I’ve read the entire Old and New Testament of the King James Bible and there are many verses that were strikingly bizarre at first glance. A second glance only served to make them even more bizarre. In this list of 10 verses that are never preached on, I learned two things: one, different translations of the Bible can differ significantly, and two, I’m not the only one who found some of the verses extremely odd.
I’ve loved the “go up thou bald head” verse ever since I came across it.
To illustrate how much translations can differ, I’ve included the verses as quoted from the site along with the version from the King James version. It’s interesting to compare the two.
10. 2 Kings 2:23-24
NKJV
Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” So he turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them in the name of the LORD. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.
KJV
And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
9. Mark 14:51-52
NASB
A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they seized him. But he pulled free of the linen sheet and escaped naked.
KJV
And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
8. Deuteronomy 23:1
ESV
No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord.
KJV
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
7. Genesis 38:8-10
NASB
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.” Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so 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.
KJV
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
6. 1 Samuel 18:25-27
ESV
Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no bride-price except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged of the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the time had expired, David arose and went, along with his men, and killed two hundred of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, which were given in full number to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for a wife.
KJV
And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired. Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
5. Exodus 4:24-25
NASB
Now it came about at the lodging place on the way that the LORD met him and sought to put him to death. Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and threw it at Moses’ feet, and she said, “You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me.”
KJV
And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
4. Ezekiel 16:17
NIV
You also took the fine jewelry I gave you, the jewelry made of my gold and silver, and you made for yourself male idols and engaged in prostitution with them.
KJV
Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,
3. Ezekiel 23:19-20
NET
Yet she increased her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth when she engaged in prostitution in the land of Egypt. She lusted after their genitals – as large as those of donkeys, and their seminal emission was as strong as that of stallions.
KJV
Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
2. Judges 3:21-22
ESV
And Ehud reached with his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly. And the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not pull the sword out of his belly; and the dung came out.
KJV
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out.
1. Deuteronomy 25:11-12
NASB
If two men, a man and his countryman, are struggling together, and the wife of one comes near to deliver her husband from the hand of the one who is striking him, and puts out her hand and seizes his genitals, then you shall cut off her hand; you shall not show pity.
KJV
When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets: Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
Who would have guessed that the old testament could be so fun to read? There sure was a whole lot of testical crushing and mutilation goin’ on back in those days. No wonder why the Big Man was so pissed off.
“Strange” verses, it appears, just means verses that have to do with genitals or sex, or “baldheaded.” Yes, there’s some of that in the Bible. I guess I’m just kind of nonplussed by having them listed. Looking around at the world today, I don’t think these verses need be avoided in preaching, but might in fact be particularly relevant and useful, in some cases. I’ve heard the “bald head” verse read and discussed in a Sunday School lesson.
Or verses about streaking, death or circumcision, all of which make for rather strange verses. That’s the point of the list. I’ve also heard the bald head verse discussed in Sunday school, but that’s 1 out of 10, and there are dozens of other strange verses that could have taken its place. The Bible (especially the Old Testament) has loads of odd verses, and while they don’t need to be avoided, most of them are. All of that aside, the main reason I posted this is that I think it’s cool that people are blogging about the Bible at all.
Thankfully it’s the old testament unto which we no longer follow. The only things we follow from the old testament are references that Jesus makes. I read and study the old testament to gain perspectives on creation and to also learn about older Jewish traditions and the pretext of early Christendom.
What I find even stranger than these verses is the fact that Abraham and Sarah couldn’t have children, so Sarah sent Hagar, her maid, unto her husband so that he may procreate. After bearing Ismael, God suddenly decides that he will make Sarah fertile, whereupon Sarah sends Hagar and Ismael away (the muslim faith forms 600 years later). So… did all powerful God (who is actually Jesus if we buy into the revelations of some churches) actually start the conflict between christians and muslims on purpose? He is ALL KNOWING, meaning that he sees the future as well as all other things. So, if he knows all things he must have known the repercussions of such an act and willed it to be so. He sure could have saved us a lot of trouble. Maybe by doing this thing he was assured of the certainty of the apocalypse! That must be it!
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Comment by Dennis Paul Hastings on April 24, 2009 @ 1:41 am
They are very interesting verses and fun to enjoy.
The Bible is an amazing book, the old and the new testaments are relevant today. It is awesome how much more God reveals to us when we read it prayerfully and how much we can learn about the character of Him. As strange as these verses may appear to be there is a lesson in each one of them for us.
I will never understand how people can defend something like this? They’re mental! The whole lot! Thinking about moving to Island where mentals like that are a true minority! And I live in Norway; a country that should be a haven for free-thinkers, but alas, the mentals are here too. But we will fight them!
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Comment by Angus Young on June 1, 2010 @ 2:38 pm
I think John 15:9 is the strangest verse. “As the Father has loved Me, I also love you, abide in My love.”
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Comment by Jordan Adams on July 16, 2010 @ 6:11 pm
10. and 9. i dont get. but
8.the third is talking about castration.
7. he was to hav sex with his brothers wife. he knew tht th wifes husband wuld think it was his (th husbands) sin. even though it wuldnt b. he wasted his semen on th ground and got caught.
6. not hard at all. to bcome th son in law (by marriage of sauls daughter), he had to get the foreskins.
5. im guessing tht th foreskin matched some quality on moses and she said he was her huspand
4. this one really isnt tht hard to understand at all
3. Donkey shows!
2.this one is not tht hard. he stabbed himself in his abdomen(wer the intestines reside) and dung came out.
1.i think th last one speaks of seduction
The problem with most people is that we have a habbit of reading God’s word at one glance. Of course these verses ae weired, because you haven’t sought the deeper meening to them.Stop limiting God to logic… rather judge Him by His wisdom. HE is Alpha, Omega and everything inbetween and He is the meaning behind all these verses too. Jesus loves you everyone… Rock on!!!
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Comment by Phelokazi on November 30, 2010 @ 5:05 am
I have read the bible in HEBREW, ARABIC AND THE KINGS ENGLISH.. and have read interpretations, explanations, looked over many versions and studied countless debates, looked at the allegory, symbolism, metaphors and basic church concepts of the bible, and after all this I find that this could in no way be a holy book.
It’s said that Jesus died for our sins, and when last I checked..sin is evil…and with that in mind..let’s start here.
If evil is a bad thing, then WHY DOES THE BIBLE GOD TAKE CREDIT FOR IT?
Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. So The bible God is responsible for the creation of evil…let’s go further…
1. Genesis 3:15 And I will put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. THIS WORD (ENMITY) IN HEBREW IS “AYBAH’ AND MEANS “HATE” OR HOSTILITY. SO HATE WAS STARTED BY THE BIBLE GOD.
2. THE BIBLE GOD CONDONES MASS GENOCIDE 1 Samuel 15:2-3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. HE SAID KILL THE INFANTS AND THE ANIMAL!
3. IF YOU CHEAT ON YOUR HUSBAND THEN YOU BOTH ARE TO ME PUT TO DEATH
Leviticus 20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ISLAMIC PRACTICE!
4. A PROPHET OF GOD SENDS 2 FEMALE BEARS TO KILL 42 CHILDREN FOR CALLING HIM “BALD HEAD”
2 Kings 2:23-25 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. NOW WHY WOULD A LOVING AND CARING HAPPY BIBLE GOD ALLOW TWO BIG SHE BEARS TO MAUL 42 KIDS? THE KIND OF BIBLE GOD THAT CONDONES BABY KILLINGS!
