What exactly is orthodox Christianity

Faith is believing something that you know isn’t true. –Mark Twain

What exactly is orthodox Christianity, in simple words?

It is a religion that requires you to believe that a person named Jesus, who was his own father, died for your sins; sins which you acquired because a wicked serpent convinced your ancestors to steal a magical fruit from a magical tree. To gain salvation, you must tell Jesus telepathically that since he loves you, you love him back, and that you will no longer sin. Then, accept that he died for your sins. After that, you must overdress every Sunday morning and spend the whole day apologizing for being born as a human. Else, you’ll burn in hell for eternity.

Yeah, I know the above description wouldn’t make any sense to a human being who has a sense of logic. Sadly, there is nothing in orthodox Christianity that can be explained logically. And when I say “nothing”, I mean- NOTHING. Because “logic” is something orthodox Christians don’t have. Anyway, let us “try” to look at some things in Christianity from a logical point of view.

(Note that unlike my other articles, here I am using the word- Yahweh. I feel that a God, who demands the death of innocent creatures, who commands people to kill those who don’t worship him, approves rape and so on, doesn’t deserve the name.)

Number 1- Noah’s ark

According to the Bible, Noah was the only person who was good and righteous among the people of his time. So, Yahweh decided to kill all other people and protect only Noah. So, he decided to send a big flood that would drown the whole earth killing EVERYONE. Is it believable that all other people including their children were so evil that they all deserved death? I don’t think so. But, anyway, since the “holy” Bible says so, we will buy it just for now.

Now, a question comes here. If Yahweh was all powerful, why on earth didn’t he just send some wild animals like he did later in “Kings”? Why not just send a thunderstorm that would strike all other people except Noah? Why not just make them sick? If he is really “all powerful”, he could also kill them using heart attacks. So, why cause so much unnecessary commotion by creating a flood? It is also hard to understand why Yahweh decided to kill the innocent animals along with the supposed sinful humans.

Anyway, let’s leave those questions because we know they can’t be answered. So, Yahweh made Noah create a boat and take a pair of every animal and bird with him. Is that believable? Let’s see… Noah lived in Israel, and to get the polar bears, he had to travel all the way to the North Pole on foot. How much time would that take? More than one year. But, Genesis 7: 4 says that Yahweh gave him only seven days. So, how on earth did he bring the polar bears from the North Pole, penguins from the South Pole, and camels from the desert and so on in such a short time? Well, Yahweh does work in “mysterious” ways, so maybe he did some kind of miracle to teleport them, isn’t that right? Okay, then, we will buy this excuse too, for now.

So, the boat had to be large enough to carry all the millions of species of animals that this world has. So, how was it built in such a short time? It would also take Noah a lot of time to collect food for all the animals. Plus, where would he keep them? Logical or illogical, there is simply NO explanation for these questions. Plus, this incident took place thousands of years ago. So, from where on earth did Noah buy a refrigerating system to keep the polar bears and penguins alive?

So, it explains that this story is just another nonsense fairytale. A fairytale that even adults believe.

Number 2- Hell and heaven

A story also goes that the righteous will go to heaven while the sinners will go to hell. They say that Yahweh rules over the whole universe except hell. So, hell is the only place over which Yahweh does not rule. Because the devil rules over it.

Let us suppose that hell exists. So, suppose you lied, you cheated, you committed unlawful sexual acts, you committed murder and so on, and in the end, you had to go to hell. According to orthodox Christians, now you will be punished. By the devil, that is. Again, let’s not forget that you were a liar, a cheater, an adulterer and a murderer. In other words, you were evil. And so is the devil! So, why on earth would the devil punish you? Hell, you are one of his buddies!

If one uses plain old logic, this theory about heaven and hell doesn’t make any sense either.

