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I thought it'd be a good time to find a bunch of stuff that the Bible bans... stuff that's a lot LESS convenient. Don't worry, though... just because I'm pointing it out, that doesn't mean you now have to follow it. It's a lot easier to keep discriminating against gay people for no particular reason than to stop eating bacon, after all.
Here are 11 things that are technically banned by the Bible. (All quotes are translations from the New American Standard Bible, but, because I'm actually trying to maintain serious journalistic integrity here, I cross-referenced several other translations to make sure I wasn't missing the point.)
The Varieties of Biblical Marriage | Unreasonable Faith
We hear a lot about “biblical marriage” these days. Some of us might not be clear on what that means. The website Religious Tolerance has provided a helpful article on the types of marriage found in the pages of the bible.
Daylight Atheism > Little-Known Bible Verses XIII: Fetuses Don’t Count
It's consistently been part of the anti-choice strategy to treat unborn fetuses as separate, autonomous people, even well before the point of viability. For instance, the anti-abortion website Abort73.com says:
It is illegal to execute a pregnant woman on death row because the fetus living inside her is a distinct human being who cannot be executed for the crimes of the mother. (source)
In fact, such niceties did not occur to the authors of the Bible. They did not value the unborn nearly so highly, as we can see from a little-known Bible verse.
Next Age of Discovery - WSJ.com
In a 21st-century version of the age of discovery, teams of computer scientists, conservationists and scholars are fanning out across the globe in a race to digitize crumbling literary treasures.
In the process, they're uncovering unexpected troves of new finds, including never-before-seen versions of the Christian Gospels, fragments of Greek poetry and commentaries on Aristotle.
God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
NEW YORK—Responding to recent events on Earth, God, the omniscient creator-deity worshipped by billions of followers of various faiths for more than 6,000 years, angrily clarified His longtime stance against humans killing each other Monday.
Jefferson Bible reveals Founding Father's view of God, faith - Los Angeles Times
He compiled the four Gospels into one text without miracles, ending with Jesus' burial rather than the resurrection.
Christians Wrong About Heaven, Says Bishop - TIME
It therefore comes as a something of a shock that Wright doesn't believe in heaven — at least, not in the way that millions of Christians understand the term.
Top 10 Bizarre Biblical Tales - The List Universe
The Bible is full of many fascinating tales - many good, and some bizarre - here are the top 10 bizarre tales from the Bible.
Daily Kos: Tonight, the Constitution Died
Article.VI. . . . no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
The 9 Most Badass Bible Verses | Cracked.com
If the Bible had been written by King Leonidas and the rest of the Spartans from 300, it would probably read pretty much the same as it does now.
It turns out, the Bible is already chock full of ass kicking. Here are the verses that make us want to take
Atheist's Wager: God Hates Fags
When God comes to Abraham, he essentially gives only two rules. Rule number one is to acknowledge Yahweh is the only God and rule number two is that male children must be circumcised... These are THE most important commandments and Christians ignore them.
Atheist's Wager: God on Trial
Moses commands his army to kill every male CHILD and all of the women who are non-virgins. As for the virgins, they are now to be kept as sex slaves for the Jews! Seriously, I can’t make this stuff up. God, through Moses, just commanded genocide.
Powell's Books - Review-a-Day - Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why by Bart D. Ehrman, reviewed by Powells.com
First, Jesus spoke Aramaic --- his actual words, never recorded, were only rendered in Greek in the original gospels. Thus, the KJV consists of Jesus' words twice refracted through the prism of translation. Second, Erasmus's Greek New Testament was based
Questions Your Pastor Will Hate
I remember asking about how humans and dinosaurs could coexist. After all, they had to be a part of the creation story, even though not mentioned specifically. Or why would dinosaurs be taken on the ark, only to go extinct such a short time after? And how
Would Jesus Discriminate? - What was the sin of Sodom? (Genesis 19 and Jude 7)
The Genesis 19 account of Sodom and Gomorrah is a story of attempted gang rape of two "outsiders." It says nothing about loving gay relationships, and actually condemns the sort of violence sometimes done to gays and lesbians.
Jesus Myth - The Case Against Historical Christ
The case that I will be outlining here is that there never was any "Jesus Christ" nor any meaningful real life basis for the story of "Jesus Christ". Like many other religious figures, "Jesus Christ" began as a theological concept, was later used as a cha
Pharyngula::The proper reverence due those who have gone before
...there are people now who claim that one book is sufficient... these are the same people who claim to be "spiritual". To me.. they are the ahistorical, unthinking ones who fail to offer the proper reverence due those who have gone before.
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