5. A PROPHET OF THE BIBLE GOD KING DAVID, CELEBRATES THE FACT OF SMASHING BABIES AGAINST ROCKS!
Psalm 137:8-9 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. NOW YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A NUCLEAR PHYSICIST TO SEE THIS IS CLEARLY MAKING REFERENCE TO BABIES OR YOUNG CHILDREN.
6. THE BIBLE GOD APPARENTLY LIKE TO STIR UP JEALOUSY:
Isaiah 42:13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. I THOUGHT JEALOUSY WAS A BAD THING? OH THAT’S RIGHT, THE BIBLE GOD SAY’S HIS NAME IS JEALOUS IN Exodus 34:13-14 SO NEVER MIND!
7. IF A SON STRIKES HIS MOTHER OR FATHER, HE IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH: Exodus 21:15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. NOW WHAT IF THE FATHER WAS MOLESTING HIS SON AND HIS SON FIGHTS BACK BY STRIKING THE FATHER?
8. NOT ONLY DOES THE BIBLE GOD SENDS JEALOUSY, HE ALSO LIKES TO SEND EVIL SPIRITS ON PEOPLE:
1 Samuel 16:13-16 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
9.THIS IS REALLY BAD, LOOK AT WHAT THE BIBLE GOD SAYS HERE! Isaiah 13:15-18 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. (RAPED) Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. Their bows ( THE BOW AND ARROW) also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; (UN-BORN BABIES) their eyes shall not spare children. THIS IS A MESS!
10. HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THAT IT DOES NOT SAY “THOU SHALT NOT EAT YOUR KIDS” THIS IS WHY…
Jeremiah 19:9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them. AND READ THIS..
2 Kings 6:25-29 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver. And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
SO THESE MOTHERS KILLED, BOILED AND ATE THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE OF A PLAGUE THAT THE BIBLE GOD SENT!
11. YOU CAN TELL WHO REALLY TRUST IN THE LORD..HOW? BECAUSE THEY ARE FAT PEOPLE:
Proverbs 28:25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
12. IF A MAN HAS DAMAGED TESTICLES OR HIS PENIS HAS BEEN CUT OFF..HE CAN’T ENTER INTO THE TABERNACLE OF THE BIBLE GOD:
Deuteronomy 23:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. LOL!!!!
13. IF YOU HAVE A HARD HEADED CHILD YOUNG OR OLD, HE CAN BE STONED UNTIL HE IS DEAD:
Deuteronomy 21:18-21 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. SO KIDS!!! WATCH OUT!
14. IF THE BIBLE IS THE CREATORS WORDS..AND IT’S TRUE AND SHOULD BE BELIEVED, THEN WHY DOESN’T THE ALL KNOWING BIBLE GOD REALIZE THAT A BAT IS IN NO WAY RELATED OR LIKENED TO BIRDS?
Leviticus 11:13-19 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; Every raven after his kind; And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. “THE WHAT!! BATS ARE MAMMALS, WITH BREAST, FUR, TEETH AND DON’T HAVE WINGS SUCH AS FEATHERS” AND NONE OF THESE FOWLS MENTIONED HAVE TEETH, BREAST THAT BRING FORTH MILK NOR HAVE FUR…IS THE BIBLE GOD WRONG, THE SCRIBES WHO WROTE IT WRONG OR WAS IT THE TRANSLATOR WHO TRANSLATED IT WRONG?
15. THIS ONE IS PARTICULARLY UNSETTLING..THE PROPHET OF THE BIBLE GOD GOES OUT AND COMMITS MASS MURDER:
Numbers 31:15-18And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. 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. SO THE BIBLE GOD CONDONES AND ALLOWS FULLY GROWN SOLDIERS TO KILL EVERY BOY AND KILL EVERY WOMAN THAT WAS NOT A VIRGIN, BUT ALL THE LITTLE GIRLS, “VIRGINS” THEY CAN KEEP ALIVE FOR THEMSELVES I THOUGHT THE MUSLIMS WERE PERVERTED, AT LEAST THE MUSLIMS BELIEVE THEY GET THE VIRGINS IN HEAVEN..BUT THE JEW AND CHRISTIAN THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE BIBLE GET THEM HERE ON EARTH.
I can go on and on, there are hundreds of sick and sadistic chapters in the bible worst than these..so you should ask yourself, IS THIS S**T THE WORD OF GOD? you be the judge:
What a Garbage, Chuck sounds like a failed liar who can barely google a few verses and hope to make his point loaded with emotions by writing uppercase.
Only a dummy kid can try to fool the educated with his freestyle interpretation of Proverbs 28:25 which really means being fully satisfied, not of food but of the Spirit of the Lord. I speak English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Tamazight and none of the other translations use the word fat.
All the points above were already answered and critically justified. Discussion remains enjoyable with people of knowledge. Cheers.
Never heard preaching on those verses? Want to hear them? 1) Go to a church where the Bible is taught, not just read. 2)Change your attitude when you approach the Bible. Otherwise your heart will conclude things more bizarre than what you call bizarre (1 Cor. 2:14). 3)Learn to always see a verse or portion within its context. All those texts have a cultural and historic background which ought to be undestood in order to understand the text. Since you ignored these, you have come to very ignorant conclusions, even because you are intelligent, yet uninformed in areas in which you are ignorant. 4) Ask those who know what you don’t know, and admit that you don’t know everything. Notice this: “2 Peter 3:16 (NASB-U)
[16] … speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction”. Try the above and then respond to my email address.
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Comment by eusebio on February 5, 2011 @ 6:28 am
Chuck needs some help with his Bible reading,He is one of those types of people who because they dont believe in GOD they want to mock him and take verses from the Bible and misinterpret what it truly means.you cant take verses from the Bible without first reading the entire chapter.And Chuck I suggest you go to Church and learn about GOD Because someday even if you dont believe it YOU will confess God is Lord the Bible says all knees will bowel and every tongue will confess So may I suggest you give your life to the Lord now and save yourself major major torement in Hell for an eternity. Go to JOHN 3:16
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Comment by Dreams on February 14, 2011 @ 4:52 am
Yes he is really distorted in understanding of the scriptures. Don’t just quote a verse and make a conclusion based on it. Read the whole Book in the bible and the Holy Spirit will teach you clearly about them. LOL I suppose you read “and Jesus wept”(John 11:35) and may as well conclude that Jesus is a CRY CRY BABY.
These are spiritual things and your problem is that you are very shallow in reading the scriptures and you are also carnal; and the Bible says:
14But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. 15But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one. 16For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:14)
Go and repent or you will be damned forever in the Lake of fire.
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Comment by franklin on February 16, 2011 @ 11:19 am
Now now guys, take it easy. Jesus said to love others, not damn them to hell.
I believe the Bible is generally grossly misinterpreted, stripped of it’s historical context and it’s verses used irresponsibly to justify ideology.
The Bible is very much and examination of culture at the time and the challenges they faced in the context of their lives. Instead of using universal teachings and applying them to contemporary life people take literal chunks of text and impose them on the modern world.
