Right that bible (especially the old testament) is full of violent stuff???
96667
Absolutely. If you read your OT you will find their God routinely telling the Jews to kill all the people in some neighboring country. One gets the impression God loved the Jews and hated everyone else on earth.\n\nThe OT God also routinely killed Jews for minor transgressions against tyrannical demands.\n\nStoning people to death for minor transgression of their laws was a popular pastime among the ancient Jews. They believed God wanted this.\n\n\nevilbible.com has tons of examples to support everything I am saying.
952345
You'll probably get allot of hogwash (pun intended) about how that was in the old testament, and now were living under the law of the new testament.  I say eat your bacon and shred both testaments.
723690
There are all kinds of contradictions in the bible.
287596
Oh wow, is that in the bible?  Some little kids get eaten by a bear for callng some old dude bald?  Wow, now that goes beyond abuse..it's murder.
1039643
You make some very good points. The bible was written in a time when homosexuality wasnt very common, people read into it much too far and take something out of it that could very well be not true.
1002021
what kind of sick f*ck does something like that? for a "born again christian, a compassionate conservative, a uniter - not a divider" he sure seems hell bent on destroying just about everything. but, i guess the idea of the biblical apocalypse might be something he'd like to bring on.
879504
It is not the words, or their source, that matter but their understanding by the person using them.  Today you have people quoting words of peace and brotherly love while inciting the followers to a "holy" war, for example. The books of the Bible suppose to teach us the golden rule--love your neighbour like yourself--but some people react to the Bible's words as if they were drinking whiskey--they get violent and abusive.
1016925
<squeeee>  Where'd you get *that bible??  I want one too!!  The bible I read didn't say cool stuff like that.  drat.  I was robbed!
1014118
You are very right.  When people cut things out of the Bible, they start with Rev  22:18.  ; )  But almost everyone actually just chooses which things to follow, there are VERY few groups that obey everything in the Bible (keeping kosher, not eating shellfish, not allowing men to have long hair, treating their slaves well, etc.).  Really it's all just a buffet.
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Here are some other gems for you(posted these in another thread) \n\nProof of the 'love' of God in the bible\n\n"God" slaughtered innocent babies because of Pharaoh's stubbornness: "At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well.” (Exod. 12:29)\n\n"God" had babies dashed to pieces and pregnant women ripped open: "The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open." (Hosea 13:16)\n\n"God" wanted children to be murdered as human sacrifices: "I let them become defiled through their gifts - the sacrifice of every firstborn - that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the Lord.” (Ezek. 20:26)\n\n"God" threatened to have innocent children be devoured by wild animals: “I will send wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle and make you so few in number that your roads will be deserted.” (Lev. 26:22)\n\n"God" threatened to have children cannibalized: "If in spite of this you still do not listen to me 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.” (Lev. 26:27-29)\n\n"God" ordered the genocide of women, children and babies: "Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.”” (1 Sam. 15:2-3)\n\n"God" aborted fetuses and murdered children in answer to the prophet Hosea's prayer: "Give them, O Lord – what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry .... Ephraim is blighted, their root is withered, they yield no fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay their cherished offspring." (Hosea 9:14-16)\n\n"God" murdered a baby because of David's adultery: “Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord." Nathan replied, "The Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die. But because by doing this you have made the enemies of the Lord show utter contempt, the son born to you will die." (2 Sam. 12:13-14)\n\n"God" ordered people to kill their brothers, friends and neighbors: “Then he said to them, "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor.'" (Exod. 32:27
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Mommy Chaos,\nLooks like you got some choices here. The Bible was written and complied during a period of time when life was a whole lot rougher than it is now.  Maybe people back then didn't have time for humor.
1075862
I believe it is because we have all the signs that are in the bible, like family's hating each other, people love money rather than his fellow people, and and take a look at the earth, we have more disasters than before in the bible it says one earthquake after another, etc. We have a amazing increase of disasters. And this earth has an incredible amount of crime, hatred like never seen before, Yes we have had all of this forever but it is alarmingly bad now.
654563
Good point, but there are more things these slimy fools are doing in Africa.  Raping women, killing Christian women and children, burning churches, torturing kids that refuse to memorize their unholy book and more.  Want proof?  Seek it on this link then!
485689
The people who wrote the old testament had a great deal in common with modern day muslim extremists.\n\nA lot of moderately religious people seem to miss this extremely important detail every day.\n\nEdit - Samson killed himself dropping the roof of a temple on himself and his enemies...\n\nEdit - Do none of you Christians understand how you are completely validating exactly what I just said?  To the answerers here, saying Samson's "not like a terrorist" because he was doing "the will of God"... do you not see that you are speaking exactly like a suicide bomber?  :)  Seriously, think about what you've been force-fed, people.  Please, think long and hard about it.
81260
Rev, you know so much.  Do you give bible lessons? Could you email the lessons on Jesus and his bad temper when he committed these violent acts?
1156472
I asked this same question and the answers were hilarious. You are dealing with an irrational brainwashed mass of idiots. The bible was stolen from Pagans, Romans, Greeks, all kinds of people. And, used to cause more death and destruction than all wars combined (heck, most wars were caused by christians)
624888
In order to do exactly all those things you mentioned: enslave humans, abuse women... bascially to be in control in a male-dominated society.  It's so easy to control people when you say, "this is what God wants!"  People are very submissive in the face of a diety.  You have to remember that the Bible was written in a totally different time and reflects the laws and mores of that culture.  It's not that there aren't some good lessons we can take from the Bible, but people shouldn't take everything so literally!