Number 3- Laughable stories that make no sense

Some stories of the Bible are so horrible and disgusting that it can only leave the reader wondering what its purpose is. Let’s look at the story in Judges 19: 16- 29. A man and his concubine take shelter for the night in an old man’s place. That night, a group of wild men appear at the door and asks the old man for his guest because they wanted to rape him. Surprisingly, the old man values a stranger whom he just met more than his young virgin daughter. He offers his daughter instead. The wild men are still not satisfied, so the old man decides to send his guest’s concubine out. The wild men were given permission to do whatever they wanted with her. The men brutally rape her all night and at last, the poor woman dies on the doorstep of the house where her husband was staying. The Bible does not mention her husband crying or feeling any pity over her death. Instead he cuts her corpse into twelve pieces and sends them to different tribes of Israel.

Moral of this story? I would hope none.

Seriously, only those orthodox Christians can find logic and justice in such disgusting stories. It also leaves me wondering why Yahweh didn’t do anything to save the poor woman. Maybe it’s because he works in “mysterious” ways. So “mysterious” that he couldn’t come to save the poor woman.

Number 4- Numerous contradictions in the first chapters of Genesis

From a scientific point of view, everything in all the chapters of Genesis is plain garbage. But, even if they were taken to be true for now, we would still find contradictions.

Genesis 1: 4 describes Yahweh creating light. But he created the sun much later, in Genesis 1: 16. So, how can there be light without the Sun?

Genesis also describes Yahweh creating the plants before he created the Sun. So, how in the world can the plants survive, much less, grow without a sun?

The Bible is full of such nonsense and garbage that contradicts science. So many people were fooled by the Bible, and so many still are. Abraham Lincoln said- You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.

It’s so pathetic that orthodox Christians believe that human-sacrificing and animal-sacrificing primitives living around three thousand years ago knew more about biology and the universe than modern-day scientists.

Orthodox Christians have a tendency to dislike scientists because they showed the real truth to the world. But, still they use computers and other technologies to spread their madness and false propaganda, while forgetting that those very technologies they use were invented by the very scientists they hate.

I am also sure that it isn’t very hard to find an orthodox Christian today who will say that people who don’t believe in their religion should be stoned to death. All I can say is that this is a wrong attitude towards life and religion.

Blessed are the merciful.

Madness and Hypocrisy

If Christ were here now, there is one thing he would not be- a Christian. –Mark Twain

Orthodox Christianity is full of hypocrisy, self-contradictions and false propaganda. Matthew 7: 1 says, “Do not judge others, so that God will not judge you.” Yet it is very hard to find a Christian who will not pass judgment on an atheist. Many orthodox Christians scrutinize and persistently criticize atheists, Muslims and Hindus saying that they would go to hell and so on. Matthew 23: 9 says, “You must not call anyone here on earth `Father’ because you have the only one Father in heaven.” Yet, `Father’ has become an official title in the Roman Catholic Church. And, then, most orthodox Christians instead of serving the poor and protecting the innocent criticize people of other religions saying that they would go to hell for not believing in Jesus Christ.

There are some serious errors with orthodox Christianity. Most of them are too embarrassing.

Question 1: Why is the Bible not a word of God?

Pope John Paul II has said that any interpretation of the Bible that contradicts a rational understanding of God's goodness and mercy is incorrect. So, why does the Old Testament demand death for minor sins? The answer is that the ancient Hebrews lived in a very barbaric community. Most of the people were cruel and uncultured. So, they made the laws according to how they needed it. We all know that God is merciful and compassionate. So, would such a God really make such horrible laws? Let’s take a look at some of them.

Exodus 21: 24 says, “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

But is that what Jesus taught us? What did Jesus say?

Matthew 5: 39 says, “If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, let him slap your left cheek too.”

So, as we can see that the laws of the Old Testament were flawed. Would a merciful and compassionate God really teach us to take an eye for an eye? Even though orthodox Christians claim otherwise, those laws were made by the ancient Hebrews. Those weren’t from God. That’s why Jesus rejected those laws, and taught people to be humble and merciful.

But, orthodox Christians, instead of following the words of Jesus, defend the laws of the Old Testament. How many Christians would offer the left cheek when slapped on the right one? In my opinion- None. Instead, they would slap back and use Exodus 21: 24 in order to justify their action.

