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Morals & the Bible
Morality does NOT come from the Bible, despite what many Christians claim, and we should all be very thankful for this. At the time the Bible was written it was on par with what many at the time considered "moral" but through subjective morality we have all come a long way since the time of Abraham. Although the Bible contains a few important life lessons such as the golden rule, "treat others as you would like to be treated," it also contains outdated "morals" that would make any Bible Belt fundamentalist Christian sick to their stomach. The Bible is not and never was our source of morality, if anyone ever suggests otherwise ask them if they support the following morals of the Bible...
Women's placement and inferiority to men is made quite clear in the Bible. The discrimination even starts as early as the second account of creation (Genesis 2:20-22) where it explains woman was only created as a companion for man since Adam could not find a suitable partner in the other animals. Throughout the Bible they are constantly reminded that they are inferior to and came from man. In Genesis 3:16 part of women's punishment is that her "desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee." Adam was only punished because he listened to his wife (Genesis 3:17).
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Women Are Property of Man
To belittle women even more they are not only below man but they are the property of man. This is why they are listed alongside other property in Exodus 20:17, Numbers 31:32-35 and Deuteronomy 21:10-14. This is also why they can be bought as in Exodus 22:16-17, sold as in Exodus 21:7-11 & 22:16-17 and why they are ordered to be raped and given away for sakes of punishing their own, man, as previously mentioned.
1 Corinthians 14:34-35 - "Let your women keep silence in the churches"
Exodus 20:17 - "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's."
Exodus 22:16-17 - "And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins."
Numbers 31:32-35 - "And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, And threescore and one thousand asses, And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him"
Deuteronomy 21:10-14 - "When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her."
(Note, she will no longer be merchandise only if you humbled her. Otherwise she is still considered merchandise.)
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| In Case You Forgot, Man Came First! |
To keep women in their place the Bible finds it necessary to remind us that it was woman who came from man, and not the other way around. 1 Timothy even wishes to make it clear that woman was the one deceived and caused sin.
1 Timothy 2:13-14 "For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression"
1 Corinthians 11:8-9 "For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man."
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| Girls Are Less Pure |
If a woman gives birth to a boy she is unclean for 7 days and must purify for 33 days.
If a woman gives birth to a girl she is unclean for 14 days and must purify for 66 days.
Leviticus 12:2-5 "Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days."
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1 Timothy 2:9 "I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,"
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The Bible never condemns slavery in ether the Old or New Testaments. It does however show its full support for slavery by giving specific rules on the proper way of beating and owning a slave along with the proper way for a slave to behave in relations to his/her master. There are even points in the Bible where God orders the capturing and enslavement of new slaves.
Not only does the Bible condone the current act of slavery but God also commands the capturing of new slaves. The only rule that the god of Israel has against slavery is that they cannot be other Israelites.
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"When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries [forced laborers] unto thee, and they shall serve thee."
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| Leviticus 25:44-46 | |
"Both thy bondmen [slaves], and thy bondmaids [female slaves], which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour."
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Rules For Slaves
The support of slavery in the Bible doesn't end with the Exodus 21:7-11 rules for selling your daughter or the various other rules of slavery in Exodus 21 but it also shows support of slavery by telling slaves how to behave.
Slaves Must Be Obedient!
Colossians 3:22 - "Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God;"
Titus 2:9 - "Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again"
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1 Peter 2:18-21 - "Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:"
Ephesians 6:5-6 - "Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;"
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God and the Bible treat women as property of man. Just as a man today will have his car repossessed and driven by another as punishment for not making payments, men in the Bible are punished by having their wives given away to be raped. For example in 2 Samuel 12:11-14 God punishes David by giving his wives to his neighbor to be raped in broad daylight. According to Zechariah 14:1-2 there will come a day when God shall cause a battle against Jerusalem and have all the women raped. In Isaiah 13:15-18 Isaiah shares his Prophecy telling us that God is going to make the Babylonian men suffer by having their wives raped. Having their children dashed to pieces before their eyes and destroying their city is apparently not enough to torture them in the eyes of God. Do you honestly support such a god?
Some try to ignore God's support for rape in the Bible by saying God does not order rape, that is simply what will happen when he gives the women and wives away. Even if that was the case then you cannot ignore that God, who is all knowing, is specifically giving the women to people who will rape them. Not everyone is a rapist, God could have selected to give them to people that wont rape them. Not to mention that God is still giving away the wives of man as punishment to the men, still treating their wives as mere property.
