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Originally Posted by DukeOfManlets
go on?
ive read all the books of maccabees as well as various apacrapha sources on the subject. . . nothing shocking?
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Really?
All they wanted to do was make friends with the Greeks and adopt the customs of others to have improved relationships with others.
A genocide was launched against them because the Hebrews follow a belief system where all other humans are morally inferior. It's like ancient Nazism.
Also, Passover is another fantasy about killing people, as is Purim.
I've done a lot of reading about mideast religion over the years, and most are too nice.
Note: I don't believe that these religions are real, just political constructs designed to control people. So, I view these events as pointless slaughter.