Ha hah strange indeed! Very good list but there are countless others. I list but a few:
Eating your own dung and drinking your own pee:
But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? Hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?
-Isaiah 36:12
God wants to rub your face in dung:
Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and ye shall be taken away with it.
-Malachi 2:3
Attention girls, how to have sex with your daddy without him even remembering it:
And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
-Genesis 19:33
Apparently God’s angels are beefed-up studs because in this verse a whole town of men want to have sex with two angels:
Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. They called to Lot, Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.
-Genesis 19:4-5
A perverted father offers up his two virgin and incestuous daughters for a gangbang to all the men of his town:
Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.
-Genesis 19:8
A town of horny men gang-rape and have their way with a whore all night and in the morning she dies:
But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. At daybreak the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, fell down at the door and lay there until daylight.
-Genesis 19:25-26
A sicko cuts up his whore in 12 pieces and sends the pieces all over the city and apparently just for giggles, because there is no explanation given:
When he reached home, he took a knife and cut up his concubine, limb by limb, into twelve parts and sent them into all the areas of Israel.
-Genesis 19:29
I can go on and on. It just blows my mind how people look to this book for moral direction, when it’s anything but that! Shame on you if you consider this book sacred. Sick!
Ha, these are the best verses! These quotes prove that religious people don’t actually believe in god or the bible, religious people only believe what they want to believe. Thats why they pick and choose which verses in the bible to follow, and which verses to ignore.
you guys onan and seele do understand that the new testament is what christians live by, right? the old testament at times reads as a history book, its not that it condones any of it, it just lays out what evil had been in the world.
Wow lots of info. I usually never reply but for goodness sake I must speak. These quotes could easily lead a young child astray. The scripture is read in books, not single verses. If I said I laid with my dog it could easily be misinterpreted depending on who read it. Unless I later explained that he always slept at the corner of my bed. Egyptians used to use alligator dung for contraception. Do we do that now? Do we even argue the point? No! Thayt’s just the way it was. Same as the old testament. I hope you all realize that is the reason for the new testament. It was obvious to God even way back then that those old principles would be impossible today. The evils are revealed on purpose, to learn from them. That is why we can even have law today, by learning from the mistakes of old. It is better to be reminded or we will forget and do it all again.
why does thes kids onan and others reason the bible on the negative side,stop trying to lead kids a stray .God is real accept it,you can live by the old testament its all about things in the past they don’t and cant happen anymore we have different laws and practices now from then,then those things were normal according to our law niw its illegal.Stop questioning God.PEACE
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Comment by love jesus on August 17, 2011 @ 12:18 pm
children call it the way they see it. They don’t hold back to be polite like adults. Elisha was bald because he had a shaved head. He was mourning…17th of tammuz is the beginning of 21 days of mourning ending on the 9th of Av. 21 more days brings you to the end of the year… INGATHERING. Each bear averaged 21 kills for a total of 42. This is also the 127 days (provinces) plus one week feast of King Ahasuerus (Esther 1)…134 days from Passover (Nisan 15). It is also one month after a major feast. Just as Moses and Hezekiah understood that the feast of Tabernacles could be celebrated a month later, this ingathering feast is exactly one month after the true Pentecost which was 102 days after Passover (Elijah called for a captain plus 50=51 to be struck dead twice over for a total of 102). Ingathering is at the turn of the year. Elul is the new year for tithing animals. Ingathering happens a day before this obscure new year. New wine needs to go into new wine skins! peter lindner
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Comment by peter lindner on August 21, 2011 @ 8:46 pm
There is nothing brilliant, shocking, insightful, or challenging posted here. In fact, there’s nothing posted here that hasn’t been posted a bazillion other places in much the same fashion. These out-of-context verses from the bible don’t prove anything, don’t reveal anything, and don’t change anything. Words taken out of context typically sound odd and make little sense–especially ones coming from a completely different time and culture. Duh.
Contrary to the popular opinion of most commenters here; these verses actually DO make sense when read in context of their cultural/historical/religious background and are in no way “faith shaking” to any research-capable bible-believer. I would say any person with an 8th grade reading level could Google and find the historical background information and/or commentary needed to understand what was going on, or being communicated, in most any of these verses in under 30 minutes.
My motivation in responding is not to so much to defend the bible, Christianity, Judaism, or Theism of any stripe—though I am a bible-believing Christian myself. It is to address the rampant, willful, embarrassing ignorance displayed in the comments here. Come on folks–don’t go out of your way to make a big deal about something you have never even attempted to understand. Sheesh! Its 2011 get with the program. Take a class. Read a book. Google something for crying out loud!
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Comment by Erica on September 26, 2011 @ 6:36 am
@Erica I would love to see your interpretation of these verses.
Hahah its. Funny how everyone acts when it comes to this lol. Seriously we all are human and no matter what the world is just going to spin around and around . this —- makes me laugh yes I was born to be rose in the christain society im still am but why cnt the world just be happy and love everyone? Why get pissed at someones religon its just a —-ing word . Alll the catholic or christian people care about is money money money . Why the hell we cant just appreicate the lord or whatever without sorrow and money….most of you freaking christain are the main ones —-ing up the world by killing and other stuff if god really love us he wouldnt make us cry . If all you people were so much into him then listen to him go ahead and be amish because oviously they are the main ones abiding the bible because eveyone does not follow the bible yall go out lying ,gossiping, not fasting,were more than one linen?, getting your ears pierced, getting tattos,slaying animals ,putting makeup on ,idolising celeberties, hating on people ,not praying everyday ,being greedy yall are would be stoned if you were doing all this…..—- so much just going to say etc..The dude yall fussing at does got a point yall people just dont want to admit it you guys are to much into it…i might not make since to others but I dnt care I just like letting my feelings out
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Comment by Courtney on October 9, 2011 @ 8:29 am
Ummmmmmmmmmm dose any body here realize that most orf these are about sex imean whats so strange about sex in the bible god gave it to us to use for good but this mess of a world( wich was intended to be good) twisted it and turned it into a way to treat your body poorly and mis use it ugggggg it makes me mad
In response to an earlier comment by erica, she was saying that we need to look at the bible in accordance to the time period it was set in, and analyze the words and meanings that way. The way that i understand it, god is supposed to be all knowing and can see the past, present, and future and all that jazz. The question i pose is why would a being who knows how humans are going to evolve not create a document or perhaps several documents that allow his word to be more clearly expressed the way he would like us to read it regardless of the time period it is being read in? Why would he allow mass confusion and countless arguments to be made about the context of the stories and the definition of the words in his own sacred document? If god really wants us to know him and love him why would he make his medium (the bible) so darn confusing – and there really is no denying that it can be a severely confusing read at some points – to modern day human beings? Quite frankly the old – we have to look at it in the context of the times – excuse is getting very stale. If somebody would like to intelligently answer my question without using (here’s another good one)the – old nobody really knows what god is up to – excuse i would be much obliged and take your answer into thoughtful consideration. Thank you
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Comment by Johnson on November 2, 2011 @ 8:30 pm
My name is Dino, I am 16 years old, and I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I testify to you that I know that there is a God, for I have heard his voice. He is our father, and he loves us and wants us to grow and become like him. I testify to you that I know the Bible is the word of God, and that it is a true record and a testament of Jesus Christ. I also testify that God continues to speak to us today, and that any man, women, or child who studies the scriptures with real intent and asks God if they are true can receive their own personal testimony of their truthfulness. I know these things for myself because I have studied the scriptures and have asked God to reveal to me whether or not they are true, and he has answered my prayers, and I cannot deny it. This knowledge is something that cannot be obtained by any amount of debating or arguing, for instance, how many people have changed their minds because of the comments posted here? It can’t be done, men can only gain a sure knowledge of whether or not God is real and what he wants us to do by asking him and receiving their own spiritual conformation of the truth. This is not all that has been revealed to me, I have received a witness of many other truths which are found in The Church of Jesus Christ, but I don’t want to turn this into a debate about religions, I just wanted you all to know that I know the Bible is real. Sorry if I made anyone angry, I didn’t mean to, but I couldn’t just stand by and watch while something so important to me was being discussed. Thanks.