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"Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with [rape] thy wives in the sight of this sun."
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| Zechariah 14:1-2 | |
"A day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided among you. I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city."
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| Isaiah 13:15-18 | |
"Whoever is captured will be thrust through; all who are caught will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives ravished [raped]. See, I will stir up against them the Medes, who do not care for silver and have no delight in gold. Their bows will strike down the young men; they will have no mercy on infants nor will they look with compassion on children."
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Raping Slaves
Leviticus talks about what you must do if you rape or sleep a slave girl. The girl will not be punished by death, but only because she is the property of someone else. The rapist however must present the owner of the girl with a gift such as a ram and then everything would be considered ok in the eyes of the Lord.
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"And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering. And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him."
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In Judges 19 a priest was traveling with his wife and spent the night in the house of an old man. During supper a mob came demanding that the host handed over his male guest. Instead of meeting their demands the host offers to give his own daughter and the priest's wife to the mob so they can rape, humiliate, and do with as the please but requested that they do not harm his guest, who is after all male.
What kind of morals can one derive from such a story? That it is ok for men to rape women but not other men since that would lead to homosexuality? That we should put our male friends before our own daughters and wives? Perhaps that the lives of two women is less important than the life of one man? No matter how you look at this terrifying story nothing but bad and inappropriate morals can be derived.
| Judges 19:24 | |
"Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing."
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The book of Leviticus has a whole list of sex related rules yet nowhere on that list will you find anything against the act of rape. In fact you won't find anywhere in the Bible that shows God disapproving rape, only passages that show his support.
Polygamy is the practice or condition of having more than one spouse at one time. Bigamy is the act of marrying while one has a wife or husband still living, from whom no valid divorce has been effected. Both Polygamy and Bigamy is frowned upon in most cultures, especially in the Christian community but the Bible teaches us it's ok and does not speak against it.
| Genesis 31:17 | |
"Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;"
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| Genesis 36:6 | |
"And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob."
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| Deuteronomy 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:"
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"And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives."
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| 1 Kings 11:1-3 | |
"But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites: Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart."
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| 1 Chronicles 14:3 | |
"And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters."
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"And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)"
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"But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters."
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"And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David."
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Murder seems to be the punishment the Bible sees fit for pretty much anything that the Christian god finds inappropriate. The Bible also teaches murdering these people will not make us murderers as the "blood will be on their own heads" and in some cases even tells us how to murder them, such as stoning.
Kill adulterers
Leviticus 20:10 - "If a man commits adultery with another man´s wifewith the wife of his neighborboth the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death."
If a son sleeps with his mother kill them both
Leviticus 20:11 - "If a man sleeps with his father´s wife, he has dishonored his father. Both the man and the woman must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads."
Kill homosexuals
Leviticus 20:13 - "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."
Kill those of Bestiality
Leviticus 20:15-16 - "If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he must be put to death, and you must kill the animal. If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads."
Kill Psychics
Leviticus 20:27 - "A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads."
Burn prostitutes if they are the daughters of a priest
Leviticus 24:13-16 - "Then the LORD said to Moses: Take the blasphemer outside the camp. All those who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the entire assembly is to stone him. Say to the Israelites: ´If anyone curses his God, he will be held responsible; anyone who blasphemes the name of the LORD must be put to death. The entire assembly must stone him. Whether an alien or native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death."
Kill prophets or dreamers
Deuteronomy 13:5 - "That prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he preached rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way the LORD your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you."
Kill anyone who attacks his parents
Exodus 21:15 - "Anyone who attacks his father or his mother must be put to death."
Kill Kidnappers
Exodus 21:16 - "Anyone who kidnaps another and either sells him or still has him when he is caught must be put to death."
Kill anyone who curses at his parents
Exodus 21:17 - "Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death."
Murder in the Name of Religion
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Kill Blasphemers
"Then the LORD said to Moses: Take the blasphemer outside the camp. All those who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the entire assembly is to stone him. Say to the Israelites: 'If anyone curses his God, he will be held responsible; anyone who blasphemes the name of the LORD must be put to death. The entire assembly must stone him. Whether an alien or native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death."
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Listen to the priest or DIE
"And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel."
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| Exodus 31:15 |
Kill anyone who works on a Sunday
"Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death."
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Again, kill anyone who works on a Sunday
"And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them. Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death."
