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March, 2003

Editor's note
This is the famous 'A Call to Heresy', a collection of 'Biblical quotations on Women, Sex, Slavery, Race and the End of the World; as well as Contradictions, Atrocities, Absurdities and Biblical Scholarship.' It is a tool for debating creationists, when they claim that the Bible must be taken literally. Ask them what they think of these quotes and watch them squirm as they try to explain why these quotes should be interpreted and not others...unless, of course, they advocate slavery, that women should be quiet and subjugated by men and that there are no contradictions in the Bible...

The text is originally compiled by Trevor Blake and placed in the public domain, and can be found numerous places on the Internet, most notably on Trevor's own site.

Bishop James Pike on Heresy

[The word "heresy"] comes from a greek noun form (hairesis) of a verb in the middle voice (haireisthai) meaning "to take for oneself" -- to choose. This concept corresponds aptly to the conviction that there can be no faith without personal decision...

There are... two principle ways people arrive at convictions. If a person's beliefs, however many or few, are to be really his, he should choose maturely which of the two ways appears the more sound and then apply its methodology to select or form such beliefs. This is his heresy: his choosing for himself. The results of such choosing may also be heresy in the other, more commonplace, sense of the word... Therefore, if both the positive and negative meanings of hairesis are taken into account, every truely believing individual is heretical in the positive sense, whether or not what he has chosen to believe is heretical in the negative sense.
- Bishop James Pike, If This Be Heresy.

On women

"Unto the women he (God) said "I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shall bring forth children and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee."."
-Genesis 3:16

"If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days... But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks...."
- Leviticus 12:2-8

"And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even. And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean. And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. And whoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the beds whereon he lieth shall be unclean... This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith; and of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lie with her that is unclean.."
- Leviticus 15:17-33

"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.."
- Colossians 3:18

"Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands...."
- 1 Peter 3:1

"Likewise ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel...."
- 1 Peter 3:7

"[Women] are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.."
- I Corinthians 14:34

"But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man...."
- 1 Corinthians 11:3

"Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.."
- 1 Corinthians 11:9

"But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband: Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell; and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly swell, and thy thigh to rot: and the woman shall say Amen, amen.."
- Numbers 5:20-22

"But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: 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...."
- Deuteronomy 22:20-21

"It is better to live in a corner of the roof than in a house shared with a contentious woman.."
- Proverbs 25:24

"Now that she is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth supplications and prayers night and day. But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.."
- 1 Timothy 5:5-6

"Let your women keep silent in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.."
- 1 Corinthians 14:34

"Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.."
- 1 Timothy 2:11-12

"Wives, submit yourselves unto your husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church...."
- Ephesians 5:22-23

On sex

"It is good for a man not to touch a woman.."
- 1 Corinthians 7:1

"For there are some eunuchs which were so born from their mother's womb; and there are some eunuchs which were made eunuchs of men; and there be eunuchs which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.."
- Matthew 19:12

"Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.."
- 1 Peter 2:11

"For I would that all men were even as I myself [see Matthew 19:12]... I say therefore to the unmarried and widows. It is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.."
- 1 Corinthians 7:7-9

"The children of this world take wives and husbands, but those who are judged worthy of a place in the other world and in the resurrection from the dead do not marry...."
- Luke 20:34-35

"Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.."
- Exodus 22:19

"And if a man lieth with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.."
- Leviticus 20:15

"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.."
- Leviticus 20:13

"Now Jacob fled to the land of Syria, and Abraham served for a wife, and for a wife kept he sheep.."
- Hosea 12:12

"And the man that committeth adultry with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultry with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.."
- Leviticus 20:10

"If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die...."
- Deuteronomy 22:22

"Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanliness, lasciviousness.."
- Galatians 5:19

"Then Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother." And Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so it came about that when he went in to his brother's wife, he wasted his seed on the ground, in order not to give offspring to his brother. But what he did was displeasing in the sight of the LORD; so he took his life also.."
- Genesis 38:8-10

