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Originally Posted by genderhazard
The beheading of John the Baptist by Herod Antipas.
Herod had imprisoned John because he reproved Herod for divorcing his wife (Phasaelis), and unlawfully taking his brother Herod Philip I's wife, Herodias.
On Herod's birthday, Herodias' daughter (Salome) danced before the king and his guests. Her dancing pleased Herod so much that in his drunkenness he promised to give her anything she desired, up to half of his kingdom.
When the daughter asked her mother what she should request, she was told to ask for the head of John the Baptist on a platter. Although Herod was appalled by the request, he reluctantly agreed and had John executed in the prison.
That wasn't very civilized.
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Which has nothing to do with teachings on which to live by. Just something that happened. It was not exactly a fun time to live in. It was more about finding teachings that were bad not just a bad thing that happened. Unless of course Gandhi's message is now meaningless because the British Empire was beating thousands upon thousands of people to death in India.
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I remember a time I was criticizing the bible and was called on to find something wrong with it. I picked a page completely at random from the new testament just to be fair and what I got was a passage basically saying women are fit to be seen and not heard.
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Called it. That would be from Paul who was writing to a specific culture that had a tendency to kill women that didn't do that. Paul also wrote his opinions. (and usually states such right before he does so)
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Guado, can you manage a post without insulting someone?
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When someone doesn't even bother to read a post before posting the exact opposite of what I said I shall insult.