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Voltaire2

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4. As the Official Passover Curmudgeon

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2024, 11:59 AM

Apr 2024

I am obligated to point out that this story is both utterly fictional and genocidally hideous.
At this point both the mindless recital and my objections are a family ritual, and quite likely everyone else at the table wishes I would STFU. But I won’t. There is a new generation getting seated, they need to be advised.

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(Religion Group) The Case of the Exodus that didn't happen [View all] edhopper Apr 2024 OP

It's a celebration of freedom and a recognition of the evils of slavery unblock Apr 2024 #1

That is fine edhopper Apr 2024 #2

Thanking god for delivering us from slavery is not the same as just god loves us generally unblock Apr 2024 #3

I hear you edhopper Apr 2024 #9

The wonderful celebration includes a genocide. Voltaire2 Apr 2024 #5

And it bad-mouths frogs. Really? a plague? Are frogs really that bad? unblock Apr 2024 #6

Slaughter of the first born. Voltaire2 Apr 2024 #7

Wow my pet frog is mightily insulted you just glossed right over that unblock Apr 2024 #8

I hear you about the frogs edhopper Apr 2024 #10

Especially because the God of free will edhopper Apr 2024 #11

As the Official Passover Curmudgeon Voltaire2 Apr 2024 #4