"And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondsmaid... she shall be scourged... And he shall bring his tresspass offering unto the Lord...."
- Leviticus 19:20-21

On slavery and race

"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.."
- Romans 13:1

"Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God.."
- Colossians 3:22

"Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme: or unto governors...."
- 1 Peter 2:18

"... Then said the Lord to me, Go ye, love a woman, beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress... so I bought her...."
- Hosea 3:1

"The Scribes and Pharises sit in Moses seat; all, therefore, whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do.."
- Matthew 23:2-3

"I councel thee to keep the king's commandment... whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing.."
- Ecclesiastes 23:2-5

"Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall be unto his bretheren.."
- Genesis 4:25

"I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people afar off; for the Lord hath spoken it.."
- Joel 3:8

"Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the foward.."
- 1 Peter 2:18

"Let as many servants as are under your yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.."
- 1 Timothy 6:1

"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.."
- Ephesians 6:5

"Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; not purloining, but showing good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.."
- Titus 2:9-10

"And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.."
- Exodus 21:20-21

"If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master has given him a wife, and she has born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go free: Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.."
- Exodus 21:2-6

"Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's...."
- Matthew 22-21

"For everyone that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.."
- Leviticus 20:9

"Both thy bondsmen, and thy bondsmaids, which thou shall have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondsmen and bondsmaids. 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...."
- Leviticus 25:44-45

"For ye, bretheren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: Who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men.."
- 1 Thessalonians 2:14-15

"And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write:The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life, says this: I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.."
- Revelations 2:9

"[Jews calling for the crucifiction of Jesus:] "... His blood be on us and on our children!"."
- Matthew 27:25

"After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews saught to kill him.."
- John 7:1

"The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die.."
- John 19:7

"[Jesus Christ addressing Jews:] "You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father... you are not of God."."
- John 8:44-47

"Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Etheopean woman whom he had married, for he had married an Etheopian woman. -Number 21:1

On the end of the world

"But the end of all things is at hand...."
- 1 Peter 4:7

"Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now there are many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.."
- 1 John 2:18

"Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven... and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven... This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.."
- Matthew 24:29-34

"And [Jesus Christ] said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.."
- Mark 9:1

"For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. Verily I say unto you, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.."
- Matthew 16:27-28

"... the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light and the stars of heaven shall fall... And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth... Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.."
- Mark 14:24-30

"But I tell you as a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.."
- Luke 9:27

"And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars... Men's hearts failing them for fear... and then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud... This generation shall not pass till all be fulfilled.."
- Luke 21:25-32

