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A Mississippi man accused of destroying a statue of a pagan idol at Iowa’s state Capitol is now being charged with a hate crime.

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[-] Tyfud@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago

This is my same struggle every day having been raised in a preacher's home.

Reading the Bible is what turned me into an atheist

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

Loving the bible makes you christian.

reading the bible makes you athiest.

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

Reading the Bible is what turned me into an atheist

Same.

[-] StopSpazzing@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Psalms 137:9 is my favorite verse.

[-] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Hmm I looked it up and apparently one has to be careful with interpreting this. It's not really about being happy to dash infants against rocks. It's simply a call for the destruction of the entire nation of people. It's really about justice! And that's a good thing! /s

[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Those babies deserved it, and if they didn't they're going to heaven anyway, so really it's a mercykill.

Anway, love thy neighbors!

[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

FYI: Israelites are a branch of Canaanites, El is a Canaanitic god, and The Exodus lacks evidence from ever happening.

That was absolutely wild to learn as ex-Christian. Also, the social hole you fall into as you leave Christianity is pretty terrifying, but you'll eventually learn to deal with it.

[-] prole@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Reading the Bible is what turned me into an atheist

Same. And the ultimate irony is that the values I used to determine that the Bible is a fucked up book that I want nothing to do with, are the same values that my uber-Christian parents instilled in me, and then lost at some point along the way.

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