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"No slavery", "no genocide", "no slavery", "no genocide", and "seriously, no slavery or genocide".
Considering that early Jewish writings directly contain laws about the treatment of slaves, "no slavery" was probably not on the list.
As for Genocide, Yahweh commanded Saul through Samuel:
And then Yahweh threw a hissy fit when Saul showed some mercy. Turns out that Yahweh was is a dick, according to his own believers' writings.
So you’re saying the Bible specifically recommends slaying ass?
“Honey, the Bible says I gotta go slay ass! I know I promised those days were behind me,, but God wants me to do it! Completely off topic, how’s your sister? She still single?”
To be fair, Samuel had tried to convince the people of Israel not to do the king thing in the first place. See 1 Samuel 8:10-22.
Only 10% taxes?
Doesn't sound like such a bad deal maybe.
Anyway, at least some of the USA founding fathers were just as down on the idea of political parties as Samuel was on kings here. I think they were right.
Slavery most definitely is allowed by the Jewish and Christian God. Genocide is much trickier, as there is still debate about certain wording and whether or not genocide actually happened at the time. Overall, the consensus is that genocide is bad at current times either because all genocide is bad or because God does not condone current genocides.
Source: I'm Christian
Tbh, genocide feels like more of a feature than a bug at this point.
"PM Netanyahu invokes ‘Amalek’ theory to justify Gaza killings."
He actually quoted this a few weeks back....
I spent an evening doing keyword searches in all the major holy texts one night just to gauge how violent they are and was definitely just thoroughly disgusted with all of them. I missed this excerpt, though. I guess I didn't think about searching the word "smite". Anyway... ugh.
Honestly, screw all religion. It's a nice thought to have a belief system of origin but humans are so stupidly violent and manipulative by nature that there's no way to create something useful and wholesome. They all condone the whole "kill those you disagree with" bullshit, amongst other awful isms. So far, Sikhism is the least violent and sexist I can find of any religion.
"So, what God is really saying is that it's ok if we do BOTH..."
get real that would never happen
god is known for doing genocide