• Glytch@ttrpg.network
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    Makes me think of my favorite verse to quote in arguments: Pslam 137:9 - Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks (NIV).

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        Context is important. It’s a song of imagined - and not executed - revenge. The writer is wishing that what happened to their kids also happened to the invaders kids. The Babylonians dashed Jewish kids against rocks, and the Jews didn’t respond in kind - couldn’t in fact, because the Law forbade it.

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          The thing is, most people that will cite the bible as an argument are already taking shit out of their context, so at this point it’s just fair game.

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        New international version I wanted to be clear on the translation I was quoting, because it can make a difference in wording and sometimes meaning.