(06-25-2022, 07:08 AM)eider Wrote:(06-24-2022, 10:21 PM)Rhythmcs Wrote: Just like the modern day nuts, who spend little to no time in all sorts of public institutions...but have oh so many opinions about how they should be run, and how people should behave in them.
Temple sucks, everything's over-priced, the shamans are con artists, and the other patrons are insufficiently committed to sparkle motion. This is a running theme in the ot and in rabbinic sources. They've made god angry again, about whatever god is getting angry about at the present moment. It's very much an expression of a rural and urban cultural divide. In the post exile community, the story became that the sinful urbanites were cleansed from the land - so..say hello to the new boss!
More than a few peasants must have wondered who these pretty babylonian fucks thought they were - and it begins all over again.
Yes..... and that was background for John the Baptist's actions and words, and not long after of Jesus's demonstrations in the Temple.
^^^ This is why they are justified in suspecting you to to be a Christian.
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