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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

The Torah is certainly bad, but the New Testament has its fair share of problematic verses too

Eg

Mathew 18:9

And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

Mark 7:24 - 28

Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice. Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet. Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

“First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

The first one is pretty obviously meant as a metaphor, hardly problematic. The second one is too obscure for me to even figure out what they're trying to say, let alone figure out if it problematic or not.

[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The second passage is pretty well established as a joke that NT writers thought was an amazing burn. The "dogs" are the Pharisees, IIRC.

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The "dogs" are the Canaanites. There's lots good to be said about the character of Jesus, but this verse is straight-up nationalist.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

The point of that story is that the woman is right. He does heal her, and is like “dang, even this Canaanite woman believe in me more than y’all do.”

It’s a great story, because the point is that Jesus is wrong and being a dick, and gets called out for it.

[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

Merci! And yes, it is.