• chaogomu@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Part of the reason why biblical history and secular history don’t line up is that yeah, the biblical history didn’t exist before 537BCE. That and religious propaganda.

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      17 hours ago

      Yep it makes perfect sense in hindsight. It doesn’t actually hook onto history correctly. When you’re presupposing the the bible is inerrant and univocal, you just avoid reconciling certain things.

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        17 hours ago

        I was lucky to not have a religious upbringing despite the efforts of one of my parents. The other was a bit of a self identifying heathen.

        It was a point of conflict.