Contradictions in the Bible

"There is no fear in love, but perfect love throws fear outside.." - First John 4:18	"Have love for the whole association of brothers, be in fear of God.." - First Peter 2:17
"Think not that I come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.." - Matthew 10:28	"... all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.." - Matthew 26:52
"For wrath killeth the foolish man...." - Job 5:2	"... let not the sun go down on your wrath.." - Ephesians 4:26
"And no man hath ascended up to heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.." - John 3:13	"... and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.." - 2 Kings 2:11
"If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.." - John 5:31	"I am one that bear witness of myself...." - John 8:18
[Jesus Christ was the speaker in both of these quotes]
"A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children...." - Proverbs 13:22	"Sell that ye have and give alms...." - Luke 12:33
"Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord... Wealth and riches shall be in his house...." - Psalms 112:1-3	"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.." - Matthew 19:24
"I and my father are one.." - John 10:30	"... I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.." - John 14:28
[Jesus Christ was the speaker in both of these quotes]
"Thou shalt not kill." - Exodus 20:13	"Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side... and slay every man his brother...." - Exodus 32:27
"Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy.." - Exodus 20:8	"The new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with: it is iniquity.." - Isaih 3:22
"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven... earth... [or] water.." - Leviticus 26:11	"And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them.." - Exodus 25:18
"For by grace are ye saved through faith... not of works.." - Ephesians 2:8-9	"Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.." - James 2:24
"God is not a man, that he should lie: neither the son of man, that he should repent.." - Numbers 23:19	"And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.." - Exodus 32:14
"... the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and come forth...." - John 5:28-29	"As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.." - Job 7:9
"... thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.." - Exodus 21:23-25	"... resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.." - Matthew 5:39
"Honor thy father and mother.." - Exodus 20:12	"If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wife, and children, and bretheren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.." - Luke 14:26
"Lay not up for yourself treasures upon the earth...." - Matthew 6:19	"In the house of the righteous is much treasure...." - Proverbs 15:6
"I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.." - Genesis 32:30	"No man hath seen God at any time.." - John 1:18
"The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.." - Ezekiel 18:20	"... I the lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.." - Exodus 20:5
"Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.." - Proverbs 3:13	"For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.." - Ecclesiastes 1:18
"The Lord is good to all.." - Psalm 145:6	"I make peace and create evil. I the Lord do all these things.." - Isaiah 45:7
"Whosoever shall say Thou fool, shall be in danger of hellfire.." - Matthew 5:22	"[Jesus said] Ye fools and blind.." - Matthew 23:17
"For all have sinned.." - Romans 3:23	"There was a man... whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright.." - Job 1:1
"Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to regin.." - 2 Kings 8:26	"Fourty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign.." - 2 Chronicles 22:2
"If a man vow a vow unto the Lord or swear an oath... he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.." - Numbers 30:2	"But I say unto you, swear not at all; neither by heaven... nor by earth.." - Matthew 5:34-35
"... the earth abideth forever.." - Ecclesiastes 1:4	"... the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.." - 2 Peter 3:10
"... for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger forever.." - Jeremiah 3:12	"Ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn forever.." - Jeremiah 17:4
"... God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man.." - James 1:13	"And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham.." - Genesis 22:1
"And God saw everything that he made, and behold it was very good.." - Genesis 1:31	"And it repented the Lord that he had made man on earth, and it grieved him at his heart." - Genesis 6:6
"For now have I chosen and sanctified this house that my name be there forever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.." - II Corinthians 7:16	"Howbeit the most high dwelleth not in temples made with hands.." - Acts 7:48
"[God dwells] in the light which no man can approach unto.." - I Timothy 6:16	"The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.." - I Kings 8:12
"And the Lord called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid.." - Genesis 3:9,10	"Ye hath neither heard his voice, at any time, nor seen his shape.." - John 5:37
"Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. And they saw the God of Israel... They saw God, and did eat and drink.." - Exodus 24: 9-11	"Whom no man hath seen nor can see.." - I Timothy 6:16
"With God all things are possible.." - Matthew 29:26	"And the Lord was with Judah, and he drove out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.." - Judges 1:19
"God is not the author of confusion.." - I Corinthians 24:33	"Out of the mouth of the most high proceedeth not evil and good?." - Lamantations 3:38
"Those that seek me early shall find me.." - Proverbs 8:17	"Then shall they call upon me but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but shall not find me.." - Proverbs 1:28