Let’s take a look at some laws of the Old Testament; laws that can prove that it can never be a word of God.

Exodus 21: 14: Whoever works on the Sabbath is to be put to death.

Funny thing is that even Christians who defend the Old Testament find themselves doing work on Sundays. So, who is going to put those Christians to death?

Leviticus 20: 15: If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he and the animal shall be put to death.

It’s true that the man has done a disgusting thing but that does not mean that he deserves death. Plus, even if his death is justified, it is completely illogical to kill the animal because it is not responsible for the act. Anyone capable of logical reasoning would find this law to be loathsome. But, orthodox Christians defend these cruel laws and claim that they came from God. By doing so, they not only contradict love and compassion but also contradict Jesus, whom they claim to follow.

Jesus himself taught us that the laws mentioned in the Old Testament are not laws of God, but of human beings. Those laws were flawed and imperfect, that is why Jesus replaced them with his own ones. But, sadly, closed-minded orthodox Christians refuse to understand this. Even though Jesus himself rejected those laws, they claim those laws to come from God. By doing so, they are actually mocking God and making a monster out of Him.

Question  2: Do Non-Christians go to hell?

The worst thing about orthodox Christianity is that they claim that people of other religions would go to hell. People like Dave believe that anyone who does not believe in Jesus would burn in hell FOR ETERNITY! People like me, who are capable of logical reasoning, can never find any logic or justice in that nonsense statement.

They claim that no matter how righteous you are, you have to believe in Jesus, or else you’re going to hell. People who use this statement are making a mockery of God’s sense of justice. If this statement were to be true, then, children who were born in places where Christianity never got preached would go to hell. It would mean that every rabbi, every holy man of the Jewish faith is destined to go to hell. It would mean that even the Buddhist monks who spend their lives serving the poor would go to hell because they didn’t believe in Jesus. Seriously, there is neither any logic nor any justice in this statement. This statement is used in order to gain mass converts.

John 14: 6 says, “I am the way, the truth and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me.”

This statement is perfectly true if taken symbolically. But, orthodox Christians, as we all know, are blind to their faith. So, they take this passage to be literally true. Plus, this passage does not say that anyone who does not believe in Jesus are going to hell. Orthodox Christians say that in order to gain mass converts, but this statement does not work nowadays. They talk about love and compassion, but there is nothing loving and compassionate about letting someone burn in hell for eternity, just because he did not hear about Jesus, or could not accept the Christian dogma.

What does the passage John 14: 6 actually mean? Jesus usually spoke in metaphors, as we all know from Matthew 5: 29. No Christian takes Matthew 5: 29 literally, because they know it is a metaphor.

Jesus was talking about the words He spoke. He meant that His teachings were the only way to reach God. We can confirm this in John 6: 63.

So, next time, any Christian tells you that you are going to hell because you are not a Christian, ask them to point out where exactly in the Bible Jesus said so.

A loving, kind and compassionate God would judge his people only by their righteousness and good works. He would never judge them by their skin color, their face or their religion. Jesus Himself said in Matthew 7: 21 that only those who do the will of the Lord will be going to heaven. But, sadly, orthodox Christians say something else. They say that you need to believe in Jesus or else you will be burning in hell. It is obvious that they fabricated this statement, because nowhere in the Bible, Jesus said anything about people burning in hell for not believing in Him. So, always remember that anyone who uses this statement is either trying to fool you or is a fool himself.

The most disgusting thing about orthodox Christianity is intolerance for other religions, even though it claims to be the most merciful and compassionate religion. Because of this narrow-minded attitude, many people are leaving Christianity nowadays, especially in Europe.

Let us look at some more self-contradictions in the Bible.

Number 1- Did God love everyone?

Jeremiah 31: 3: People of Israel, I have always loved you…

Deuteronomy 23: 18: The Lord hates temple prostitutes.

Number 2- Can man be righteous?

Romans 3: 10: There is no one who is righteous.

