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[–] 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That last bit sounds like the lake of fire in the Bible: a threat of posthumous torture rather than instructions for the living.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

    It's for sure interpretable that way. That is the problem with all of this ancient scripture - we do not have enough context to really know what they meant.

    I was discussing this - of all places - under a Jućika comic a few weeks back. We don't even have enough common era knowledge to 100% make sure to understand comic strips from Hungary in the 60's after the Tankies arrived, how could we ever interpret something thousands of years old with a high degree of confidence?

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