ENHANCE...ENHANCE....ENHANCE! - Protests in Iran

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[–]VulptexVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

That's only because ancient people tattooed themselves to worship the archons. This would be entirely obvious to anyone who lived in the ancient world, and it's why trying to take every word literally today is so problematic.

I can't believe as one of the few atheists here I have better knowledge of the bible than most.

Because "Christianity" has degraded into nothing but culture wars. All they care about is Leviticus 20:13 and Genesis 2:24.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

That's only because ancient people tattooed themselves to worship the archons.

The ancients would tattoo themselves for many reasons. Hunting, war, or potentially therapeutic reasons as is thought of Otzi the iceman:

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/scientists-have-mapped-all-of-otzi-the-icemans-61-tattoos

The religious like to make everything about religion.

[–]VulptexVoluntaryist 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

It was clearly the archon worship that Leviticus prohibits.

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The meaning is typically understood as such, but it may have been understood differently at the time. Such markings were also a symbol of servitude at the time, this would perhaps be against the idea of serving no-one but the le God.

[–]VulptexVoluntaryist 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Isn't that the same thing? I guess that just extends it to human masters rather than only archons.