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Beastly Boy

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11. This is radical egalitarianism that an atheist might appreciate.

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Wed Dec 25, 2024, 10:51 AM

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Beyond the universally accepted meaning of the verse as commitment to help the poorest of the poor as an act of religious devotion (same as, for instance, a prayer, or a piligrimage), there is another message here that is often being lost in the popular interpretation of the verse: any being made of flesh, be they outcasts or gods, have the exact same basic needs.

No fucking difference between one and the other. The distinctions of status in society are superficial and man-made.

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