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And again... Numbers contains a story of this law in action when a man was working by picking up sticks on a Sunday. The man was killed as God commanded.
"..and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses."
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Murder those of a religion other than yours!
The Bible also teaches us the immoral act of killing people just because they are of another religious belief. Why is the Bible so afraid of outside ideas?
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Anyone who blasphemes the God of Abraham must be stoned to death.
"And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die."
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Kill anyone who makes sacrifices to any god other than the God of Abraham.
"He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed."
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If a person tries to convert you away from the God of Abraham then you must stone that person to death.
"And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage."
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| Deuteronomy 13:12-16 |
If you think a person in another city has said to worship other gods you must investigate diligently. If it is true then you must kill every person and animal in the city then burn it down.
"If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again."
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| Deuteronomy 20:15-18 |
Kill everyone in distant cities for they are of other gods and may cause you to sin against your god.
"Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God."
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Stone to death anyone amongst you in your city that has worshiped a god other than the God of Abraham.
"If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you."
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| Luke 19:26-27 |
Jesus says to slay anyone who doesn't want to worship him.
"For I [Jesus] say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me."
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The image of child abuse is splattered over the pages of the Bible. Just as Exodus 21:17 mentioned, Leviticus 20:9 also mentions that any child who curses his parents must be killed. In Matthew 15:4 Jesus reminds us once again that anyone who curses his parents must be put to death. In Deuteronomy 21:18-21 we are told to take rebellious children to the gates of our town so the men of the town can stone him to death. In Matthew 8:12 Jesus talks about how Jewish children shall be weeping and have their teeth gnashed in. Proverbs 22:13 even tells us it is ok to beat your child with a rod for the sakes of discipline! Here is just a glimpse into the child abuse that can be found in the "good book".
Mental Abuse:The Bible even teaches children to hate their parents.
| Luke 14:26 | |
"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple."
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"Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake."
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"He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me."
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Beat & Kill Children
Murder seems to be the punishment that the Bible sees fit for pretty much anything that the Christian god finds inappropriate. The Bible also teaches murdering these people will not make us murderers as the "blood will be on their own heads" and in some cases even tells us how to murder them, such as stoning.
| Leviticus 20:9 |
God says to kill children who curses their parents.
"If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, and his blood will be on his own head"
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Yet again, kill children who curses their parents
"[Jesus speaking] For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death."
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Weeping and gnashing of teeth
"But the children of the kingdom [the Jews] shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
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Be happy when you kill the little ones
"O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones."
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| Deuteronomy 21:18-21 |
If your son is stubborn stone him to death
"If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town. They shall say to the elders, ´This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a profligate and a drunkard.´ Then all the men of his town shall stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid."
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| Proverbs 23:13 |
God tells us to beat our children
"Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die."
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| Proverbs 22:15 |
God tells us to beat our children again
"Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him."
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God orders the slaying of infants at Amalek
"Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass."
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| Isaiah 13:16-19 |
Children and the unborn will be dashed to pieces at Babylon
"Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children. And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees´ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah."
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The infants of Samaria shall be dashed in pieces and the unborn ripped from their mothers.
"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."
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| Revelation 2:20-23 |
The killing of Jezebel's children
"Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works."
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God has bears attack kids for mocking Elisha's bald head
"And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them."
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Eat Their Flesh:The Bible even portrays the graphic image of God causing children to be eaten.
| Leviticus 26:27-29 | |
"And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat."
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| Jeremiah 19:9 | |
"And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them."
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| Deuteronomy 28:56-57 | |
"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, 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."
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| Deuteronomy 28:49-53 | |
"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; A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: 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. 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. 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:"
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More "Morals" in the Bible
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No Tattoos
Leviticus 19:28 -
"Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD."
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Self Mutilation
Matthew 5:29-30 -
"If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell."
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Do not cross bread cattle
Leviticus 19:19 -
"Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee."
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Do not plant two kinds of seeds in your field
Leviticus 19:19 -
"Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee."
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Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material
Leviticus 19:19 -
"Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee."
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Do not eat pork
Leviticus 11:7-8 -
"And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you."
Deuteronomy 14:8 - "And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase."
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Do not eat crab, lobster, octopus, or shrimp
Leviticus 11:12 -
"Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you."
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Do not clip off the edges of your beard
Leviticus 19:27 -
"Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard."
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Outcast a couple who has sex during the wife's period
Leviticus 20:18 -
"If a man lies with a woman during her monthly period and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them must be cut off from their people."
