We
know that the Bible is full of many self-contradictions and inconsistencies. But,
there are some stories that are so stupid and violent that I can only wonder
why someone wrote such garbage. What’s irritating is that in today’s world of
logic and science, people worship a book full of such garbage and call it
“holy”.
Let’s
take a look at some of the stupidest and bloodiest stories in the Bible.
Exodus 12: 29 – 30: At night the Lord killed all the
first born sons in Egypt, from the king’s son, who was the heir to the throne,
to the son of the prisoner in the dungeon; all the first born of the animals
were also killed. That night, the king, his officials and all the other
Egyptians were awakened. There was loud crying through Egypt, because there was
not one home in which there was not a dead son.
Yahweh
killed all the first born sons in Egypt just because of the sins of the
Pharaoh. His circle of cruelty was even extended to the animals. We all know
that it is a real pain to lose one’s son. But, the Christian God killed the
first born son of each and every family in Egypt. What’s worse is that even the
animals weren’t spared. So much violence and killing just because of the
Pharaoh’s actions. Now, here is something even more shocking. Exodus 7: 3- 4 specifically says that Yahweh
himself hardened the Pharaoh’s heart. If Yahweh could really control the
Pharaoh’s heart, he should have made him let the Israelites go without any
blood being shed. But, instead, he did the opposite and chose to do so much
killing. Why did he kill the innocent Egyptians and the animals though he could
have solved the problems without doing so? Maybe he just wanted to show off his
powers. A god who can murder so many innocents just to prove his power isn’t
worthy of worship. So, I pity those Christians and Jews who takes the Old
Testament literally and still worships Yahweh.
Let’s
take a look at more Biblical madness.
Yahweh enjoys killing
babies, or so says the Bible
Psalms 137: 8: Babylon, you will be destroyed.
Happy is the man who pays you back for what you have done to us- who takes your
babies and smashes them against a rock.
I
don’t care why Yahweh holds a grudge against Babylon, but, killing their babies
by smashing them to rocks is something so horrible that I find hard to
understand why someone would even think of doing such a thing. Yet, this
passage is commanded by the Christian God himself. What’s annoying is that he
says that whoever kills those babies will be “happy”. He doesn’t even feel
sorry for those babies.
The
Bible is full of stories where Yahweh commanded genocides for trivial matters (like worshiping other gods). Even though the Bible is such a bloody book, why are
so many people Christians? There are four main reasons why people are still sticking
to it.
Many
so-called Christian missionaries have nothing else to do for a living. So, they
keep arguing about foolish things like the infallibility of the Bible, and pretend
to follow orthodox Christianity even though they know that it is wrong.
Majority
of Christians in many countries are just rubber-stamped as Christians though
they aren’t actually. They don’t keep Bibles, don’t go to Church, and know
almost nothing about Jesus. So, these people aren’t actually “Christians”. They
are just tagged as such.
Third
are those who don’t read the Bible. They just like Christianity or were born
Christians and go to Church to pray but they don’t know the truth behind their
religion. I’m sure such people would be shocked once they open their Bibles.
Lastly,
there are some Christians who don’t take the Bible literally. Such Christians
are rare though. They do whatever they can to help others and they do follow
the teachings of Jesus but they don’t argue about the Bible and avoid the topic
whenever it comes up. Personally, I have no problem with such Christians.
But
even if you are a Christian who takes the Bible literally, I don’t have a
problem with that. But, the Bible is flawed and that’s an irrefutable fact. So,
if you believe otherwise, you are always free to believe so. But, you should
always keep such nonsense to yourself. Even though most of the Bible is
garbage, if you still believe it to be “holy”, remember that it is your
personal view. And you should never force others to believe the same way you do
because your view is wrong. Similarly, if you take the Bible literally, you
should never force or even convince others to do the same.
Blessed
are the merciful.