I grow tired looking at these guys who loves to create distortion, fighting, and offensive arguments… If you guys doesn’t want to believe the Word of God, at least stop making a pointless debate… Point at making peace and joy in this world and become blessing to all living being… It is not the nature of the human to fight each other. Only devil, who wants us to destroy each other out of revenge.
@Dino, well, unlike you, I never had such vision or any divine sign from God directly. But, I do believe in Him, love Him, with all that I am… And if you see anyone who seemed complained about God’s wisdom, HAHAHA!! Ecclesiastes 3:11, NOT EVEN A SINGLE HUMAN CAN SEE THROUGH GOD’S WAY OF THINKING…
Also, about why there is good and evil? Surely to keep the balance of the world. World isn’t paradise, those guys who complained about this actually have no right to complain.
Abput Ismael, well, the first, God do not like polygamy, and only told to Abraham to wait until Sara give birth to a child, a promised child. But, Abraham disobeyed His order and take hagar instead… Now, he reap what he sow… God never ordered Abraham to take hagar as his concubine…
Only a stupid naive little child who complain about why there’s good and evil in this world
God is master of Xanatos Gambit. No matter what action taken by human and devil, it WILL NOT FAIL God’s plan. It means that everything we did will always benefit God somehow… Read about xanatos gambit in tvtropes, then compare them to God’s works.
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Comment by johnson joseph toxhine on November 15, 2011 @ 6:50 am
It seems that the author of this blog posted this only out of his own perversion and not out of any desire for Gods word to be know; are you a Christian if the motive of you heart is to causes lust to be inflamed in the hearts of saints?
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Comment by christian nation on November 15, 2011 @ 8:22 am
No one is sprouting wings and flying to the sky to spend eternity on a fluffy cloud. Religion is man-made crap just like royalty and marriage. It was fabricated to justify war and other perversions. All christians are brain-dead idiots and I am sick and tired of mainstream media and politicians using this book as a Morality Meter.
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Comment by Avery C. on November 30, 2011 @ 8:24 pm
Man-made crap…
Religion teaches us to be morally responsible. The abuse of religion oppresses. Without religion, we cannot believe in the non-scientific concepts of justice, mercy, and compassion.
Government teaches us to be socially responsible. The abuse of government oppresses. Without government, we cannot trust, build, or work together in groups bigger than, what, 2?
Marriage teaches us to be familially responsible. The abuse of marriage oppresses. Without marriage men use sex only for entertainment and leave the cost and work of raising children to women.
Funny how Avery C. used the Internet, which wouldn’t exist without religion, royalty, and marriage, to promote his disdain for religion, royalty, and marriage.
As for me, may the Lord save me from rational anarchy that seeks to avoid personal responsibility. But, for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
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Comment by Yup_Me on December 12, 2011 @ 10:14 pm
Hi Mortad, Eusebio, Dreams, Franklin and Isaac, etc
I want to believe in God – but like any decent person, I must keep an open mind in order to truly understand. Can you please rebutt any of Chucks comments with a proper analysis of what it means and/or why it is written in the bible? You all say they’re taken out of context – so please help me understand the real context. Please explain what any of them mean, in context – or give me a reference to where they are explained (internet or published book preferably).
Is the old testament the word of God?
Is the new testament the word of God?
Does the old testament just tell me of the evil of the world, or does it really have a message?
I want to understand, but I understand by analysing facts. I really hope you can help me. If you are truly messengers of God then you will do your best to help me.
No jibes from the atheists please.
The Asker
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Comment by The Asker on December 31, 2011 @ 3:05 pm
You have to think that the Deuteronomy 25:11-12 verse, about how a woman should have her hand cut off if she intervenes in a fight by grabbing the testicles of the man fighting her husband, is a situation that actually happened to the person who wrote the verse.
I mean, why else would anyone write that? In fact, that’s what makes it so incredibly funny. You can just imagine this guy in ancient times who lost a fight with another guy, because the other guy’s wife ran in at the last moment, just as he was getting the upper hand, and crushed his balls!
This is something he obviously wouldn’t forget, so when he got the chance to write about it, he recommended that any woman doing this again should have her hand cut off without mercy. Hilarious, but very human, and nothing whatsoever to do with religion – at least, I hope it doesn’t.
There are a few things I would like to address here. Things that a lot of people tend to forget. One, regardless of whether anyone believes in the bible or not, is gay, of another religion,etc…never forget the words of Jesus himself, who when asked by the pharisees which commandment was most important, and to which he replied..”Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” That one statement, if realized, would solve a lot of problems today by those who think they know all about god’s will, or that they have the right to pass judgement because they believe in jesus. We were also told to love our enemies, which tells me that whether or not god agrees with homosexuality, I am to treat a gay person with love and respect. Jesus also said that before we judge others, we are to look at ourselves and clean up our own lives, hence let he who is without sin throw the first stone. As far as the man claiming we can never know the mind of god, sorry, jesus knew the mind of god, and he states himself that all of the things he has done, you shall be able to do and more. God loves every one of us in this world, whether black, white, muslim, gay, etc…he has given us all free will to live our lives in the way we choose, even if we choose to deny him, and I consider that the ultimate example of god’s love, so it is nobody’s right to tell another how to live their life unless it harms another. Marching against abortion clinics, persecuting gays, does nothing but stand between them and a personal relationship with their creator, because lets think about it people, are these people really going to give a crap about god, the bible, etc, if his followers do these things? No they probably won’t, and because of that you take away their chance at repentance, a chance to seek forgiveness, and to have a relationship with god. Jesus dined with harlots, romans, tax collectors, etc, and when asked he said, because these are the people that need saving. The only people he judged were the know it all zealots, who were doing silly things in the name of god, which is a lot of what religious protestors are doing now. I believe in god, but I would never dare claim to speak for him, or judge another of his creations because I am not perfect myself.
Who would have guessed that the old testament could be so fun to read? There sure was a whole lot of testical crushing and mutilation goin’ on back in those days. No wonder why the Big Man was so pissed off.
» Comment by jason on December 6, 2006 @ 10:16 amFun to read maybe, but not to experience. I wince just reading some of those verses.
» Comment by dan on December 6, 2006 @ 10:19 am“Strange” verses, it appears, just means verses that have to do with genitals or sex, or “baldheaded.” Yes, there’s some of that in the Bible. I guess I’m just kind of nonplussed by having them listed. Looking around at the world today, I don’t think these verses need be avoided in preaching, but might in fact be particularly relevant and useful, in some cases. I’ve heard the “bald head” verse read and discussed in a Sunday School lesson.
