The Bible Says...

Thought this was pretty funny. Feel free to contribute or comment.

When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice,
I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev. 1:9 The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?

I would like to sell my daughter into slavery,
as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7 In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?

Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves,
both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can’t I own Canadians?

I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?

A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination - Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don’t agree. Can you settle this?

Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?

Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed,
including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27
How should they die?

I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?

My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all
the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? - Lev. 24:10-16. Couldn’t we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)

Timothy 1:22 states - I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over a man She is to keep silent! I interpret this as: â??Quiet Woman! Thou shalt maketh me a sandwich, with haste!â?? Am I way off base here?

You told us in Deut 7:2 that when the Lord your God delivers them into your power for you to defeat, you must exterminate them. You must not make alliance with them or spare them. My neighbor is a German. It’s been decades since World War II. He says he wants to be my friend. I need to borrow his lawnmower, can I do that and then wait until tomorrow to kill him,after I return it?

Matthew 7:1-7:4 :
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?”

John 8:7- Jesus, when being questioned by the Pharisees about a woman caught in the act of adultery, said, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”

The irony of a liberal atheist(the author) who doesn’t understand the bible or history quoting Mosaic law is supreme. Take slavery for example. Let’s assume you’re an atheist. What do we know historically? From their earliest recorded history the Hebrews considered themselves runaway slaves. At the time they first appear on the pages of history the Canaanite cities were subject vassal states of Egypt. The Egyptians had been taking slaves from Canaan for centuries. The origins of Abrahamic monotheism and covenant theology lie in a rejection of slavery. This is a letter from a Canaanite governor to the Pharaoh:

"To Pharaoh, ruler of the heavens and earth
From: Labayu, governor of Shechem

I AM YOUR SLAVE, who is less than the dust under your feet, and I renew my covenant with you as my pharaoh by bowing before you seven times seven times…I am, and always have been, loyal to pharaoh. I am neither a traitor nor a rebel. I pay tribute on time, and I obey every order which the representative of pharaoh here in Canaan gives me…Pharaoh has also indicted my heir as a rebel (Akkadian 'apiru). I had no idea that my son was consorting with rebels. I have since handed him over to Addaya. Even if pharaoh had indicted my wife, I would hand her over for trial. I would not even refuse your order to thrust a dagger of bronze into my own heart."

The Hebrews turned covenant theology on its head.

These “rebels” aka “abiru” and “habiru” this Canaanite governor mentions are more than likely the proto-Hebrews. There were the first civilisation on earth to reject the kind of slavery that was the norm in every society.

The emancipation proclamation in the US provided the legal framework to reverse the fugitive slave act and allow runaway slaves their freedom. And the Mosaic version:

“You shall not turn over to his master a slave who seeks refuge with you from his master. He shall live with you in any place he may choose among the settlements in your midst, wherever he pleases; you must not ill treat him.” - Deuteronomy 23:16

^ What does that have to do with eating shell fish, touching a pig’s skin or allowing a woman to speak?

And did you call me a “liberal atheist”? LOL I think I’ve mentioned several times that I’m agnostic. If you show me proof, I’ll happily change my position.

And what’s up with Deuteronomy?

28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
28:16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
28:17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
28:18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
28:19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
28:20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
28:21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
28:22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
28:23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
28:24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
28:25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
28:26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
28:27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
28:28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
28:29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
28:30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
28:31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
28:32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long; and there shall be no might in thine hand.
28:33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
28:34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
28:35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
28:36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
28:38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
28:39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
28:40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
28:41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
28:42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
28:43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
28:44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
28:45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
28:46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
28:47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
28:48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
28:49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
28:50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
28:51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
28:52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
28:53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
28:54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
28:55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
28:57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
28:58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
28:59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
28:60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
28:61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
28:62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
28:63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
28:64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
28:65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
28:66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
28:67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
28:68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

I mean, we’re talking about rape, cannibalism, slavery, etc… You’re children will be cursed (as if they had anything to do with YOUR actions). I mean, this “loving Christian god” sounds like a real fucking asshole.

