1:4 Christianity's Immoral Teachings

What Is Love?

Even according to the Bible God does not fit the definition of love given by 1 Corinthians 13, as God clearly "keeps a record of wrongs" or else there would have been no flood and no punishment. Calling God “love” does not make god love just as calling a car a tree does not make a car a tree.

The Real Reason for the Plagues

Many mistakenly accuse the Pharaoh of being the evil villain in the 10 plagues story. After all, all he had to do to end the suffering of his people was to simply let the Hebrews go. If you actually read the story, God "hardened his heart" (Exodus 4:21 & 9:12) so the Pharaoh could not free the slaves even if he wanted to. Why would God torture the innocent citizens of Egypt with a series of plagues that would only stop when the Pharaoh frees the slaves but also make it so the Pharaoh could not free the slaves? The answer to this comes in Exodus 10:1, God caused all this suffering and wanted it to continue simply so he could show off his powers. It is God, not the Pharaoh, who is the incredibly evil villain in this story.

Woman is to worship man like a god

1 Corinthians 11:3 says that God is the head Christ, Christ is the head of man, and man is the head of woman. 1 Corinthians 11: 7 says that man is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man. Ephesians 5:22-24 says that the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church. 1 Peter 3:6 even says that women are to call their husbands their lord just as Sarah called Abraham her lord.

Women are weaker than man

1 Peter 3:1-7 states that wives are "the weaker partner."

Women must be submissive to men

The Bible claims again and again that women must be submissive and submit themselves to their husbands. 1 Peter 3:1, 1 Peter 3:5, Colossians 3:18, 1 Timothy 2:11-12, Ephesians 5:22-24

Women are to be quiet & silent

1 Peter 3:4 says that women should be quiet. 1 Timothy 2:11-12 and 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 says that women are not permitted to speak at all inside a church and must remain silent.

Women Are Property of Man

Women are not only below men but they are the property of men. 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 owner, man, as previously mentioned.

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 formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner."

1 Corinthians 11:8-9 "For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; neither was man created for woman, but woman for man."

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 "Say to the Israelites: A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period. On the eighth day the boy is to be circumcised. Then the woman must wait thirty-three days to be purified from her bleeding. She must not touch anything sacred or go to the sanctuary until the days of her purification are over. If she gives birth to a daughter, for two weeks the woman will be unclean, as during her period. Then she must wait sixty-six days to be purified from her bleeding."

Apologists commonly try to ignore the bad parts of the Bible, like sexism, by only focusing on the not bad parts. For example Colossians 3:18-19 says that wives must be submissive and then says that husbands should love their wives. Despite Colossians saying something good like "loving one's wife" does not change the fact that it claims wives must be submissive. The Bible may want men to love their wives, just not as equals. Love and respect does not automatically mean equality in the Bible. 1 Peter 3:1-7 says to respect your wife, but not as an equal, as the weaker partner.

Apologists also claim that the Bible is not being sexist, it is simply stating the importance of roles in a partnership. Having roles is not sexist. Claiming that people must play the role of the submissive, silent, and weaker partner strictly because of their sex as the Bible does IS sexist.

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.

Deuteronomy 20:10-11 "When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace. If they accept and open their gates, all the people in it shall be subject to forced labor and shall work for you."

Leviticus 25:44-46 "Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly"

Beat Your Slaves

The Bible also tells us to punish our slaves and whip them (so long as they don't die from the whippings and are able to work again in a day or two).

Exodus 21:20-21 "Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property."

Luke 12:47 "The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows."

Murder For Christianity

Kill Blasphemers
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."

Beat your children

Proverbs 23:13 "Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die."

Proverbs 22:15 "Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away."

God make you eat the flesh of your children

If you do not obey God he will make you eat the flesh of your children. This unimaginably cruel punishment will be bestowed on to your children because you, not them, disobeyed God.

Leviticus 26:27-29 "If in spite of this you still do not listen to me [God] but continue to be hostile toward me, then in my anger I will be hostile toward you, and I myself will punish you for your sins seven times over. You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters."

Jeremiah 19:9 "I [God] will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh because their enemies will press the siege so hard against them to destroy them."

Deuteronomy 28:49-53 "The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand, a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old or pity for the young. They will devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine or olive oil, nor any calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined. They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the LORD your God is giving you. Because of the suffering that your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the LORD your God has given you."