>>20513669Hear me out, just my own pet theory but God set apart the people of israel to be his chosen people right? (IF they obeyed, which they ultimately didnt so then Jesus cMe,ultimaate case of if u want something done right u gotta do it yourself). So how do you tell people apart back then from neighboring races who look kinda similar to you, enough to pass at least? No database or government issued ID or birth certificate yet somehow for hundreds if not thousands of years youre supposed to be able to reliably know who is jewish and who isnt? How do u stop imposters from claiming to be jewish and getting some of the benefits like parasites or corrupting the chosen people by infiltrating them? (Still happened with the canaanites anyways since jews just loved whores and worshipping false idols too much). Easy, have them mutilate their own dicks. How many evil or selfish bastards would be willing to chop off a part of their own penis just to larp as jews? It's a easy way for jews to be set apart yet also hard for outsiders to just suddenly one day deciding to want to lie and larp as one by moving to the next town, theyd have had to also wake up and decided yup im gonna mutilate my dick and also my childrens dick going forward! Not a foolproof method but surely good enough for ancient standards.
