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Re:Arabic characters found woven into burial costumes from V... by rspeer on Thursday October 12, 2017 @12:46AM (#15455733)
Is it actually shocking? Isn't it just a statement the Orthodox church would agree with ("there is no god except God") written in Arabic?
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Re:Arabic characters found woven into burial costumes from V... by aedron on Thursday October 12, 2017 @08:45AM (#15457547)
It's literally the first commandment.
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Re:Arabic characters found woven into burial costumes from V... by hprotagonist on Thursday October 12, 2017 @09:29AM (#15457771)
not necessarily. monolateralism and monotheism aren’t exactly the same.

most versions of the commandments specify that the god of abraham is the only god that ought to be worshipped.

strict monotheism came later.

edit: that said, yes, it should be totally unsurprising.

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