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i know not understanding fall out boy lyrics is like a meme now but sometimes i genuinely will see one of those lyric edits and be like “i have never in my life heard those words in a fall out boy song”

the Bible is a historical document, just not in the way 95% of people think it is when historians say that. people not understanding this concept is why you can’t adequately discuss anything concerning said source with them because they kneejerk into “IT’S ALL FAIRYTALES AND LIES!!!” or “everything happened exactly like that and there’s no debate”. in both cases a regrettable lack of nuance, but worse so in the former case because often those people pretend to be in the camp of “rational science”. something something please develop some historical literacy before you engage in discussions pertaining to (ancient) history.

According to Genesis 38 while walking back home with his goats Judah mistook his daughter in law for a temple prostitute and gave her an IOU because he didn’t have any cash on hand. This means nothing to either of the extremist camps but it tells a student of archeology that there were temple prostitutes in the SWANA region thousands of years ago and that they took IOUs from shepherds.

This is true bi/ace solidarity.