S2E7: Why does God smite people? And is Genesis mythical?

Send us a text Several times in Genesis, God pronounces judgement and punishment on humanity, and some of those punishments seem rather strange, and some of them seem to outweigh the wrongs that were done. What's going on when God judges people? And are the accounts in Genesis 1 ~ 11 mythical? The two questions are kind of related. (Genesis 1 ~ 11) 0:52 Questions about judgment and genre 2:30 What do you mean Genesis 1-...

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