» Comment by DaveH on December 7, 2006 @ 7:11 amOr verses about streaking, death or circumcision, all of which make for rather strange verses. That’s the point of the list. I’ve also heard the bald head verse discussed in Sunday school, but that’s 1 out of 10, and there are dozens of other strange verses that could have taken its place. The Bible (especially the Old Testament) has loads of odd verses, and while they don’t need to be avoided, most of them are. All of that aside, the main reason I posted this is that I think it’s cool that people are blogging about the Bible at all.
» Comment by dan on December 7, 2006 @ 10:06 amThankfully it’s the old testament unto which we no longer follow. The only things we follow from the old testament are references that Jesus makes. I read and study the old testament to gain perspectives on creation and to also learn about older Jewish traditions and the pretext of early Christendom.
» Comment by chad on December 7, 2006 @ 4:50 pmThe NET version of Ezekiel 23:19-20 is hilarious! I guess Jewish men in them days were hung!
» Comment by chad on December 7, 2006 @ 4:52 pmI just found a similar (if not the same) post here:
http://www.churchhopping.com/ten-verses-never-preached-on/
» Comment by danithew on December 8, 2006 @ 9:44 amOh … heh. You link to them. I didn’t see that. By total coincidence I found another link to that site after reading this. My bad.
» Comment by danithew on December 8, 2006 @ 9:45 amONLY 10?
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN SPEED READING AND MISSED 1000′S!
» Comment by WES PARSONS on December 30, 2006 @ 12:43 pmNo one ever said there were only 10.
» Comment by dan on December 31, 2006 @ 7:27 amWhat I find even stranger than these verses is the fact that Abraham and Sarah couldn’t have children, so Sarah sent Hagar, her maid, unto her husband so that he may procreate. After bearing Ismael, God suddenly decides that he will make Sarah fertile, whereupon Sarah sends Hagar and Ismael away (the muslim faith forms 600 years later). So… did all powerful God (who is actually Jesus if we buy into the revelations of some churches) actually start the conflict between christians and muslims on purpose? He is ALL KNOWING, meaning that he sees the future as well as all other things. So, if he knows all things he must have known the repercussions of such an act and willed it to be so. He sure could have saved us a lot of trouble. Maybe by doing this thing he was assured of the certainty of the apocalypse! That must be it!
» Comment by Dennis Paul Hastings on April 24, 2009 @ 1:41 amThey are very interesting verses and fun to enjoy.
» Comment by Jake on August 31, 2009 @ 9:52 pmRight, and this is why I don’t believe in the invisible man in the sky.
» Comment by Dethfan on April 2, 2010 @ 8:58 pmThe Bible is an amazing book, the old and the new testaments are relevant today. It is awesome how much more God reveals to us when we read it prayerfully and how much we can learn about the character of Him. As strange as these verses may appear to be there is a lesson in each one of them for us.
» Comment by Momo Hunt on May 3, 2010 @ 9:04 amI will never understand how people can defend something like this? They’re mental! The whole lot! Thinking about moving to Island where mentals like that are a true minority! And I live in Norway; a country that should be a haven for free-thinkers, but alas, the mentals are here too. But we will fight them!
» Comment by Angus Young on June 1, 2010 @ 2:38 pmI think John 15:9 is the strangest verse. “As the Father has loved Me, I also love you, abide in My love.”
» Comment by Jordan Adams on July 16, 2010 @ 6:11 pm10. and 9. i dont get. but
» Comment by larry on November 14, 2010 @ 8:43 am8.the third is talking about castration.
7. he was to hav sex with his brothers wife. he knew tht th wifes husband wuld think it was his (th husbands) sin. even though it wuldnt b. he wasted his semen on th ground and got caught.
6. not hard at all. to bcome th son in law (by marriage of sauls daughter), he had to get the foreskins.
5. im guessing tht th foreskin matched some quality on moses and she said he was her huspand
4. this one really isnt tht hard to understand at all
3. Donkey shows!
2.this one is not tht hard. he stabbed himself in his abdomen(wer the intestines reside) and dung came out.
1.i think th last one speaks of seduction
The problem with most people is that we have a habbit of reading God’s word at one glance. Of course these verses ae weired, because you haven’t sought the deeper meening to them.Stop limiting God to logic… rather judge Him by His wisdom. HE is Alpha, Omega and everything inbetween and He is the meaning behind all these verses too. Jesus loves you everyone… Rock on!!!
» Comment by Phelokazi on November 30, 2010 @ 5:05 amI have read the bible in HEBREW, ARABIC AND THE KINGS ENGLISH.. and have read interpretations, explanations, looked over many versions and studied countless debates, looked at the allegory, symbolism, metaphors and basic church concepts of the bible, and after all this I find that this could in no way be a holy book.
It’s said that Jesus died for our sins, and when last I checked..sin is evil…and with that in mind..let’s start here.
If evil is a bad thing, then WHY DOES THE BIBLE GOD TAKE CREDIT FOR IT?
Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. So The bible God is responsible for the creation of evil…let’s go further…
1. Genesis 3:15 And I will put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. THIS WORD (ENMITY) IN HEBREW IS “AYBAH’ AND MEANS “HATE” OR HOSTILITY. SO HATE WAS STARTED BY THE BIBLE GOD.
2. THE BIBLE GOD CONDONES MASS GENOCIDE 1 Samuel 15:2-3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. HE SAID KILL THE INFANTS AND THE ANIMAL!
3. IF YOU CHEAT ON YOUR HUSBAND THEN YOU BOTH ARE TO ME PUT TO DEATH
Leviticus 20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ISLAMIC PRACTICE!
4. A PROPHET OF GOD SENDS 2 FEMALE BEARS TO KILL 42 CHILDREN FOR CALLING HIM “BALD HEAD”
2 Kings 2:23-25 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. NOW WHY WOULD A LOVING AND CARING HAPPY BIBLE GOD ALLOW TWO BIG SHE BEARS TO MAUL 42 KIDS? THE KIND OF BIBLE GOD THAT CONDONES BABY KILLINGS!
5. A PROPHET OF THE BIBLE GOD KING DAVID, CELEBRATES THE FACT OF SMASHING BABIES AGAINST ROCKS!
Psalm 137:8-9 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. NOW YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A NUCLEAR PHYSICIST TO SEE THIS IS CLEARLY MAKING REFERENCE TO BABIES OR YOUNG CHILDREN.
6. THE BIBLE GOD APPARENTLY LIKE TO STIR UP JEALOUSY:
Isaiah 42:13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. I THOUGHT JEALOUSY WAS A BAD THING? OH THAT’S RIGHT, THE BIBLE GOD SAY’S HIS NAME IS JEALOUS IN Exodus 34:13-14 SO NEVER MIND!
7. IF A SON STRIKES HIS MOTHER OR FATHER, HE IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH: Exodus 21:15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. NOW WHAT IF THE FATHER WAS MOLESTING HIS SON AND HIS SON FIGHTS BACK BY STRIKING THE FATHER?
