This week is one topic I've been wanting to do for a while. Christians live their lives according to this one little book written over 5000 years ago, yet many of them fail to understand what exactly it is they follow. And many more Christians do know, and choose to cherry pick the rules or verses they like more and fit better with the lives they personally want to live. It's quite detestable if you think about it, especially considering Christians love to preach to everyone they can about how the "Bible is the infallible word of their God, wholly and absolutely true to the last word" yet when faced with a despicable verse (for today's standards) they say it's either out dated or meant as a metaphor, not to be taken literally. Which is it? Is the book in it's entirety the word of the God of the Heavens, or is it partly law and partly suggestive history? If it's only suggestive, then what makes it the end-all-be-all word of God? Not much.
It would take literally so long to go through each and every crazy rule found in the bible, I couldn't possibly catch them all. I'll do my best by listing the ones that come to mind. In the end I hope you can keep an objective enough point of view to understand why most non-Christians find this book to be a disgusting piece of fiction, and the last place anyone would look for moral guidance (another thing most, if not all, Christians preach about where they get their moral guidance from - what a joke).
That includes the Pastors at your church, all the staff under him. Firefighters, police officers, ambulance workers, doctors, and anyone else in a life-saving profession are all in violation of this rule according to your Bible too.
Random Things The Bible Bans (MOST PUNISHABLE BY DEATH)...
Eating Blood (Genesis 9:4)
Eating Shellfish, Eagles, Buzzards, Vultures, Rabbit, Camels, Rock Badgers, Falcon, Raven, Crow, Ostrich, Owl, Seagull, Hawk, Pelican, Stork, Heron, Bat, Winged Insects (that walk on four legs unless they have joints to jump with like grasshoppers (?)), Bear, Mole, Mouse, Lizard, Gecko, Crocodile, Chameleon & Snail (Leviticus 11:1 to Leviticus 11:47)
Cutting Your Hair (Leviticus 19:27)
Cutting Your Beard (Leviticus 19:27)
Masturbation or Spilling (Wasting) Your Seed (Birth Control) (Genesis 38:9-10)
Divorce (Mark 10:8)
Re-Marriage (Mark 10:11-12)
Anal Sex (even among heterosexual couples)
Complete Ban On Pigs, which means... (Leviticus 11:8)
No Football
Touching A Dead Pig
No Leather
No Pork, Bacon, Ham, Spareribs
Fortunetelling, which includes... (Leviticus 19:31, Leviticus 20:6)
Numerology
Astrology
Tarot Cards
Mediums (Psychics who claim can speak with deceased people)
Palm Reading
Ouija Boards
Tattoos (Leviticus 19:28) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->>
Letting Children Without A Father Or Descendants Of Children Without A Father Into Church (Deuteronomy 23:2)
Wearing Gold (1 Timothy 2:9)
Wearing Pearls (1 Timothy 2:9)
Your Wife Defending Your Life In A Fight By Grabbing Your Attacker's Genitals (Deuteronomy 25:11-12)
Women Speaking In Church (1 Corinthians 14:34-35)
Cooking A Goat In It's Mother's Milk (Exodus 23:19)
Eating Fat (Leviticus 3:17)
Eating A Fellowship Offering More Than 3 Days Old (Leviticus 19:5-8)
Transvestism (Deuteronomy 22:5)
Eating Meat Of Strangled Animals (Acts 15:28-29)
Planting More Than One Kind Of Seed In A Field (Leviticus 19:19)
Adultery (Leviticus 20:10-12)
Lying About Virginity (Deuteronomy 22:20-21)
The Daughter Of A Priest Practicing Prostitution (Leviticus 21:9)
Being The Victim Of Rape, If One Is An Engaged Female (Deuteronomy 22:23–27)Having Sex With Your Father's Wife (Leviticus 20:20)
Having Sex With Your Daughter In Law (Leviticus 20:30)
Incest (Leviticus 20:17)
Marrying Both A Woman & Her Daughter (Leviticus 20:14)
Blasphemy (Leviticus 24:14-16,23)
Trying To Convert People To Another Religion (Deuteronomy 13:1-11, 18:20)
Apostasy (If most people in a town come to believe in a different god) (Deuteronomy13:12-15)
Non-Priests Going Near The Tabernacle When It's Being Moved (Numb 1:51)
Being A False Prophet (Deuteronomy 132:5, Deuteronomy 18:20, Zechariah 13:2-3)
Striking Your Parents (Exodus 21:15)
Cursing Your Parents (Exodus 21:17, Leviticus 20:9)
Being A Stubborn & Rebellious Son (Deuteronomy 21:18-21)
Kidnapping & Selling A Man (Exodus 21:16)
If You're A Slave: Disobedience (Ephesians 6:5)
Perjury (Deuteronomy 19:15 - 21)
Ignoring The Verdict Of a Judge Or Priest (Deuteronomy 17:8-13)
Not Penning Up A Dangerous Bull (Exodus 21:29)
Uncircumcised Man (Genesis 17:14)
Eating Leavened Bread During The Feast Of Unleavened Bread (Exodus 12:15)
Engaging In Ritual Animal Sacrifices Other Than At The Temple (Leviticus 17:1-9)
Sexual Activity With A Woman Who Is Menstruating (Leviticus 20:18)
Eating Peace Offerings While Ritually Unclean (Leviticus 7:20)
Waiting Too Long Before Consuming Sacrifices (Leviticus 19:5-8)
Going To The Temple In An Unclean State (Numbers 19:13 )
I will finish off with some premature counters to whatever arguments I'm sure you're about to present me with....
