Ridiculous tales 
Exodus 12:29
At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well.
- WHY WOULD AN ALL-LOVING GOD KILL INNOCENT BABIES JUST BECAUSE HE IS ANGRY WITH THE PHARAOH ? WHY NOT JUST KILL THE PHARAOH?
- ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, WHAT HAPPENS TO BABIES WHEN THEY DIE ?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Interestingly, it is said that. In times of famine, such as when the crops had been struck down by a blight, for example ergot. The Egyptians had a custom that only the first born, both humans and livestock, would be fed, the others had to shift for themselves. Therefore, if the fungal blight was ergot, which is highly toxic to mammals including humans, the first born would be poisoned.
So the biblical story may just be an case of god, taking credit, as he generally did then, for what was done by a fungus.
Fernapple
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Dec 29, 2020
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Yahweh always had a reputation as a petty mountain god who was jealous and vengeful - typical over the top asshole behavior.
Surfpirate
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Dec 29, 2020
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The angel of death cast a pox upon their house. That sounds like a benevolent deity? If God was so powerful, why couldn't he get inside Pharoah's head? How could 19th century Christians, if they believe the book of Exodus, justify owning slaves? Rhetorical questions.
barjoe
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Dec 29, 2020
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Because, according to the account, god got inside Pharoah's head, and it was god who "hardened his heart".
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