8. NOT ONLY DOES THE BIBLE GOD SENDS JEALOUSY, HE ALSO LIKES TO SEND EVIL SPIRITS ON PEOPLE:
1 Samuel 16:13-16 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
9.THIS IS REALLY BAD, LOOK AT WHAT THE BIBLE GOD SAYS HERE! Isaiah 13:15-18 Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. (RAPED) Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. Their bows ( THE BOW AND ARROW) also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; (UN-BORN BABIES) their eyes shall not spare children. THIS IS A MESS!
10. HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THAT IT DOES NOT SAY “THOU SHALT NOT EAT YOUR KIDS” THIS IS WHY…
Jeremiah 19:9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them. AND READ THIS..
2 Kings 6:25-29 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver. And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
SO THESE MOTHERS KILLED, BOILED AND ATE THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE OF A PLAGUE THAT THE BIBLE GOD SENT!
11. YOU CAN TELL WHO REALLY TRUST IN THE LORD..HOW? BECAUSE THEY ARE FAT PEOPLE:
Proverbs 28:25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
12. IF A MAN HAS DAMAGED TESTICLES OR HIS PENIS HAS BEEN CUT OFF..HE CAN’T ENTER INTO THE TABERNACLE OF THE BIBLE GOD:
Deuteronomy 23:1 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. LOL!!!!
13. IF YOU HAVE A HARD HEADED CHILD YOUNG OR OLD, HE CAN BE STONED UNTIL HE IS DEAD:
Deuteronomy 21:18-21 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. SO KIDS!!! WATCH OUT!
14. IF THE BIBLE IS THE CREATORS WORDS..AND IT’S TRUE AND SHOULD BE BELIEVED, THEN WHY DOESN’T THE ALL KNOWING BIBLE GOD REALIZE THAT A BAT IS IN NO WAY RELATED OR LIKENED TO BIRDS?
Leviticus 11:13-19 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; Every raven after his kind; And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. “THE WHAT!! BATS ARE MAMMALS, WITH BREAST, FUR, TEETH AND DON’T HAVE WINGS SUCH AS FEATHERS” AND NONE OF THESE FOWLS MENTIONED HAVE TEETH, BREAST THAT BRING FORTH MILK NOR HAVE FUR…IS THE BIBLE GOD WRONG, THE SCRIBES WHO WROTE IT WRONG OR WAS IT THE TRANSLATOR WHO TRANSLATED IT WRONG?
15. THIS ONE IS PARTICULARLY UNSETTLING..THE PROPHET OF THE BIBLE GOD GOES OUT AND COMMITS MASS MURDER:
Numbers 31:15-18And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. 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. SO THE BIBLE GOD CONDONES AND ALLOWS FULLY GROWN SOLDIERS TO KILL EVERY BOY AND KILL EVERY WOMAN THAT WAS NOT A VIRGIN, BUT ALL THE LITTLE GIRLS, “VIRGINS” THEY CAN KEEP ALIVE FOR THEMSELVES I THOUGHT THE MUSLIMS WERE PERVERTED, AT LEAST THE MUSLIMS BELIEVE THEY GET THE VIRGINS IN HEAVEN..BUT THE JEW AND CHRISTIAN THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE BIBLE GET THEM HERE ON EARTH.
I can go on and on, there are hundreds of sick and sadistic chapters in the bible worst than these..so you should ask yourself, IS THIS S**T THE WORD OF GOD? you be the judge:
» Comment by CHUCK on December 6, 2010 @ 12:55 amWhat a Garbage, Chuck sounds like a failed liar who can barely google a few verses and hope to make his point loaded with emotions by writing uppercase.
» Comment by Mortad on January 18, 2011 @ 8:48 pmOnly a dummy kid can try to fool the educated with his freestyle interpretation of Proverbs 28:25 which really means being fully satisfied, not of food but of the Spirit of the Lord. I speak English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Tamazight and none of the other translations use the word fat.
All the points above were already answered and critically justified. Discussion remains enjoyable with people of knowledge. Cheers.
“All the points above were already answered and critically justified.”
» Comment by Jesu on January 30, 2011 @ 1:20 pmWhere? By whom? Link please, otherwise this refutation sounds weak.
Never heard preaching on those verses? Want to hear them? 1) Go to a church where the Bible is taught, not just read. 2)Change your attitude when you approach the Bible. Otherwise your heart will conclude things more bizarre than what you call bizarre (1 Cor. 2:14). 3)Learn to always see a verse or portion within its context. All those texts have a cultural and historic background which ought to be undestood in order to understand the text. Since you ignored these, you have come to very ignorant conclusions, even because you are intelligent, yet uninformed in areas in which you are ignorant. 4) Ask those who know what you don’t know, and admit that you don’t know everything. Notice this: “2 Peter 3:16 (NASB-U)
» Comment by eusebio on February 5, 2011 @ 6:28 am[16] … speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction”. Try the above and then respond to my email address.
Chuck needs some help with his Bible reading,He is one of those types of people who because they dont believe in GOD they want to mock him and take verses from the Bible and misinterpret what it truly means.you cant take verses from the Bible without first reading the entire chapter.And Chuck I suggest you go to Church and learn about GOD Because someday even if you dont believe it YOU will confess God is Lord the Bible says all knees will bowel and every tongue will confess So may I suggest you give your life to the Lord now and save yourself major major torement in Hell for an eternity. Go to JOHN 3:16
» Comment by Dreams on February 14, 2011 @ 4:52 amYes he is really distorted in understanding of the scriptures. Don’t just quote a verse and make a conclusion based on it. Read the whole Book in the bible and the Holy Spirit will teach you clearly about them. LOL I suppose you read “and Jesus wept”(John 11:35) and may as well conclude that Jesus is a CRY CRY BABY.
These are spiritual things and your problem is that you are very shallow in reading the scriptures and you are also carnal; and the Bible says:
14But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. 15But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one. 16For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:14)
Go and repent or you will be damned forever in the Lake of fire.
» Comment by franklin on February 16, 2011 @ 11:19 amNow now guys, take it easy. Jesus said to love others, not damn them to hell.
» Comment by Dan on February 16, 2011 @ 12:40 pmI believe the Bible is generally grossly misinterpreted, stripped of it’s historical context and it’s verses used irresponsibly to justify ideology.
The Bible is very much and examination of culture at the time and the challenges they faced in the context of their lives. Instead of using universal teachings and applying them to contemporary life people take literal chunks of text and impose them on the modern world.
~ Chuck is a retarded
» Comment by Isaac on March 16, 2011 @ 7:21 amSOME OF YOUR WORDS ARE TWISTED IT IS NOT THE TRUTH SOME IS A LITTLE TRUTH PRAY AND ASK THE LORD GOD FOR FORGIVENESS
» Comment by NA on April 2, 2011 @ 9:23 pmI READ THE HOLY BIBLE AND SOME IS FALSE SOME IS KINDA TRUE PLEASE STOP TWISTING THE WORD OF GOD BUT TELL THE TRUTH
» Comment by NA on April 2, 2011 @ 9:24 pmThe whole book is strange and ridiculous. All dogma is.
» Comment by Phoebe on May 4, 2011 @ 5:17 pmHa hah strange indeed! Very good list but there are countless others. I list but a few:
Eating your own dung and drinking your own pee:
But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? Hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?
-Isaiah 36:12
God wants to rub your face in dung:
Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and ye shall be taken away with it.
