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Monte Mader tells the truth about the bible that would fry the brains of MAGA (Original Post) Figarosmom 16 hrs ago OP
Sing it sister... Grey5 15 hrs ago #1
Heh, wait until a year and a half from now Warpy 15 hrs ago #2
Aren't those books more about the struggles of the Jewish people in Figarosmom 15 hrs ago #3
Current thinking, thanks to AI and improved dating Warpy 13 hrs ago #6
Bethlehem is in the West Bank not Gaza wanderer54 14 hrs ago #4
Yeah, not Gaza. But it is in Palestinian Territory. Figarosmom 13 hrs ago #5
But the claim in the video that Jesus was born in Palestine wnylib 13 hrs ago #9
Monte is one of the best TVguyCards 13 hrs ago #7
Yes, I did sign on Figarosmom 13 hrs ago #8

Grey5

(131 posts)
1. Sing it sister...
Sat May 23, 2026, 09:01 PM
15 hrs ago

My first love is people that tell the truth.
My second is people that read and understand HISTORY...!!!

Warpy

(114,695 posts)
2. Heh, wait until a year and a half from now
Sat May 23, 2026, 09:32 PM
15 hrs ago

when the first of Mel Gibson's two parter detailing the suppressed books of the bible that were dumped by Rome but preserved in Ethiopia comes out. Gibson will be lucky to live long enough to see the second one make its premier.

The Scandi Jesus/god was a white male who wrote the bible in English crowd are really going to lose their shit.

Figarosmom

(13,527 posts)
3. Aren't those books more about the struggles of the Jewish people in
Sat May 23, 2026, 09:47 PM
15 hrs ago

the Book of Enoch, Esdras, Baruch, and all three Books of Maccabees? And the celebration of Hanukkah?

Yeah that will break them too.

Warpy

(114,695 posts)
6. Current thinking, thanks to AI and improved dating
Sat May 23, 2026, 11:09 PM
13 hrs ago

is that the oldest copy of the Book of Enoch from the Dead Sea Scrolls predates that, probably dating to the late third century/early second century BCE. The copies in Ethiopia track very well with these early texts, meaning that once they were translated, the scribes did their jobs well.

Figarosmom

(13,527 posts)
5. Yeah, not Gaza. But it is in Palestinian Territory.
Sat May 23, 2026, 11:08 PM
13 hrs ago

About 30-35 miles from the West Banks.

wnylib

(26,486 posts)
9. But the claim in the video that Jesus was born in Palestine
Sat May 23, 2026, 11:51 PM
13 hrs ago

is historically incorrect.

When Jesus was born, and for over a century afterward, the land was still called Judea, the southern remnant of what was once the kingdom of Israel.

The name "Palestine" was given to the area by Rome after Jewish uprisings for independence were crushed. Romans tried to obliterate Jewish identity by renaming the land Palestina, which was Latin for Philistine, long time enemies of the kingdom of Israel and its remaining remnant of Judea at the time of the Roman Empire.

So Jesus was born in the nation of Judea, under Roman rule, which was not called Palestine until 135 years after Jesus' time. .

Was Jesus Born in Palestine? | Kehila.org https://share.google/3w4o4xakHYqcAruQ5

TVguyCards

(17 posts)
7. Monte is one of the best
Sat May 23, 2026, 11:10 PM
13 hrs ago

She's one of the best "leftist" podcasters around.
She also has a very good podcast called Flipping Tables that's available on several platforms including Spotify.

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