Bloody passages

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.