# Is there anything like this movie line in the Bible?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-like-this-movie-line-in-the-bible/597953>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 29, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-like-this-movie-line-in-the-bible/597953 "2011-09-29T00:39:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-like-this-movie-line-in-the-bible/597953/21 "2011-10-04T02:01:27Z")

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This is getting away from the OP some but still in the story.

When I was a kid that “death of the firstborn” creeped me out because I’m a firstborn.

Then I wondered “What if you are the firstborn of one parent but not of the other?” Does the Angel of Death just make you really sick?

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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-like-this-movie-line-in-the-bible/597953/22 "2011-10-04T11:55:32Z")

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> [@Jenaroph](#):
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> Then, ah, why not a _full_ moon?

Yeah, SixSwords missed the point of my complaint.

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**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-like-this-movie-line-in-the-bible/597953/23 "2011-10-04T12:03:24Z")

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> [@FriarTed](#):
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> Yeah, SixSwords missed the point of my complaint.

Oh boy did I ever. :smack:

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**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-like-this-movie-line-in-the-bible/597953/24 "2011-10-04T15:00:27Z")

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> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#):
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> Certainly at the time of Moses, and the writing of most of the Old Testament books, God is portrayed as pretty much local.

True, although even then, he did smite him some bigots. Recall the story of Moses’s Ethiopian wife: [Numbers 12-1-16](http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%2012:1-16&version=KJV).

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-like-this-movie-line-in-the-bible/597953/25 "2011-10-04T15:42:26Z")

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> [@Baker](#):
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> Then I wondered “What if you are the firstborn of one parent but not of the other?” Does the Angel of Death just make you really sick?

I think that at that time and that place the only thing that would count would be if you were the firstborn of your father. Whether or not you were your mother’s firstborn would be pretty irreverent.

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