"On the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of attonement; it shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.." - Leviticus 23:27	"For I spake not unto your fathers, nor comanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offering or sacrifices.." - Jerimiah 7:22
"And the priest shall burn all on the altar to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord.." - Leviticus 1:9	"Your burnt offering are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.." - Jerimiah 7:20
"God is not a man, that he should lie.." - Numbers 23:19	"And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet.." - Ezekial 24:9
"There is none other God but one.." - I Corinthians 8:4	"And God said, Let us make man in our image.." - Genesis 1:26
"When ye go, ye shall not go empty; but every woman shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver and jewels of gold, and rainment; and ye shall put them on your sons and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.." - Exodus 3:21,22	"Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, nether rob him.." - Leviticus 19:13
"At the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed.." - Genesis 4:5,6	"And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.." - Genesis 4:15
"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin... if God so clothe the grass of the field... shall he not much more clothe you? Therefore, take no thought, saying what shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or wherewithal shall we be clothed?... Take, therefore, no thought for the morrow.." - Matthew 6:28, 30-34	"But if any provideth not for his own, especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.." - I Timothy 5:8
"Be ye angry and sin not.." - Ephesians 4:26	"Be not hasty in they spirit to be angry; for anger resideth in the bosom of fools.." - Ecclesiastes 7:9
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works.." - Matthew 5:16	"Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them.." - Matthew 6:1
"And Solomon stood before the alter of the Lord, in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven...." - I Kings 7:22	"When thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men...." - Matthew 6:5
"And no razor shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nararite unto God from the womb.." - Judges 8:5	"Doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man hath long hair, it is a shame unto him?." - I Corinthians 6:14
"Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.." - Exodus 20:8	"One man esteemeth one day above another; another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.." - Romans 14:5
"For in the six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.." - Exodus 20:11	"And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought the out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched-out arm; therefore the Lord thy God commanded the to keep the Sabbath day.." - Deuteronomy 5:15
"There is nothing unclean of itself.." - Romans 14:14	"Nevertheless, these shall ye not eat, of them that chew the cud or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel and the hare, and the coney; for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof, therefore they are unclean unto you. 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 carcass.." - Deuteronomy 14:7,8
"Cursed is he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother.." - Deuteronomy 27:22	"And Abraham said... She is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.." - Genesis 20:11,12
"If bretheren dwell together, and one of them die and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger; her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife.." - Deuteronomy 25:5	"If a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing... they shall be childless.." - Leviticus 20:21
"He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness.." - Mark 3:29	"And by him that believe are justified from all things.." - Acts 13:39
"[John the Baptist] is Elias which was for to come.." - Matthew 11:14	"And they asked him, what then? Art thou [John the Baptist] Elias? And he saith, I am not.." - John 1:21
"Now, after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God.." - Mark 1:14	"After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea... and John was also baptising Enon... for John was not yet cast into prison.." - John 3:22-24
"And it was in the third hour, and they crucified him.." - Mark 25:3-4	"And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour; and he saith unto the Jews, behold your king... Shall I crucify your king?." - John 19:14-15
"They gave him vinegar to drink, mingled with gall.." - Matthew 27:34	"And they gave him to drink, wine mingled with myrrh.." - Mark 15:23
"And the men which journyed with [Paul] stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.." - Acts 9:7	"And they that were with me [Paul] saw indeed the light and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.." - Acts 22:9
"Abraham had two sons; one by a bonds-maid, the other by a free woman.." - Galatians 4:22	"By faith, Abraham when he was tried offered up Isaac... his only begotten son.." - Hebrews 11:17
"Therefore Michal, the daughter of Saul, had no child unto the day of her death.." - II Samuel 6:23	"The five sons of Michal, the daughter of Saul.." - II Samuel 21:8
"And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel.." - II Samuel 24:1	"And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.." - I Chronicles 21:1
"All power is given unto [Jesus] in heaven and in earth.." - Matthew 28:18	"And [Jesus] could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands on a few sick folk and healed them.." - Mark 6:5
"There shall no evil happen to the just.." - Proverbs 12:21	"Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.." - Hebrews 12:6
"... and to Jacob was born Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.." - Matthew 1:16	"And when He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being supposedly the son of Joseph, the son of Eli.." - Luck 3:23
"Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of Daivd: and the virgin's name was Mary.." - Luke 1:26,27	"Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?." - Mark 6:3