-Malachi 2:3
Attention girls, how to have sex with your daddy without him even remembering it:
And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
-Genesis 19:33
Apparently God’s angels are beefed-up studs because in this verse a whole town of men want to have sex with two angels:
Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. They called to Lot, Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.
-Genesis 19:4-5
A perverted father offers up his two virgin and incestuous daughters for a gangbang to all the men of his town:
Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.
-Genesis 19:8
A town of horny men gang-rape and have their way with a whore all night and in the morning she dies:
But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go. At daybreak the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, fell down at the door and lay there until daylight.
-Genesis 19:25-26
A sicko cuts up his whore in 12 pieces and sends the pieces all over the city and apparently just for giggles, because there is no explanation given:
When he reached home, he took a knife and cut up his concubine, limb by limb, into twelve parts and sent them into all the areas of Israel.
-Genesis 19:29
I can go on and on. It just blows my mind how people look to this book for moral direction, when it’s anything but that! Shame on you if you consider this book sacred. Sick!
» Comment by Onan The Masturbator on May 26, 2011 @ 11:34 pmHa, these are the best verses! These quotes prove that religious people don’t actually believe in god or the bible, religious people only believe what they want to believe. Thats why they pick and choose which verses in the bible to follow, and which verses to ignore.
» Comment by Seele on June 1, 2011 @ 8:16 amyou guys onan and seele do understand that the new testament is what christians live by, right? the old testament at times reads as a history book, its not that it condones any of it, it just lays out what evil had been in the world.
» Comment by taylor on July 22, 2011 @ 8:17 pmPeople God is not a person or a thing….he is the creator of ALL ! …we will never understand him …
» Comment by allyako on August 3, 2011 @ 3:01 pmWow lots of info. I usually never reply but for goodness sake I must speak. These quotes could easily lead a young child astray. The scripture is read in books, not single verses. If I said I laid with my dog it could easily be misinterpreted depending on who read it. Unless I later explained that he always slept at the corner of my bed. Egyptians used to use alligator dung for contraception. Do we do that now? Do we even argue the point? No! Thayt’s just the way it was. Same as the old testament. I hope you all realize that is the reason for the new testament. It was obvious to God even way back then that those old principles would be impossible today. The evils are revealed on purpose, to learn from them. That is why we can even have law today, by learning from the mistakes of old. It is better to be reminded or we will forget and do it all again.
» Comment by wow on August 13, 2011 @ 1:50 amwhy does thes kids onan and others reason the bible on the negative side,stop trying to lead kids a stray .God is real accept it,you can live by the old testament its all about things in the past they don’t and cant happen anymore we have different laws and practices now from then,then those things were normal according to our law niw its illegal.Stop questioning God.PEACE
» Comment by love jesus on August 17, 2011 @ 12:18 pmchildren call it the way they see it. They don’t hold back to be polite like adults. Elisha was bald because he had a shaved head. He was mourning…17th of tammuz is the beginning of 21 days of mourning ending on the 9th of Av. 21 more days brings you to the end of the year… INGATHERING. Each bear averaged 21 kills for a total of 42. This is also the 127 days (provinces) plus one week feast of King Ahasuerus (Esther 1)…134 days from Passover (Nisan 15). It is also one month after a major feast. Just as Moses and Hezekiah understood that the feast of Tabernacles could be celebrated a month later, this ingathering feast is exactly one month after the true Pentecost which was 102 days after Passover (Elijah called for a captain plus 50=51 to be struck dead twice over for a total of 102). Ingathering is at the turn of the year. Elul is the new year for tithing animals. Ingathering happens a day before this obscure new year. New wine needs to go into new wine skins! peter lindner
» Comment by peter lindner on August 21, 2011 @ 8:46 pmThere is nothing brilliant, shocking, insightful, or challenging posted here. In fact, there’s nothing posted here that hasn’t been posted a bazillion other places in much the same fashion. These out-of-context verses from the bible don’t prove anything, don’t reveal anything, and don’t change anything. Words taken out of context typically sound odd and make little sense–especially ones coming from a completely different time and culture. Duh.
Contrary to the popular opinion of most commenters here; these verses actually DO make sense when read in context of their cultural/historical/religious background and are in no way “faith shaking” to any research-capable bible-believer. I would say any person with an 8th grade reading level could Google and find the historical background information and/or commentary needed to understand what was going on, or being communicated, in most any of these verses in under 30 minutes.
My motivation in responding is not to so much to defend the bible, Christianity, Judaism, or Theism of any stripe—though I am a bible-believing Christian myself. It is to address the rampant, willful, embarrassing ignorance displayed in the comments here. Come on folks–don’t go out of your way to make a big deal about something you have never even attempted to understand. Sheesh! Its 2011 get with the program. Take a class. Read a book. Google something for crying out loud!
» Comment by Erica on September 26, 2011 @ 6:36 am@Erica I would love to see your interpretation of these verses.
» Comment by Dan on September 26, 2011 @ 8:49 amHahah its. Funny how everyone acts when it comes to this lol. Seriously we all are human and no matter what the world is just going to spin around and around . this —- makes me laugh yes I was born to be rose in the christain society im still am but why cnt the world just be happy and love everyone? Why get pissed at someones religon its just a —-ing word . Alll the catholic or christian people care about is money money money . Why the hell we cant just appreicate the lord or whatever without sorrow and money….most of you freaking christain are the main ones —-ing up the world by killing and other stuff if god really love us he wouldnt make us cry . If all you people were so much into him then listen to him go ahead and be amish because oviously they are the main ones abiding the bible because eveyone does not follow the bible yall go out lying ,gossiping, not fasting,were more than one linen?, getting your ears pierced, getting tattos,slaying animals ,putting makeup on ,idolising celeberties, hating on people ,not praying everyday ,being greedy yall are would be stoned if you were doing all this…..—- so much just going to say etc..The dude yall fussing at does got a point yall people just dont want to admit it you guys are to much into it…i might not make since to others but I dnt care I just like letting my feelings out
» Comment by Courtney on October 9, 2011 @ 8:29 amUmmmmmmmmmmm dose any body here realize that most orf these are about sex imean whats so strange about sex in the bible god gave it to us to use for good but this mess of a world( wich was intended to be good) twisted it and turned it into a way to treat your body poorly and mis use it ugggggg it makes me mad
» Comment by josia on October 19, 2011 @ 11:48 amIn response to an earlier comment by erica, she was saying that we need to look at the bible in accordance to the time period it was set in, and analyze the words and meanings that way. The way that i understand it, god is supposed to be all knowing and can see the past, present, and future and all that jazz. The question i pose is why would a being who knows how humans are going to evolve not create a document or perhaps several documents that allow his word to be more clearly expressed the way he would like us to read it regardless of the time period it is being read in? Why would he allow mass confusion and countless arguments to be made about the context of the stories and the definition of the words in his own sacred document? If god really wants us to know him and love him why would he make his medium (the bible) so darn confusing – and there really is no denying that it can be a severely confusing read at some points – to modern day human beings? Quite frankly the old – we have to look at it in the context of the times – excuse is getting very stale. If somebody would like to intelligently answer my question without using (here’s another good one)the – old nobody really knows what god is up to – excuse i would be much obliged and take your answer into thoughtful consideration. Thank you
» Comment by Johnson on November 2, 2011 @ 8:30 pmMy name is Dino, I am 16 years old, and I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I testify to you that I know that there is a God, for I have heard his voice. He is our father, and he loves us and wants us to grow and become like him. I testify to you that I know the Bible is the word of God, and that it is a true record and a testament of Jesus Christ. I also testify that God continues to speak to us today, and that any man, women, or child who studies the scriptures with real intent and asks God if they are true can receive their own personal testimony of their truthfulness. I know these things for myself because I have studied the scriptures and have asked God to reveal to me whether or not they are true, and he has answered my prayers, and I cannot deny it. This knowledge is something that cannot be obtained by any amount of debating or arguing, for instance, how many people have changed their minds because of the comments posted here? It can’t be done, men can only gain a sure knowledge of whether or not God is real and what he wants us to do by asking him and receiving their own spiritual conformation of the truth. This is not all that has been revealed to me, I have received a witness of many other truths which are found in The Church of Jesus Christ, but I don’t want to turn this into a debate about religions, I just wanted you all to know that I know the Bible is real. Sorry if I made anyone angry, I didn’t mean to, but I couldn’t just stand by and watch while something so important to me was being discussed. Thanks.