Genesis 7: 1: I have found that you are the only one in the world who does what is right.

Number 3- What did Jesus teach about the way of the sword?

Matthew 26: 52: All those who take the sword will die by the sword.

Matthew 10: 24: No, I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Number 4- What should we do with our riches?

Luke 12: 33: Sell all your belongings and give the money to the poor.

Proverbs 13: 22: A good man will have wealth to leave to his grandchildren.

Number 5- Are we judged by faith alone or are good actions necessary?

Ephesians 2: 8- 9: For it is by God’s grace that you have been saved through faith. It is not the result of your own efforts, but God’s gift, so that no one can boast about it.

James 2: 24: You see, then, that it is by his actions that a person is put right with God, and not by his faith alone.

So, as we can see, Dave’s so-called “holy” Bible is full of such self-contradictions. So, in my opinion, instead of being so obsessed with the Bible and trying to gain more converts, Christians should instead work for the poor and try to make this world a better place. That’s the way to serve God.

Blessed are the merciful.

Orthodox Christians kill innocent animals

Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living creatures, man will himself not find peace. –Albert Schweitzer

Christianity and vegetarianism

It isn't very hard to find a Christian today who will claim that there is nothing wrong with eating meat. Such people don't know anything about slaughterhouses. Jesus taught mercy, and do the slaughterhouses know anything about mercy? I don't think so.

Watch this video before reading any further. 

Most orthodox Christians out of ignorance claim that Jesus could not have been a vegetarian as Luke’s Gospel records him eating fish. But, lots of evidence proves that Luke’s story could not have been true.

Many scholars believe that Jesus was a member of the Essene Nazarenes, a Jewish religious sect that followed vegetarianism and rejected animal sacrifices. First, let’s come to animal sacrifice. Jesus opposed animal sacrifice strongly. His life was spent preaching mercy and compassion and explicitly opposing the Temple cult, a cult of animal sacrifice. Three points are especially relevant.

First, in Jesus' time, animal sacrifice was considered by many to be the only method of forgiveness for sin. Those who opposed it looked to the eternal law of God, the law of the Garden of Eden and the Prophets, and instituted baptism for forgiveness of sins. Thus, in the course of his ministry, Jesus says multiple times, quoting the prophets, which his followers must learn to understand what God means when He says through the prophet Hosea, "I desire mercy, and not animal sacrifice." The stress on baptism in the Gospel and Acts of the Apostles doesn't have the same impact on us as it would have in first-century Palestine, but the people of Jesus' time understood that baptism represented a complete rejection of the violence and bloodshed involved in killing animals for forgiveness. John the Baptist prepares the way of Jesus by appearing in the desert, "preaching a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins." Secondly, animal sacrifice was carried out in the temple, which is why those who objected opposed the temple. Jesus speaks consistently of casting down the temple and overthrowing it. Jesus enters the temple and casts out the animal traders. He quotes from Jeremiah 7, which first-century Palestinians would have recalled:

Jeremiah 7 finds God saying that He never intended animal sacrifice and making the direct link between animal sacrifice and meat-eating. So Jesus enters the temple and prevents people from sacrificing animals for the Sabbath meal. The crucial point is that these people were only selling animals and only for sacrifice. The people would eat the flesh of the animal sacrificed.

Third, and finally, Jesus died in order to put a full stop to animal sacrifice. Isaiah 53: 7- 9 refers to Jesus. Jesus is compared to the millions of innocent lambs who were killed in the name of sacrifice. Jesus died in order to show that humanity need not kill innocent animals, because if a sacrifice is required, God Himself would be the sacrifice in the form of Jesus.

So, when people like Dave are supporting animal sacrifice, it defeats the whole purpose for which Jesus died.

The Ten Commandments supports kindness towards animals. (Exodus 20: 10) It shows that God wanted even animals not to work on the day of the Sabbath. He even gave them permission to rest. But, today’s slaughterhouses are disgustingly cruel and do not even think of giving the animals some time to enjoy the natural beauty. The chickens have to spend their entire lives in small cages. Some of them don’t even get to see the sunshine and they spend their entire lives in pain. The slaughterhouses are doing nothing but making a mockery of God’s creation.

