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Technically the truth (according to christian canon)
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I just find that entire story… strange.
Like god just said “fuck you” and offed a jerk for no apparent reason. And then offed his brother because of levitate marriages and he refused, wanting the said jerk’s inheritance.
So of course the widow has to seduce their father to get a son so she doesn’t have to live in poverty.
What a beautiful and caring society they had.
And the lesson Catholics take from this? “Contraceptives are bad,”
Idk what you are talking about as i have never read much of the book but i'd like a tldr
It’s genesis 38, and a rather quick read if you’re that curious.
But the long and short of it is that Judah got his son, Er a wife, named Tamar. Er was “displeasing” or “evil in the sight of god”, so he got smote. That is, god killed him. Er had no heir, and in accordance with the time, she was married off the her brother-in-law Onan.
The idea being that Onan gets her pregnant and the son becomes Er’s heir. This provided Tamar with income since she would then manage her hypothetical son’s interests until he was of age.
Anyhow Onan wanted the inheritance for himself (he was next in line, and Judah was wealthy- the founding patriarch of the kingdom of Judah.)
So, he pulled out. (“Spilled his seed on the ground”.) so god offed him for being a greedy dick, too.
His third son was too young so Judah sent her back to her father, until he grew up (something that wasn’t honored.) so, one day Judah is going out to sheer some sheep, sees a prostitute and offers her a goat. The prostitute asks for collateral (his seal and some other stuff. A walking stick.); when Judah has a goat sent to the shrine for her, uh, service the messenger can’t find her and is told there’s no hookers.
A few months later, Judah is told Tamar is preggo, from prostitution, people want her stoned. So she goes before him and says she was never paid for sex, and therefore not a hooker; and that her child’s father gave her a seal. (Yup.)
The scripture did say that he didn’t do it again…(sure we believe you.)
Wow god cares a lot about others hooking up or not to kill them for it huh . What a fucking creep and wimp .
That's such a confusing story. Sounds like something a few goat herders from 2k years ago would come up with.
That's... Not the story you think it is...
Gen 38.
Go ahead, explain it to me… I linked it below, if you want to remind yourself of the text.
Restating the incorrect answer is not going to make it true, no matter how much snark you add, thanks.
Gen 38
You should probably read it. Yes, I paraphrased it a bit sarcastically, but I’m not wrong.
According to the story…. Judah's son- Er - is killed by god; more or less because he’s a jerk. Or because he was ugly. Or whatever.
Who knows.
He was wicked in the Lords sight
Which means….. what, exactly?
Think about the kinds of assholes that have been allowed to live throughout history. Either Er was absolutely worse than any other monster, or god’s reasoning was random. (Or, god is made in their image and they’re not particularly reasonable people.)
Dude. Are you ok? 🤦🏼♂️