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Read it sometime. Most American Christians have never read the Bible and have no idea what they believe in. Is this what you want to teach your kids. Search St

Read it sometime. Most American Christians have never read the Bible and have no idea what they believe in. Is this what you want to teach your kids. Search Stoning, literally can't get through the day without being stoned. This is how we become Ameristan. ---- Did you work on Sunday? Dead Exodus 31:15 "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." ---- Little Victim Blaming, Dead Deuteronomy 22:23-24 “If there is a girl who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her, then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city and you shall stone them to death; the girl, because she did not cry out in the city, and the man, because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you. ------ Pretty Harsh - we'll be killing a lot of people to comply with this law. Dead. Leviticus 20:10 “If a man commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. ---- No Bad Words, or you are Dead. Leviticus 24:13-14 "Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Bring the one who has cursed outside the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then let all the congregation stone him." ----- Wave the bloody Sheet or, Dead. And father fined. Deuteronomy 22:20 "But here is the proof of my daughter’s virginity.” Then her parents shall display the cloth before the elders of the town, 18and the elders shall take the man and punish him. 19They shall fine him a hundred shekels b of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. She shall continue to be his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives. If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found, 21 she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done an outrageous thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you." ------- Women are property, and the Bible lists a price sheet. Rape is just fifty silver shekels. Not dead, but now married because you were raped. Deuteronomy 28 "If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, 29he shall pay her father fifty shekels c of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives." ----- Some Sexy Times Ironically, the least offensive thing here. Ezekiel 23:19-21 "There she had longed for her lovers. Their private parts seemed as big as those of donkeys. And their flow of semen appeared to be as much as that of horses. You longed for the time when you first became impure in Egypt. That was when you allowed your breasts to be kissed. And you permitted your young breasts to be touched.”

brightball 3y ago
I actually have read and I agree with you. Even started a blog encouraging people to read it and understand it. Have you read it to understand it or just pulled excerpts? If you’re looking for a reasonably quick path to that, you should check out “The Bible from 30,000 Feet”. It’s a great companion. The Bible Recap podcast will also provide you with a lot of study, guidance and insight as you read over the course of a year.
- FrustratedMonky 3y ago
  I'll check out the 30,000 book. I can't say I've read 100% of the Bible, there are some pretty dry books that don't add much. But, I didn't just search the web and find some good quotes. I often advocate that Christians should read the Bible. For two reasons, 1. Most Christians advocate/believe things that are not in the Bible and if they are going to so passionately drive the country off a cliff, they should at least know what is in it. 2. Reading it kind of cures them, there is no 'atheist' argument against the Bible that is as strong as just reading it. Read all the parts that churches cherry picks around. Actually reading it will cause most people to realize they don't believe it. Christianity was viewed as a 'mystic cult' from the beginning, it is almost 'pagan' in its beliefs, which sounds strange today. But seeing a group chanting and talking about Democrats being possessed by demons and thus we need a war to kill them, it all looks very much like a bad horror movie. -> It really is an argument for why religion should NOT be in politics, because politics is messy and the religion is then tainted by the politics. By being involved in politics the religion is diminished. If you really want to spread the word of Jesus, then how is politics helping that, unless you are doing it for control. Look at me, I'm open to trying to understand the Bible, but if all I see are evangelicals talking about demon possession, and the need for guns to fight a holy war, and chanting around the president, that is not helping spread the word. It's the opposite, they look crazy and scary.
  - brightball 3y ago
    1. This is true. When I read it the first time I was more shocked by how much wasn’t in it than how much was. 2. I had the opposite experience. I was an atheist/agnostic (and an angry one at that) for about 8 years. Then God changed my life in a manner so direct that it left me with no doubt at all. I read the Bible over 3 years to understand what happened to me and I helped a lot. Then I started doing studies, joined a Sunday School class, a men’s Bible study and even guest taught a few lessons. I was greatly encouraged to find that I was allowed to disagree with people during Bible studies and we would all learn together. This blew away all my misconceptions about church in general. I always assumed everybody agreed about everything. That’s not the case. Everybody is there to learn. The more you study, the more you can contribute. If you’re curious, I blog about it at https://www.readnotmisled.org https://www.readnotmisled.org As far as politics, the biggest thing people push for is the freedom to live without being forced to do what they believe is wrong or to have their children forced to participate in things that violate their faith. I can’t see any problem with that.

brightball 3y ago

I actually have read and I agree with you. Even started a blog encouraging people to read it and understand it. Have you read it to understand it or just pulled excerpts? If you’re looking for a reasonably quick path to that, you should check out “The Bible from 30,000 Feet”. It’s a great companion. The Bible Recap podcast will also provide you with a lot of study, guidance and insight as you read over the course of a year.

FrustratedMonky 3y ago
I'll check out the 30,000 book. I can't say I've read 100% of the Bible, there are some pretty dry books that don't add much. But, I didn't just search the web and find some good quotes. I often advocate that Christians should read the Bible. For two reasons, 1. Most Christians advocate/believe things that are not in the Bible and if they are going to so passionately drive the country off a cliff, they should at least know what is in it. 2. Reading it kind of cures them, there is no 'atheist' argument against the Bible that is as strong as just reading it. Read all the parts that churches cherry picks around. Actually reading it will cause most people to realize they don't believe it. Christianity was viewed as a 'mystic cult' from the beginning, it is almost 'pagan' in its beliefs, which sounds strange today. But seeing a group chanting and talking about Democrats being possessed by demons and thus we need a war to kill them, it all looks very much like a bad horror movie. -> It really is an argument for why religion should NOT be in politics, because politics is messy and the religion is then tainted by the politics. By being involved in politics the religion is diminished. If you really want to spread the word of Jesus, then how is politics helping that, unless you are doing it for control. Look at me, I'm open to trying to understand the Bible, but if all I see are evangelicals talking about demon possession, and the need for guns to fight a holy war, and chanting around the president, that is not helping spread the word. It's the opposite, they look crazy and scary.
- brightball 3y ago
  1. This is true. When I read it the first time I was more shocked by how much wasn’t in it than how much was. 2. I had the opposite experience. I was an atheist/agnostic (and an angry one at that) for about 8 years. Then God changed my life in a manner so direct that it left me with no doubt at all. I read the Bible over 3 years to understand what happened to me and I helped a lot. Then I started doing studies, joined a Sunday School class, a men’s Bible study and even guest taught a few lessons. I was greatly encouraged to find that I was allowed to disagree with people during Bible studies and we would all learn together. This blew away all my misconceptions about church in general. I always assumed everybody agreed about everything. That’s not the case. Everybody is there to learn. The more you study, the more you can contribute. If you’re curious, I blog about it at https://www.readnotmisled.org https://www.readnotmisled.org As far as politics, the biggest thing people push for is the freedom to live without being forced to do what they believe is wrong or to have their children forced to participate in things that violate their faith. I can’t see any problem with that.