BUT WAIT! That was the OLD TESTAMENT!!! It doesn’t count anymore! GOD KILLED HIS SON, SO NOW HE LOVES US…

I take it back - your god doesn’t sound like an asshole, he sounds like a fucking PSYCHOPATH.

I was calling the author of the jokes a liberal atheist.

[quote]SexMachine wrote:
I was calling the author of the jokes a liberal atheist.[/quote]

Thanks for the clarification :slight_smile:

23:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

So, Lance Armstrong (and anyone else with testicular cancer) or any kid with a botched circumcision can’t go to church…

23:2 A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.

Gotta keep those BASTARDS out! I mean, it’s all THEIR FAULT that their father fucked someone out of wedlock and knocked her up! What if she were married though? Then it would be OK, her husband would just be a cuckhold…

21:15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
21:16 Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
21:17 But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

Two wives sounds great! Sign me up! And way to teach people how to be a dick to their kids…

21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
21:19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
21:20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
21:21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

That would mean that ALL of Generation Y would be stoned to death.

22:13 If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
22:14 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:
22:15 Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
22:16 And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
22:17 And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
22:18 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
22:19 And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
22:20 But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
22:21 Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

STONE THE WHORES!!!

22:22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
22:23 If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
22:24 Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
22:25 But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die.
22:26 But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
22:27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
22:28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
22:29 Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
22:30 A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.

So if you rape a “betrothed damsel” in the city, they both get put to death cuz OBVIOUSLY she didn’t scream loud enough. But if she is raped in a field, then you don’t have to stone her. BUUUT, if you rape her and she is a VIRGIN, all you have to do is pay her father 50 bucks and you’re good to go…

And we think the MUSLIMS have a fucked up book! LOL

Why is Deuteronomy even a part of the Bible?

I mean, this is some seriously fucked up shit you guys preach…

Leviticus is fun too! Basically, a man is worth TWICE as much as a woman

Leviticus 27

27:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
27:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation. (27:2, 10) “When a man shall make a singular vow… He shall not alter it, nor change it.”

(27:3) “Thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver.”

(27:4) “If it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.”

(27:5) “If it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.”

(27:6) “If it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.”

(27:7) “If it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.”

Here’s a summary:

Over 60 years old: Males 15 shekels, Females 10 shekels.

20 - 60 years old: Males 50 shekels, Females 30 shekels.

5 - 20 years old: Males 20 shekels, Females 10 shekels.

One month to 5 years old: Males 5 shekels, Females 3 shekels.

And babies (or fetuses) less than one month old are worth nothing at all.

SO… If babies are worth nothing at all, why are Christians so uptight about abortion? It seems to me that your God doesn’t value babies very much…

[quote]angry chicken wrote:
Why is Deuteronomy even a part of the Bible?

I mean, this is some seriously fucked up shit you guys preach…[/quote]

So why bother reading it. It is not meant for you, and no one should be preaching it to you.

*You are not living in the Bronze Age and you do not have a Bronze Age mind; nor do you have an appreciation for Bronze Age culture and its horrifying alternatives (no criticism intended). These rules do not apply to you, although many of them are so much better than those of lawless tribal nomads

*Why is Deut part of the Bible? Read the last chapters backward. As JB puts it, this is the index, the index of laws by which the people regain the Eden lost in the first chapters of Genesis. When you have swallowed this, then the whole story arc is open to you. And you will appreciate the Bronze Age mind just a leeetle bit.

*Polyester and cotton are perfectly legal. The woman is spared.

EXODUS 21:22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

So I don’t see anything about burning in hell… Later on in that verse, it talks about what happens if someone kills your Ox. Apparently, and Ox is worth more than a fetus (according to YOUR Bible)

Numbers 3:15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
3:16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
3:17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
3:18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
3:19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3:20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
3:21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
3:22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.

So what about the children UNDER a month old? They don’t count? If children under a month old don’t count, why do you give a fuck about a fetus?