» Comment by Dino on November 9, 2011 @ 1:41 pmI grow tired looking at these guys who loves to create distortion, fighting, and offensive arguments… If you guys doesn’t want to believe the Word of God, at least stop making a pointless debate… Point at making peace and joy in this world and become blessing to all living being… It is not the nature of the human to fight each other. Only devil, who wants us to destroy each other out of revenge.
@Dino, well, unlike you, I never had such vision or any divine sign from God directly. But, I do believe in Him, love Him, with all that I am… And if you see anyone who seemed complained about God’s wisdom, HAHAHA!! Ecclesiastes 3:11, NOT EVEN A SINGLE HUMAN CAN SEE THROUGH GOD’S WAY OF THINKING…
Also, about why there is good and evil? Surely to keep the balance of the world. World isn’t paradise, those guys who complained about this actually have no right to complain.
Abput Ismael, well, the first, God do not like polygamy, and only told to Abraham to wait until Sara give birth to a child, a promised child. But, Abraham disobeyed His order and take hagar instead… Now, he reap what he sow… God never ordered Abraham to take hagar as his concubine…
Only a stupid naive little child who complain about why there’s good and evil in this world
God is master of Xanatos Gambit. No matter what action taken by human and devil, it WILL NOT FAIL God’s plan. It means that everything we did will always benefit God somehow… Read about xanatos gambit in tvtropes, then compare them to God’s works.
» Comment by Billy on November 9, 2011 @ 10:12 pmgood verse
» Comment by johnson joseph toxhine on November 15, 2011 @ 6:50 amIt seems that the author of this blog posted this only out of his own perversion and not out of any desire for Gods word to be know; are you a Christian if the motive of you heart is to causes lust to be inflamed in the hearts of saints?
» Comment by christian nation on November 15, 2011 @ 8:22 amHow is quoting the Bible perverse?
» Comment by Dan on November 15, 2011 @ 8:31 amNo one is sprouting wings and flying to the sky to spend eternity on a fluffy cloud. Religion is man-made crap just like royalty and marriage. It was fabricated to justify war and other perversions. All christians are brain-dead idiots and I am sick and tired of mainstream media and politicians using this book as a Morality Meter.
» Comment by Avery C. on November 30, 2011 @ 8:24 pmMan-made crap…
Religion teaches us to be morally responsible. The abuse of religion oppresses. Without religion, we cannot believe in the non-scientific concepts of justice, mercy, and compassion.
Government teaches us to be socially responsible. The abuse of government oppresses. Without government, we cannot trust, build, or work together in groups bigger than, what, 2?
Marriage teaches us to be familially responsible. The abuse of marriage oppresses. Without marriage men use sex only for entertainment and leave the cost and work of raising children to women.
Funny how Avery C. used the Internet, which wouldn’t exist without religion, royalty, and marriage, to promote his disdain for religion, royalty, and marriage.
As for me, may the Lord save me from rational anarchy that seeks to avoid personal responsibility. But, for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
» Comment by Yup_Me on December 12, 2011 @ 10:14 pmHi Mortad, Eusebio, Dreams, Franklin and Isaac, etc
I want to believe in God – but like any decent person, I must keep an open mind in order to truly understand. Can you please rebutt any of Chucks comments with a proper analysis of what it means and/or why it is written in the bible? You all say they’re taken out of context – so please help me understand the real context. Please explain what any of them mean, in context – or give me a reference to where they are explained (internet or published book preferably).
Is the old testament the word of God?
Is the new testament the word of God?
Does the old testament just tell me of the evil of the world, or does it really have a message?
I want to understand, but I understand by analysing facts. I really hope you can help me. If you are truly messengers of God then you will do your best to help me.
No jibes from the atheists please.
The Asker
» Comment by The Asker on December 31, 2011 @ 3:05 pmYou have to think that the Deuteronomy 25:11-12 verse, about how a woman should have her hand cut off if she intervenes in a fight by grabbing the testicles of the man fighting her husband, is a situation that actually happened to the person who wrote the verse.
I mean, why else would anyone write that? In fact, that’s what makes it so incredibly funny. You can just imagine this guy in ancient times who lost a fight with another guy, because the other guy’s wife ran in at the last moment, just as he was getting the upper hand, and crushed his balls!
This is something he obviously wouldn’t forget, so when he got the chance to write about it, he recommended that any woman doing this again should have her hand cut off without mercy. Hilarious, but very human, and nothing whatsoever to do with religion – at least, I hope it doesn’t.
» Comment by John on January 3, 2012 @ 10:21 amThere are a few things I would like to address here. Things that a lot of people tend to forget. One, regardless of whether anyone believes in the bible or not, is gay, of another religion,etc…never forget the words of Jesus himself, who when asked by the pharisees which commandment was most important, and to which he replied..”Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” That one statement, if realized, would solve a lot of problems today by those who think they know all about god’s will, or that they have the right to pass judgement because they believe in jesus. We were also told to love our enemies, which tells me that whether or not god agrees with homosexuality, I am to treat a gay person with love and respect. Jesus also said that before we judge others, we are to look at ourselves and clean up our own lives, hence let he who is without sin throw the first stone. As far as the man claiming we can never know the mind of god, sorry, jesus knew the mind of god, and he states himself that all of the things he has done, you shall be able to do and more. God loves every one of us in this world, whether black, white, muslim, gay, etc…he has given us all free will to live our lives in the way we choose, even if we choose to deny him, and I consider that the ultimate example of god’s love, so it is nobody’s right to tell another how to live their life unless it harms another. Marching against abortion clinics, persecuting gays, does nothing but stand between them and a personal relationship with their creator, because lets think about it people, are these people really going to give a crap about god, the bible, etc, if his followers do these things? No they probably won’t, and because of that you take away their chance at repentance, a chance to seek forgiveness, and to have a relationship with god. Jesus dined with harlots, romans, tax collectors, etc, and when asked he said, because these are the people that need saving. The only people he judged were the know it all zealots, who were doing silly things in the name of god, which is a lot of what religious protestors are doing now. I believe in god, but I would never dare claim to speak for him, or judge another of his creations because I am not perfect myself.
» Comment by roger on January 9, 2012 @ 5:42 pm