I personally think that any Christian missionary, who talks about love and compassion, but still contributes to this kind of cruelty even after being enlightened, is obviously a hypocrite. It is obvious that if Jesus was alive today, he would fight in order to put and end to this cruelty.

There is a lot of historical evidence to prove that Jesus was a vegetarian. For example, we can look at early Church Fathers like St. Basil, Jerome and Clement of Alexandria. They not only were vegetarians, but also promoted vegetarianism. It is likely that they were inspired by Jesus to follow a non-violent diet.

In Genesis, the perfect world was vegetarian. So is the perfect world as predicted by Isaiah. God gave Noah temporary permission to eat because all the plants were destroyed by the flood. You've already seen the condition of the slaughterhouses in the above video. How pathetic that in today’s world, orthodox Christians tries to justify the brutal killing of animals in the slaughterhouses using this passage from the Bible!

Christian or non-Christian, most people would agree that it is unethical to hurt an animal unnecessarily. So, why are people hurting innocent animals just for their appetite and using the Bible as an excuse? It is because they care about their stomachs more than they do about the life of living creatures.

Jesus taught love and compassion, yet there is nothing loving and compassionate about slaughterhouses and factory farms. There is nothing loving and compassionate about killing an innocent animal for our appetite. A vegetarian diet is much healthier, not only for us but also for the animals. We share the planet with other animals. Let us love and care for them instead of killing them to satisfy our selfish needs.

Blessed are the merciful.

Madness in orthodox Christianity

Today my position is that, though I admire much in Christianity, I am unable to identify myself with orthodox Christianity. –Mahatma Gandhi

I came across an article in another website named “Truth or Heresy” and I have been inspired by it to write down…

 10 questions orthodox Christians don’t like to be asked:

1. No one knows the year when Jesus was born, much less the month and the day, so how can they be sure that 25^th December was the birthday of Christ?
2. Jeremiah 10: 1- 5 opposes the worship of a tree decorated with silver and gold. It is compared to idolatry. But, all over the world, this idolatrous act takes place on the supposed birthday of Christ. Why?
3. Why isn’t there much credible evidence about the existence of Jesus outside the Bible?
4. Why is it that the New Testament is full of Paul’s teachings, someone who wasn’t handpicked by Christ Jesus, never even met Him, and whose teachings contradict the ones of Jesus?
5. All four Gospels can be neither true nor precise, since they contradict each other when it comes to order of events or the events that took place. So, which one is the real Gospel?
6. What is the real and exact reason Jesus was crucified?
7. If it really is a word of God, why are there so many versions of the Bible?
8. If Jesus died for our sins, why do sinners still go to hell?
9. Why did the Church murder so many innocents over the centuries?
10. Why are there so many versions of Christianity? And each one claims itself to be true, so which one actually is?

Believe it or not, not a single Christian can answer all of these questions logically. So, if any “Christian” thinks that they can answer at least half of these questions, feel free to give it a try. I will be awaiting your responses.

Now, how to identify an orthodox or fundamentalist Christian?

1. They deny that salvation can be found in other religions. They keep spouting lies about other religions but are outraged when someone says the truth about their own.
2. They feel offended when scientists say that humans evolved from monkeys but they have no problem accepting the fact that humans were created from dirt.
3. They laugh at polytheists but have no problem believing in the Trinity.
4. They talk about Islamic terrorist activities while their beloved Old Testament talks about murder, rape, animal sacrifice, human sacrifice, genocides and so on. Plus, they try to forget that it is Christianity who has murdered the highest number of innocent people so far, not Islam.
5. They will keep persuading other people to become a Christian and say that if they don’t join Christianity, they would burn in hell.
6. They try to prove the scientific theories about evolution and the Earth to be “wrong”.
7. They believe that not only non-Christians, but also the Christians who follow a different version of Christianity are going to burn in hell.
8. They have a tendency to dislike scientists, but they still use computers and other technologies to spread their madness and false propaganda.
9. Their “Thou shall not kill” applies only to humans.
10. They know a lot less about Jesus than many atheists, agnostics and people of other religions do.