NUMBERS 31:6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
31:7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
31:8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
31:9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
31:10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
31:11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
31:12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
31:13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
31:14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. (31:14) “Moses was wroth with the officers”

(31:15) “And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?”

(31:17) “Kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.”

(31:18) “But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.”

31:15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
31:16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
31:17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
31:18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

So it’s cool, according to Moses who was speaking on behalf of God, to kill all the male children and all the women who may have been knocked up. But keep the FEMALE children so you can rape them and amuse yourself with them…

HOSEA

Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. – Hosea 13:16

Sounds to me like God is just FINE with killing babies and “ripping up” women with child

Nice fucking guy, your God…

He obviously doesn’t count any kids under a month old, nor does he particularly mind if you rip up a pregnant woman (as long as she has sinned against him).

So why are all of you Christians against abortion? Your book is clearly fine with it. God told Moses to kill plenty of kids…

[quote]DrSkeptix wrote:

[quote]angry chicken wrote:
Why is Deuteronomy even a part of the Bible?

I mean, this is some seriously fucked up shit you guys preach…[/quote]

So why bother reading it. It is not meant for you, and no one should be preaching it to you.

*You are not living in the Bronze Age and you do not have a Bronze Age mind; nor do you have an appreciation for Bronze Age culture and its horrifying alternatives (no criticism intended). These rules do not apply to you, although many of them are so much better than those of lawless tribal nomads

*Why is Deut part of the Bible? Read the last chapters backward. As JB puts it, this is the index, the index of laws by which the people regain the Eden lost in the first chapters of Genesis. When you have swallowed this, then the whole story arc is open to you. And you will appreciate the Bronze Age mind just a leeetle bit.

*Polyester and cotton are perfectly legal. The woman is spared.
[/quote]

I read it because there are psychopaths crucifying people right now based on what it written in THEIR book. So I was talking shit about the Koran. But it was pointed out to me that there is PLENTY of the same kind of SHIT written in the Bible.

Why is that kind of hate permitted to be printed? Seriously? How can you people HONESTLY love and worship something that would KILL CHILDREN just to teach you a lesson?

And then have the balls to call Muslims crazy?

You are ALL crazy if you believe these monstrous fairy tales.

Here’s a question for you religious people:

If God told you it was fine to kill a bunch of male babies and asked you to, WOULD YOU DO IT?

[quote]angry chicken wrote:

[quote]DrSkeptix wrote:

[quote]angry chicken wrote:
Why is Deuteronomy even a part of the Bible?

I mean, this is some seriously fucked up shit you guys preach…[/quote]

So why bother reading it. It is not meant for you, and no one should be preaching it to you.

*You are not living in the Bronze Age and you do not have a Bronze Age mind; nor do you have an appreciation for Bronze Age culture and its horrifying alternatives (no criticism intended). These rules do not apply to you, although many of them are so much better than those of lawless tribal nomads

*Why is Deut part of the Bible? Read the last chapters backward. As JB puts it, this is the index, the index of laws by which the people regain the Eden lost in the first chapters of Genesis. When you have swallowed this, then the whole story arc is open to you. And you will appreciate the Bronze Age mind just a leeetle bit.

*Polyester and cotton are perfectly legal. The woman is spared.
[/quote]

I read it because there are psychopaths crucifying people right now based on what it written in THEIR book. So I was talking shit about the Koran. But it was pointed out to me that there is PLENTY of the same kind of SHIT written in the Bible.

Why is that kind of hate permitted to be printed? Seriously? How can you people HONESTLY love and worship something that would KILL CHILDREN just to teach you a lesson?

And then have the balls to call Muslims crazy?

You are ALL crazy if you believe these monstrous fairy tales.
[/quote]

The verdict against the Midianites was for that battle. Clearly it did not happen or it did not work, because they remained a rich tribe through the time of the early kings.

Hosea is describing what will happen at the hand of Assyrians, not God. Their fate was determined by their rejection of God’s rules.