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Don't boil a young goat in the milk of its mother
Exodus 34:26 -
"... Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk."
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Believe what you are told, don't question
Numbers 16:1-50 -
"And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment . . . And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation . . . and there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense..."
To make things worse, God also killed the people who thought this was a harsh punishment with a plague.
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Role Models of the Bible
 Moses
Moses brought forth the commandments that included "Thou shall not kill" but what kind of example does he set for the readers of the Bible. In the book of Numbers chapter 31 God orders Moses to "take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites." Moses ordered a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel to carry out his lord's vengeance. The Israelites killed all the men and captured the Midianite women and children along with all their herds, flocks and goods as they plundered and burnt down the town and surrounding camps. All the captives and spoils were brought back to Moses and Eleazar the priest along with the Israelite assembly. Moses ordered the slaughter of every man, boy, women, or girl with the exception of any little girl who was still a virgin. Those little girls were kept alive so Moses and his soldiers could rape them. Clearly Moses is not a person you want your children to get their morals from. Moses supports mass murder (as long as it is not a fellow Israelite), raping children, stealing, and slavery.
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 Abraham
Abraham is considered to be the founding father of all three major monotheistic religions. In the 22nd chapter of the book of Genesis God ordered Abraham to make a burnt offering of his only son, that of which he loves dearly, Isaac. Without questioning Abraham willingly accepts the Lord's orders, chops up some firewood and then has his son Isaac carry the wood to the location of the sacrifice. Not only is he all set to kill his own son but he even makes his son carry the wood himself. When Isaac asked, "Father? The fire and wood are here, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" Abraham simply replied that God himself would provide the lamb for the burnt offering. Once at the right location Abraham built an altar and bound his son on top of it. When he reached out his hand with a knife to slay his son an angel came down from the heavens and told Abraham not to kill his son for it was just a test of faith to the Lord. Abraham was willing to kill his own son in the name of the Lord. Not only is that a terrible example for parental morality but it is also child abuse. One can only imagine how much such an event would traumatize a young child. Some may claim that everything is okay with the story because the Lord was so kind to let Isaac live but this is not always the case as we see in the story Jephthah and his daughter.
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 Joshua
Can we find any good morals in the book of Joshua chapter 6 from the same story that inspired the pleasant sounding song "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho"? It appears that the story of Joshua is yet another tale of corrupted morals. Good ol Joshua did not rest until his army utterly destroyed all that was in the city with the edge of a sword including both man and women, young and old with the exception of one female prostitute who gave shelter to their spies. Not even the ox, sheep, or any other animals were left alive and the entire city was burnt to the ground.
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 Jephthah
The story in Judges 11 has a tragic ending. Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, "If you give the Ammonites into my hands, whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the Lord's, and I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering." Jephthah went over to fight the Ammonites, and God "gave them into his hands" as he devastated twenty towns, slaughtered the Ammonites and came out victorious. When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah his daughter came out dancing to the sound of tambourines to greet her father. Although Jephthah felt terrible inside, he made a vow to God and now must kill his only child since she was the first to meet him on his return home. The young girl requested before she is killed that she will be allowed two months to roam the hills and weep with her friends since she will never marry. Her father granted her this one request and then upon her return Jephthah murdered his daughter and only child in the name of God. Unlike the story of Isaac God did not see fit to intervene this time. The innocent young girl was killed at the hands of her own father because of a deal he made that she was not involved with.
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Job
According to the Bible there was a righteous man named Job. He was God's favorite and his loyalty was rewarded with wealth and thousands of cattle. Satan bets God that Job only worships him because of the wealth that he has given him. For sakes of a bet God permits Satan to have robbers take away all of Job's possessions and livestock, to destroy his house with a terrible tornado, and to have all of his servants along with his ten beloved children murdered. After all this Job still worships his god but just to be certain the testing continued as God permitted Satan to deprive Job of his health. He was then stricken with the most terrible disease, leprosy. Job however remained firm, did not lose hope in the mercy of God. Job was a faithful servant and passed the test, so God gave Job his health back, gave him more cattle than before and returned his wealth.
If you recall Job's seven sons and three daughters were cruelly murdered during this bet. Job however never got his children back and they remained innocent victims of God's selfish ways. Instead Job later had ten new kids to replace the dead ones, and we are told this was okay. Do parents really want their children reading a story that says they are expendable and all that their parents should care about is worshiping magical man in the sky?
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