As you have seen, even in my previous articles, I have publicized all the embarrassing things about which fanatic orthodox Christians like Dave don’t like to be asked. They call the Bible a “holy” book, but they cherry-pick only the passages of the Bible which they like to preach or claim to follow. In today’s world, if someone would even try to follow some of the laws of the Old Testament, he would end up in jail in a day or two.

Of course, the true version of Christianity, which can be found in books like The Gospel of the Holy Twelve, is almost flawless. But, the corrupted version of Christianity which people like Dave are preaching is full of hypocrisy, self-contradictions and madness. This version of Christianity would be strongly disapproved by Jesus Himself. Plus, Dave’s claim that the Bible has no self-contradictions is laughable. Anyone who says that the Bible has no contradictions is either lying or hasn’t properly read the Bible.

The following are just examples. There are hundreds of self-contradictions in the Bible, plus passages that support murder, rape, meat-eating, animal sacrifice, human sacrifice, slavery, genocides and so on. What I am listing below are only a few of many examples.

Self-contradictions:

Number 1- Does God approve stealing?

Luke 19: 30- 31: “Go to the village there ahead of you; as you go in, you will find a colt tied up that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If someone asks you why you are untying it, tell him that the Master needs it.”

Exodus 20: 15: Do not steal.

Number 2- Does God ever sleep?

Psalms 121: 4: The protector of Israel never dozes or sleeps.

Psalms 44: 23: Wake up, Lord! Why are you asleep?

Number 3- How should foreigners be treated?

Exodus 22: 21: Do not ill-treat or oppress a foreigner; …

Deuteronomy 7: 2: When the Lord your God places these people in your power and you defeat them, you must put them all to death.

Number 4- Can men keep long hair?

Number 6: 5: As long as he is under the Nazirite vow, he must not cut his hair or shave.

1 Corinthians 11: 14: Why, nature itself teaches you that long hair on a man is a disgrace …

Number 5: Is poverty a blessing?

Matthew 6: 20: … “Happy are you poor; for the Kingdom of God is yours! ...”

Proverbs 10: 15: Wealth protects the rich; poverty destroys the poor.

Number 6- Can Christians commit murder?

Deuteronomy 5: 17: Do not commit murder.

Deuteronomy 13: 9: Kill him!

Number 7: Does God approve robbery?

Numbers 31: 9: The people of Israel captured the Midianite women and children, took their cattle and their flocks, plundered all their wealth…

Leviticus 19: 13: Do not take advantage of anyone or rob him.

Number 8: Should Christians judge others?

Matthew 7: 1: Do not judge others so that God will not judge you.

1 Corinthians 6: 2: Don’t you know that God’s people will judge the world?

Number 9- Does God approve rape?

Deuteronomy 22: 25: Suppose a man out in the countryside rapes a girl who is engaged to someone else. Then only the man should be put to death; …

Zechariah 14: 2: The Lord will bring all the nations together to make war on Jerusalem. The city will be taken, the houses looted, and the women raped.

Number 10: Should enemies be hated?

Matthew 5: 44: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you…

Proverbs 29: 27: The righteous hate the wicked and the wicked hate the righteous.

It’s kind of pathetic. Dave and his chums proclaim the Bible to be the absolute truth, yet he can’t answer any of the questions I asked with proper logic. He calls me rude and accusatory just because I don’t accept the Bible as the word of God. He expects others to believe in the Bible which is a book full of hypocrisy and madness. He expects others to believe in the Bible, a book written millennia ago, with no proof that it wasn’t tampered with. Dave says that animal sacrifices were commanded by God. While only a stupid idiot would believe such a thing, let us also know that the Bible also supports human sacrifice. I will give examples of human sacrifice and animal sacrifice below so that even stupid idiots can understand what kind of madness the Bible is full of.

