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Elisha Ben Abuyah

@elishabenabuya.bsky.social
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Husband & Grandpa. Nullifidian. Not a scholar. I was a religious Jew. Now, as a secularist, I just enjoy the OT/Rabbinical texts as literature. No pointless DMs. I love good stories and art.

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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Jewish atheists is more prevalent than many are aware of, especially by Christians, since, as far as I am aware of, they don’t have an equivalent.
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
My anti-vax neighbor had 12 chickens, plus one we gave him as a birthday gift. The one we gave him was vaccinated against bird flu. The others weren’t. Now he has one chicken left, which produces a single egg every other day. Will he learn?
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Caption?
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Trump's animatronic in Disney's "Hall of Presidents". Jeez! It's the stuff of nightmares!
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
In this week's #Torah portion, we begin to look at the different types of acceptable slavery. Just as the "10 commandments" [sic] endorses owning human property, the biblical texts explicitly accepts and demands it in different places. Different authors had different views. #EBAMeme #Mishpatim
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Evangelist mouse?
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
In this week's #Torah portion, we read that a man who inadvertently causes the death of another will be put to death. Two books later, we read that one who does manslaughter has to participate in a "Running Man" style game where he can be killed if his pursuer catches him. #EBAMeme #Mishpatim
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
In this week's #Torah portion, we read about Joshua ben Nun. Who, in a later narrative, is called Hoshea, until Moses renames him as Joshua. Different author's narratives stitched together. #Mishpatim #EBAMeme
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The "10 commandments [sic]" forbade one from coveting his co-religionist's "ahma". Likely because the human property listed couldn't be sold, once owned. In this week's #Torah portion, we learn about the "ahma". She's not a "maid servant", but a conjugal slave-girl. #Mispatim #EBAMeme
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Old Turkish Proverb: When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a sultan. The palace becomes a circus.
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
In this week's #Torah portion, we read of the first 3 of the 10 plagues, which not only affected the Egyptians, but the Hebrews as well. That will teach them! #EBAMeme #Vaera
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
In this week's #Torah portion, YHVH introduces himself (several times! - different authors stitched together) and makes a claim that is different from the Genesis authors. The apologetics on this are excruciatingly to listen to! #EBAMeme #Vaera
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
In this week's #torah portion, we read of Moses commanded YHVH, and YHVH obeying Moses. Their relationship seems a bit...complicated! #Vaera #EBAMeme
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
This Friday is a Jewish fasting day, the 10th of Tevet, which is to mourn, among other things, the creation of the Septuagint (which has strange legends associated with that act), calling it a day equivalent to the day when the golden calf was made. A bit hyperbolic!
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
I made a meme…
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
A resident in my town posted this in our local Facebook group. Heh 😏!
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Nanny Ogg's Knickers @nannyoggsknickers.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
In this week’s #Torah portion, we read about the rape of Dinah. After the rape, it says the rapist loved the נערה. The LXX used παρθένος for “female youth”. This is the same word used in Isaiah 7:14, to replace עלמה which Christian translations replace with “virgin”. Based entirely on ideology.
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
How it went down.
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I picked the last of our [Meyer] lemons for the year. Yes, they are lemons! We had about 600 lemons from one tree, meaning, we made a lot of juice and stored it in the freezer (and gave a lot of lemons away).
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
So apparently, the “War on Christmas” [sic] began with the Pilgrims when they arrived in Massachusetts. A five shilling fine? Sounds steep!
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
The only way to listen to a Bennie video is to take a shot of whiskey every time he says “woke”!
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
When there’s a sudden surge in Christian followers on social media…”I think something is going to happen!”
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
When someone relies on Google Translate!
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
The Gods of the bible were active beings who were always making their presence known, such as stopping the sun from circling the earth so their followers could kill more. Today, such Gods are gone. Is there any difference between no-Gods and absent/indifferent Gods? #atheism
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
All of a sudden there’s that spate of Waifu nude semi-nude Crypto accounts following me. Jeez!
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
In this week's #Torah portion, we come across a number of puns. Here are just 2 found together in one verse: #EBAMeme #Vayeitzei
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Has there ever been a person who has spoken so many words about the bible but has, in reality, said almost nothing, than Jordan Peterson? #Atheism
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
There are some films that should never be remade. The Last Starfighter was excellent. And when Spielberg offered to buy the rights to it for a reboot, the owner said “No”. Thank you! youtu.be/l55LwfcPfWM
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The Last Starfighter (1984) - Modern Trailer [Fan Edit]
YouTube video by Tim Gonzales
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
The Biblical patriarch Jacob is often referred to as righteous, which requires lowering the bar and making some of the other characters into villains. #Ebameme #Toldot
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
This week we have another Biblical Etiology - "How the land of Edom got its name". There is a lot of wordplay here. The eponymous relationship between Israel and Edom is portrayed through these two characters. #Ebameme #Toldot
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Why is it that the most run down stores sell prosperity charms. It’s not a good selling point!
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Anyone else remember what they were doing 61 years ago, today?
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
In this week's #Torah portion, we have the slave of Abraham testifying/swearing by placing his hand on his lord's testicles. (The derivative for "testify"). "Thigh" and "feet" are often used as euphemisms in Biblical Hebrew for the genitals. #TheMoreYouKnow #EBAMeme #Chayei_Sarah
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
1/3 In this week's #Torah portion, Isaac is mentioned as needing a wife, and his dad dips into the family gene pool. Where Isaac was after his dad was about to slice is throat is unknown! #Chayei_Sarah #EBAMeme
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
In this week's #Torah portion, we have Abraham explaining to the king why he was cheating him with the "she's my sister, not my wife" story, that it was when the (plural) Gods sent him forth...
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
It could have its uses! 😆 #aiart
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
I have an overnight guest who will be spending Sunday at home call people to remind them to vote for Trump. After a few minutes of rape apologetics, I suggested that we avoid USA politics. It’s going to be a long 26 hours!
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
The Christian story involving palm branch waving during the time of year when palm branches are NOT harvested (supposedly during Passover), has also been a suspicious one! #Atheism #Sukkot
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Dan McClellan @maklelan.bsky.social · 06/10/2024
What is Psalm 82 doing in John 10? #maklelan2316 youtu.be/khXffGeSDGg
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What is Psalm 82 doing in John 10?
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 29/09/2024
When a Christian apologist doesn’t recognize that the FIRMament begins with”FIRM”… 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Dan McClellan @maklelan.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
No, the Trinity is not in the Bible #maklelan2293 youtu.be/VnP3DXTw41k
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No, the Trinity is not in the Bible
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
Me, as I wander through Blue Sky posts trying to find my way around. #Leonardoai #Aiart
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Elisha Ben Abuyah @elishabenabuya.bsky.social · 24/09/2024
This is my first post on this platform. I am considering moving from "X" (@Elishabenabuya) to BSKY if it turns out to be less toxic. More details can be found in my profile. Rather than ramble, here's a cute squirrel made with #Leonardoai
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