Atrocities and absurdities in the Bible

"And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it unto thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoils thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.."
- Deuteronomy 20:13-14

"For my love they are my adversaries... When he shall be judged, let him be condemned... Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labor. Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children. Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.."
- Psalm 109:4-13

"For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft...."
- 1 Samuel 15:23

"You shall not allow a soceress to live.."
- Exodus 22:18

"He who sacrifices to any god, other than to the Lord alone, shall be utterly destroyed.."
- Exodus 22:20

"[Moses to his soldiers:] Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.."
- Numbers 31:17-18

"Mortify your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetness, which is idolatry.."
- Colossians 3:5

"And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name they shall cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.."
- Mark 16:17-18

"But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring them hither, and slay them before me.."
- Mark 9:34

"Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together and burned them... So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.."
- Acts 19:19-20

"... if through falshood God's truthfulness abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? And why not do evil that good may come, as some people slanderously charge us with saying? Their condemnation is just.."
- Romans 3:7-8

"You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads, nor harm the edges of your beard. You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD.."
- Leviticus 19:27-28

"Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces.."
- Malachi 2:3

"And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man...."
- Ezekiel 4:12

"Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.."
- Ezekiel 4:15

"... Hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?."
- Isaiah 36:12

"Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp for Moab, and mine inner parts for Kirkarcsh.."
- Isaiah 16:11

"Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.."
- Psalms 137:9

Jesus Christ on the Bible

"Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill... Till heaven and earth shall pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law...
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- Matthew 5:17-18

Facts about the bible

John 3:2 refers to Jesus Christ as "Rabbi," but teachers of the Jewish law were not called Rabbis until after the destruction of the Temple in 70 e.v. Jesus was supposed to have died several years prior.

Jesus Christ refered to himself as the "son of man." In some instances, the word used for "son" could also be translated."invention." Jesus, the invention of man.

Mark 7:1-5 and Matthew 15:1-6 relate a controversy beween Jesus and the Pharasees regarding the washing of hands before meals. However, the institution of washing hands before meals took place only after the year 65 e.v.

The "Golden Rule" was not an invention of Jesus Christ. It is found in Leviticus 19:18 and in Tobit 4:15 but was also stated by teacher Hillel a full generation before Christ when he said."Whatever is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow man."

Timothy 3:16, which states "All scripture is inspired by God," was writen when there was no New Testament Canon; at most, it can only refer to the Old Testament and the Apocrypha.

In the seventh chapter of Mark Jesus is reported as going through Sidon on his way to Tyre to the Sea of Galilee. Not only is Sidon in the opposite direction, but there was in fact no road from Sidon to the Sea of Galilee in the first century AD, only one from Tyre.

Mark 10:12 represents Jesus as saying "If a woman divorces her husband and marries another she is guilty of adultery." This would have been meaningless in the Jewish world, where women have no right of divorce.

The gospels were writen at least over two hundred years after the death of Jesus Christ, and not by the apostles they are named after.

Although Paul's writings comprise a substantial proportion of the New Testament, he was apparently entirely ignorant of Jesus' life. He does not name Jesus' parents, where he was born, where he lived, or when. His books contain no mention of Jesus' parables or miracles, no reference to his trial before Pilot, nor of Jerusalem as the place of his execution. On his own admission, Paul never knew Jesus and based his whole faith on a vision he claimed to have received of the ressurected Jesus.

There is no historical corroberation that King Herrod killed children as reported in Matthew 2:16, although a wealth of information on Herrod is known.

Luke announces the birth of Jesus as taking place in the reign of Herod the Great, who is known to have died in 4 BC. In Luke 2:1-3 it is said "Now at this time Casaer Augustus issued a decree for a census of the whole world to be taken. This census -- the first -- took place while Quirinus was governor of Syria, and everyone went to his home to be registered..." The first-ever census among Jews did take place during Quirinius' governorship, but this did not and could not have happened until at least 6 e.v, the first year that Judaea came under direct Roman rule, when it was reliably recorded by Josephus as an unprecedented event of that year.

The releasing to the multitude of any one prisoner whom they wanted during the feast of the governor where Barabbas was chosen over Jesus as reported in Matthew 27:15 has no historic corroberation.

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