Passages supporting human and animal sacrifices:

Number 1- Genesis 22: 2 shows God commanding Abraham to kill his own son as a sacrifice. Abraham even lied to his son while preparing for the sacrifice. Yes, I know the sacrifice wasn’t performed, but still, commanding someone to kill his own son as an act of worship is undoubtedly a cruel and evil thing to do. This passage also shows that this God wanted to “smell some burnt flesh” and so Abraham killed a ram instead. If Abraham did that today, he would probably be in jail for violating “Child rights” and “Animal rights”. This scene shows nothing but plain cruelty. I don’t find it hard to believe that ancient Hebrews could not imagine a god without desire for blood sacrifices. What I find hard to believe is the fact that in today’s advanced world, people like Dave, who even knows how to operate a computer, can take this passage not only to be true but also to be just.

Number 2- Leviticus 1 and 2 shows how to offer animal or plant sacrifices to their Lord. These offerings are to be burnt so that the Lord can “smell” them. It even goes as far as saying that the smell of this food offering is “pleasing” to the Lord.  If you read through Leviticus 1 and 2 carefully, you will soon realize that the so-called priests of the ancient times wrote these so that they could get their followers to make a big feast for them every week. Those wicked so-called priests wanted to enjoy themselves at the expense of those poor people. People who can use logic know that God doesn’t approve blood sacrifices. Later, prophets like Isaiah confirmed that the Lord hates animal sacrifices. Psalms 50: 13 specifically says that God doesn’t drink blood of innocent animals. But, no matter what kind of evidence you provide, people like Dave have been brainwashed and will always believe the sacrifices in Leviticus 1 and 2 to be commanded by God, no matter how much irrefutable evidence you slap in his face.

Passages supporting rape and sexual abuse:

We all know that rape is one of the most heinous crimes. But the Bible supports and allows rape in numerous passages. Let me show some examples.

Number 1- Take a look at Numbers 31: 17- 18. These passages show God commanding Moses to kill every innocent child and every woman who is not a virgin. But, the people were allowed by God to keep the virgins for themselves, which shows that this God allowed Moses and his men to rape those innocent women.

Number 2- Judges 21: 21 clearly says “Each of you take a wife by force from among the girls and take her back to the territory of Benjamin with you.” Seriously, what kind of a God who is supposed to be “kind and compassionate” would command his men to capture young women from other territories and force them to be their wives? Such a god would be a monster.

Number 3- Isaiah 13: 16 say that the foreigners, who try to escape from Babylon, would be stabbed to death. As if that’s not enough, their babies would be battered and their wives would be raped. Plus, what’s surprising that such atrocities were commanded by this supposed God.

Christianity claims to be the most loving and compassionate religion, yet it is the very religion which has killed the highest number of innocent people so far. The claim, “Salvation can only be found through Jesus” shows how intolerant orthodox Christians are about other religions. They say that non-Christians will burn in hell. For a religion that claims to be the kindest and the most tolerant one, it is actually the exact opposite.

Many Christians also try to hide the fact or pretend not to know that Hitler was a Christian. The Holocaust was an act of orthodox Christianity. Yes, now all orthodox Christians will say, “No, he was probably an atheist.” But, since when did atheists start believing in persecution of Jews? Since when did atheists start supporting genocide? If you are not convinced that Adolf Hitler was a Christian, and that the holocaust took place because of orthodox Christianity, then you should read the book "Main Kamph” by Hitler himself.

Do religions like Buddhism have a horrible past like Christianity does? No. In fact, Buddhism is one of the few religions that have no record of any kind of violence. Yet, many Christians hate Buddhism and claim that Buddhists are going to hell just because they don’t believe in Jesus. Their hypocrisy and madness knows no bounds.

What more can I say? These passages above must have shown you the truth about orthodox Christianity. Of course, some orthodox Christians may try to defend their “precious” Bible. Feel free to.

Blessed are the merciful.