• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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        2 days ago

        I may be an atheist who hates organized religion, but I also read a lot about the early church because I’m a history nerd. If there ever was a historical Jesus who preached anything approaching the message he’s purported to have taught in the christian bible, it was a new covenant and a lot of the old rules were judged unnecessary.

        That said, the old testament is a hate book. Modern christianity (especially in the USA) is a hate cult. Organized religion is a cancer.

        • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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          1 day ago

          I love Christian history, it’s so very ridiculous.

          Did you know that “testament” meant to swear on your balls (testicles)? They would grab their junk on making an oath.

          So, we could call it Old and New “I swear on testicles this is true”.

          Also, Christians cut off their balls for many centuries.

          Christian history has a lot of foreskins and balls

          (agnostic here)