This is one of the prime examples of “just because it’s in the Bible doesn’t mean God approved; to the contrary.”

It doesn’t always say “and this angered the Lord” because we are supposed to understand that without being told.

Having a concubine, let alone abandoning her to be abused, is so far removed from “she is bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh” and the Love that God Is that it is supposed to stand out as starkly as it does to us.

I don’t think modern people are removed from this behavior at all. Even in nations that are “at peace” internally, you have cruel criminals and crueler politicians perpetuating horrific evils every day.

So, after reading the last few chapters of the Book of Judges, It starts going off the rails after Samson.

By the end of Judges, there is a whackadoodle story of man and his "concubine" visiting a city in the land of the tribe of Benjamin. At night, there are men from the city that knock on the door and call for the man to come outside to presumably have sex with them. The man doesn't go out but sends his "concubine" out.

She ends up dead on the street in the morning, and the husband chops her in pieces and sends her out among the "Tribes of Israel".

The rest of the tribes get together, sack the city and kill much of "Benjamin".

Then when they realize that no one will survive from Benjamin, and no one will allow their daughters to marry into the tribe of Benjamin, they decide to go invade yet another city of men who had skipped out on the killing campaign, and kill those men, and give the women to the remaining men of Benjamin.

I might be summarizing some of this incorrectly. The general thought is: it was bloody. It sounds like a lot of genetic culling. Humans being treated like herds of animals.

I kinda just want to walk away from the whole story and say, these people and this religion have nothing to do with me.

It was the first time that I had second thoughts about trying to be "follower of Jesus" whose story came from this story.

It also gives me second thoughts on the whole genetic heritage thing.

There have been couple times in as I age into my thirties where I have the uncomfortable feeling like I have offended my ancestors.

part of me is like, modern humans are so far removed from these stories of bloodthirsty genetic culling.

part of me thinks, maybe bloodshed, revenge, honor is actually more human than peace and prosperity.

or maybe it's just the stories about bloodshed and honor survive.

either way, it's gory.

Thankfully, Ruth is up next and from the first chapter, I feel like I can hear grasshoppers in farm fields as Ruth picks up some grain that harvesters left behind.

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this feels very wrong to do

I love NH

I know we're hating him this week. But what if? #Bitcoin

Cast iron was great, but stainless steel wins the battle 🍳

I used to play a shit ton of video games.

I don’t much anymore - but I’ll play COD a little bit today.

I went to download it and was reminded how shitty and manipulative the industry is. Especially COD.

Despite having free access to the game, at every turn you i am asked to purchase things i dont need.

its hard to back out and its often unclear how to say no to what they’re pushing.

VERY easy to buy things on accident and there is no way to return electronic purchases thru microsoft.

i hate that shit.

NgU is a perfectly valid reason to hold #bitcoin, and anyone who disagrees can SmD

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I use damus on macos, ios. notedeck on linux+nixos and android.

Apple has a nice integrated hw/sw ecosystem (airpod, airdrop, continuity framework, audio handoff between all my devices & tv). Their m2 chips are an amazing platform.

I also have a hardcore linux freedom stack when i need it (bitcoin node, lightning node, etc).

Best of both worlds. You don’t need to fight every battle. nostr:note12k4qm5qvsntvsduynetfm77w0p8yuk084sten33qnyqxap2hrzzsk0s37y

Whenever something cannot be questioned, that’s a tell that it ought to be questioned.

“Are you really going to question the integrity of the election results?” Yes.

“Are you really going to question the safety and efficacy of vaccines?” Yes.

“Are you really going to question the soundness of the US dollar?” Yes.

Anyone who is familiar with the scientific method knows that the way to get at truth is to ask questions and seek answers from first principles. It may be true that the election results are accurate, that some vaccines are safe and effective, and that the US dollar system is sound, but if so, no panic should arise from asking these questions. It should be easy to verify that every vote corresponds to an eligible citizen, that every vaccine has undergone long-term double-blind placebo-controlled trials with clear results, and that the US dollar system is on a sustainable path to paying off its debt and remaining the global reserve currency for decades to come. Yet it isn’t. Ask yourself why.

In a civil society, challenging assumptions and thinking critically should be encouraged, not vilified.

100%, the fact that there isn't a single jump scare IIRC is a major plus, it takes skill to make you that creeped out without using those cheap loud bang sounds

"tAxEs aRe tHe cOsT oF a CiViLiZeD sOCiEtY"

Btw those "health" and "education" blips should really be defined as "controlled-poisoning" and "indoctrination to progress all of the above"

They love that you think this is the best we can do