• DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    There’s a lot of bullshit in genesis to make fun of, but this is the least weird.

    it’s implied in the bible that Adam and eve had heaps of kids.

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      1 year ago

      Yup, women just aren’t mentioned because the author probably didn’t believe they matter.

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        He wasn’t wrong for though. His assessment retained validity for the the following millenia.

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          This comment is technically correct, people stuck with this ideology for quite a while after the Bible was written

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          Wow at the time of commenting this, over twenty people got upset because you pointed out women were regarded less important than men for centuries.