Originally posted by SpearofDestiny
Let me make it Clear, that the Bible [b]is indeed full of Wisdom. There are wondorful quotes such as "Treat others the Way Thou Wish to be Treated" and "Love Thy Neighbor"But for every beautiful and loving quote, you can also find a hateful and violent one:
The Bible is not perfect. It is entirely fallible. IT is simply human word, human tradition, human wisdom and emotion. There is no way an All-Loving God inspired it 100%.
If the All-Loving Father exists, then Either God only inspired parts of it, or God is both Good and Evil.
Let us begin: This is the Evidense which shows how Violent, Unreasonable, and Malignant the Bible can be:
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(Deuteronomy 3:1-7 NLT)******
"Next we headed for the land of Bashan, where King Og and his army attacked us at Edrei. But the LORD told me, 'Do not be afraid of him, for I have given you victory over Og and his army, giving you his entire land. Treat him just as you treated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.' So the LORD our God handed King Og and all his people over to us, and we killed them all. We conquered all sixty of his towns, the entire Argob region in his kingdom of Bashan. These were all fortified cities with high walls and barred gates. We also took many unwalled villages at the same time. We completely destroyed the kingdom of Bashan, just as we had destroyed King Sihon of Heshbon. We destroyed all the people in every town we conquered – men, women, and children alike. But we kept all the livestock for ourselves and took plunder from all the towns."
(Joshua 6:20-21 NLT)*******
When the people heard the sound of the horns, they shouted as loud as they could. Suddenly, the walls of Jericho collapsed, and the Israelites charged straight into the city from every side and captured it. They completely destroyed everything in it – men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep, donkeys – everything.
(Leviticus 21:16-23 NLT)
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Tell Aaron that in all future generations, his descendants who have physical defects will not qualify to offer food to their God. No one who has a defect may come near to me, whether he is blind or lame, stunted or deformed, or has a broken foot or hand, or has a humped back or is a dwarf, or has a defective eye, or has oozing sores or scabs on his skin, or has damaged testicles. Even though he is a descendant of Aaron, his physical defects disqualify him from presenting offerings to the LORD by fire. Since he has a blemish, he may not offer food to his God. However, he may eat from the food offered to God, including the holy offerings and the most holy offerings. Yet because of his physical defect, he must never go behind the inner curtain or come near the altar, for this would desecrate my holy places. I am the LORD who makes them holy."
(Leviticus 20:10 NLT)
If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death.
(1 Corinthians 14:33-35 NAB)
As in all the churches of the holy ones, women should keep silent in the churches, for they are not allowed to speak, but should be subordinate, as even the law says. But if they want to learn anything, they should ask their husbands at home. For it is improper for a woman to speak in the church.
(Luke 14:26 NAB)
If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he can not be my disciple.
(1 Samuel 19:9-10 NAB)
Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul as he was sitting in his house with spear in hand and David was playing the harp nearby. Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear , but David eluded Saul, so that the spear struck only the wall, and David got away safe.
(Deuteronomy 25:11-12 NLT)
If two Israelite men are fighting and the wife of one tries to rescue her husband by grabbing the testicles of the other man, her hand must be cut off without pity. [/B]