Take and Give the Bible Test!
It has been reported in the
mainstream media recently that people are Biblically illiterate.
A case is being made to offer Bible studies in US public schools, with
the requirement that they do not promote Judeo-Christianity but are
simply a class on the history and influence of the Bible. As a
Deist, I think this is a great idea provided there is oversight to
insure the objective teaching of the Bible. An honest objective look at
the Bible would turn any honest and objective person against it!
Below is a test I believe the public school system should use in their
Bible study classes. Your input is appreciated!
1. How many contradictory creation of man stories are there in
Genesis?
2. Did the patriarch of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Abraham, pimp
his wife/half-sister?
3. Does the Bible god favor one group of people above all others?
4. How many "little children" did the bears kill that the Bible god
sent because they teased Elisha about his bald head? Were the bears male
or female?
5. According to the Bible,
what is God's name?
6. Did the Bible god give orders to slaughter women and children?
7. Why did the Bible god in
Exodus 11:10
(among other places), the blasphemous Passover horror story, "harden
Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the people of Israel go out of his
land" and then in
Exodus 12:29 the Bible god killed the first born of everyone, even
of the animals, to punish Pharaoh for not doing what the Bible god
allegedly made impossible for him to do?
8. When the Bible god wanted to kill Moses, what did Moses' wife throw
at the Bible god's feet that made him change his mind?
9. Why does Joshua 10:12-14 say the Bible god made the sun stand still
to allow the Jews more time to slaughter their neighbors when in reality
the sun is stationary in relation to the earth?
10. Why is II Kings 19 almost identical with Isaiah 37 and why is II
Chronicles 36:22 identical to Ezra 1:1 through most of 1:3?
11. Who said they did not come to bring peace, but a sword?
12. Was Jesus supposed to return to earth during the lifetime of some
of his followers?
13. Who was critical of the Jews for not following their Biblical
teachings to kill their disobedient children?
14. Who said their followers must hate their families?
Answers
1. 2.
Genesis 1:25-27 and
Genesis 2:5-7
2. Yes. Once when she was younger and once when she was in her 90's!
Genesis 12:10-16 and
Genesis 20:1-2 (Even though in both cases the men Sarah was handed
over to did not know she was married, the Bible god was upset with them
and not the pimp Abraham!)
3. Yes, the Jews.
Deuteronomy 7:6
4. 42 The protestant versions of this Biblical nonsense and horror
story say they were "she-bears" (2
Kings 2:23-24) but the Catholic version of the Bible simply says
they were bears.
5.
Jealous!
Exodus 34:14
6. Yes, many times the Bible claims he ordered the Hebrews to
slaughter women and children as in
Numbers 31:7-18,
1 Samuel 15:2-3
among many other places!
7. No reason.
8. The fresh foreskin of the infant son.
Exodus 4:24-26
9.
Joshua 10:12-14 demonstrates the raw ignorance of the ancient Jews
who wrote the Bible.
10. Bad editing!
II Kings 19
II Chronicles 36:23
11. The Christian's king of peace, Jesus.
Matthew 10:34
12. Yes. Of course, he's already about 2,000 years too late!
Matthew 16:28
13. Jesus.
Mark 7:9-10
14.
Jesus.
Luke 14:26
As most Deists can see, one of our greatest recruiting tools is the
Bible! Just as we learn about God by applying our God-given reason on
the designs/laws of Nature, so we learn the Bible and the "revealed"
religions have NOTHING TO DO WITH NATURE'S GOD when we apply our
God-given reason to them! Therefore, if people want to get closer to
God, based on their own God-given reason, they can't do so by following
the Bible or Christianity. Deism is grounded on reason and Nature and
therefore leads us to a much better understanding of Nature's God!
Please pass this test on to others who you think will benefit from it!
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