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The evolution seemed to be Old Testament = God of Israel, New Testament = God of the Jews and Gentiles, but they still clearly weren’t thinking about people in distant lands like the Chinese or Mesoamericans.

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bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

but they still clearly weren’t thinking about people in distant lands like the Chinese or Mesoamericans.

It’s almost like these books of supposed divine revelation could only have been informed by the experiences of the people who wrote them… 🤔

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Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
From a religion maintenance POV it makes total sense. From a “god is omniscient and infallible” standpoint, it makes my head hurt.

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- bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I assure you it doesn’t merit that amount of thought.
  
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jdr@lemmy.ml ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
But what about the “sheep that are not of this flock”? Couldn’t have been more explicit.

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