Comment on sad ammonite noises

Neon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• hydroptic@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Had to look it up myself, but the Ammonites were apparently a Semitic people that the Israelites hated because they didn’t worship their god

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  • superkret@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Most of the old testament is just the story of how the Israelites genocided all other peoples in the area so they could settle there.

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    • hydroptic@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Honestly I can’t remember if they outright genocided other peoples in the area, but once the Yahwists went from monolatry (worship of one god without believing that others’ gods are false) to monotheism, it did cause more conflicts between ancient Israel and Judah and their neighbors

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