
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Dorper: EvilBible.com thinks Lilith is in the Torah (Mirror/Transcription from Tumblr)
This is a re-upload of a post written by a Tumblr user with the screen name ‘Dorper’, on the now-closed dorper.tumblr.com. The post was made on 15 Jun. 2021, a dead link can be found here, and an archive on the Wayback Machine can be found here. I’m re-uploading it here because I find it…
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Dorper: Does Deuteronomy 28 support cannibalism? (Mirror/Transcription from Tumblr)
This is a re-upload of a post written by a Tumblr user with the screen name ‘Dorper’, on the now-closed dorper.tumblr.com. The post was made on 27 Jun. 2021, a dead link can be found here, and an archive on the Wayback Machine can be found here. I’m re-uploading it here because I find it…
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Dorper: EvilBible.com does not understand Sirach (Mirror/Transcription from Tumblr)
This is a re-upload of a post written by a Tumblr user with the screen name ‘Dorper’, on the now-closed dorper.tumblr.com. The post was made on 15 Jun. 2021, a dead link can be found here, and an archive on the Wayback Machine can be found here. I’m re-uploading it here because I find it…
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Dorper: FFRF misinterprets scripture to support abortion (Mirror/Transcription from Tumblr)
This is a re-upload of a post written by a Tumblr user with the screen name ‘Dorper’, on the now-closed dorper.tumblr.com. The post was made on 19 Jun. 2021, a dead link can be found here, and an archive on the Wayback Machine can be found here. I’m re-uploading it here because I find it…
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