Look, if you want to call them fairy tales, go right ahead…after you have read them. Did you stop reading Cinderella to your kids, when, at the stroke of midnight, the coach turns to a pumpkin and the coachmen to mice?

The violence and capital punishments and sacrifices you decry all ended in 70 AD. Isn’t time to reject what you have been told, and to discover it on your own?

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[quote]angry chicken wrote:

[quote]DrSkeptix wrote:

[quote]angry chicken wrote:
Why is Deuteronomy even a part of the Bible?

I mean, this is some seriously fucked up shit you guys preach…[/quote]

So why bother reading it. It is not meant for you, and no one should be preaching it to you.

*You are not living in the Bronze Age and you do not have a Bronze Age mind; nor do you have an appreciation for Bronze Age culture and its horrifying alternatives (no criticism intended). These rules do not apply to you, although many of them are so much better than those of lawless tribal nomads

*Why is Deut part of the Bible? Read the last chapters backward. As JB puts it, this is the index, the index of laws by which the people regain the Eden lost in the first chapters of Genesis. When you have swallowed this, then the whole story arc is open to you. And you will appreciate the Bronze Age mind just a leeetle bit.

*Polyester and cotton are perfectly legal. The woman is spared.
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I read it because there are psychopaths crucifying people right now based on what it written in THEIR book. So I was talking shit about the Koran. But it was pointed out to me that there is PLENTY of the same kind of SHIT written in the Bible.

Why is that kind of hate permitted to be printed? Seriously? How can you people HONESTLY love and worship something that would KILL CHILDREN just to teach you a lesson?

And then have the balls to call Muslims crazy?

You are ALL crazy if you believe these monstrous fairy tales.
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The verdict against the Midianites was for that battle. Clearly it did not happen or it did not work, because they remained a rich tribe through the time of the early kings.

Hosea is describing what will happen at the hand of Assyrians, not God. Their fate was determined by their rejection of God’s rules.

Look, if you want to call them fairy tales, go right ahead…after you have read them. Did you stop reading Cinderella to your kids, when, at the stroke of midnight, the coach turns to a pumpkin and the coachmen to mice?

The violence and capital punishments and sacrifices you decry all ended in 70 AD. Isn’t time to reject what you have been told, and to discover it on your own?
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As for fairy tales, they are instructive to help children learn. How is it instructive to have IN A HOLY BOOK, verses where GOD is commanding is favorite people to kill babies? Rape women? Rape young girls? Stone people to death?

What value does that provide?

And I get it, allegedly the New Testament “changed everything”, right?

Here’s a question: Did God change?

Is the God you worship today a DIFFERENT God than the one who commanded the infanticide, rape and murder two thousand years ago?

Or is it the SAME God?

If you don’t understand the context, it can be conflicting. Trouble is, it takes a great deal of study to learn the true history and context.

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If you don’t understand the context, it can be conflicting. Trouble is, it takes a great deal of study to learn the true history and context. [/quote]

Especially considering the context of slavery, since there are so many contexts in which slavery is a good thing.

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If you don’t understand the context, it can be conflicting. Trouble is, it takes a great deal of study to learn the true history and context. [/quote]

What context is there to understand?

Right now, we are all calling the Muslim extremists barbarians for what they are doing in Iraq (killing people, crucifying people, convert or die, etc…). But according to the Bible, God tells his people to put the men to the sword. Kill all the women who have lied down with a man. Save the virgin girls for yourselves. And to kill babies…On multiple occasions.

What am I not understanding here?

Those are the requests of a fucking psychopath…

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What context is there to understand?

What am I not understanding here?

Those are the requests of a fucking psychopath…[/quote]

You are not understanding the origins of human civilization in the Bronze Age. I am repeating myself just this once. When you get that sentence, we may continue.

As for what you consider to be the “requests of a …psychopath,” turn it upside down, and realize they are the rules that put limits on human cruelty, however blind you are to them, and those edicts did not apply beyond the time, or beyond AD 70. When you get that sentence, you may continue. Its worth the journey, even when taken alone.

Vae victis