Biblical verses apparently endorsing sexism, genocide and the slaughter of sorceresses have been identified by readers of a Christian website as the least endearing parts of the holy book.
The online survey by shipoffools.com, a humorous online magazine, lists the ten verses people would rather had been left out of the Bible, in an attempt to show the dangers of quoting scripture selectively.
St Paul’s advice about whether women are allowed to teach men in church came top of the “Worst Verse” poll, which received more than 1,000 responses.
The results were discussed last night by a panel of theologians at the Greenbelt Festival in Cheltenham. In 1 Timothy ii, 12, St Paul is quoted thus: “I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.”
The verse has been used by some conservative Christians to justify opposition to women priests.
In second place is the order by Samuel, one of the early leaders of the Israelites, for his people to commit genocide: “This is what the Lord Almighty says … ‘Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’” (1 Samuel xv, 3).
Times Online (thanks, KirstyJ)
Oh how times have changed.
Are you familiar with Mark 16:17-18? Just tell the door to door Christian that he needs to prove he’s a Christian by drinking a cup of bleach without being harmed, and then you’ll talk about god with him. I’ve linked my name (probably) to an article about it!
Gotta love the bible!
Plenty more nasty bible quotes at evilbible.com
I’m surprised this one didn’t come up somewhere on that list…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqC73omSk4o
Deity sanctioned infanticide is always a real crowd pleaser!
Organised religion, our worst invention?
Or have they changed?
The Bible: An Erotic Thriller
I hear Hollywood rustling in the distance…
Whoo hooo! Let’s ban the Bible!
The Bible is my perverse scewed Playboy or maybe i am perverse and screwed, anyway, love to read it in bed! It´s better then a cheap-Porn movie.
and mensruating women are not allowed near holy places.
- Well that fair enough then, at least they got that right
– Phillis
So am I reading this correctly? They identify the idea of women being subservient to men as the all-time worst part of the Bible, then genocide as the second worst???
Both ideas are clearly stupid, but surely genocide is just a teeny tiny bit worse than women not being able to hold a top job?
I went to Christian school and they didnt teach that
Thing is most christians (that i know) havent even read the bible, they dont even know what theyre following!
Its really homophobic, sexist and racist its terrible!
If god didnt want people to be gay why did he put the prostate where he did….. hehe
Hmm,
The Bible says a lot of things it shouldn’t.
The authors of it obviously seem to forget where we all are born from.
Although, perhaps they actually congealed in a gutter somewhere instead of actually being born into this world.
Pax, amor et concordia!
x
Oddly like it is a collection of mythology from thousands of years ago, & not magic at all.
Weird.
Haha, not to mention nearly chopping babies in half!!
To be fair, Amalek donkeys are quite evil.
Don’t forget the burning bush… no doubt the result of some sordid wrongdoing
@ Francis:
Now there’s a bloody good idea! Hahaha
Seriously though, perhaps it came about because the term ‘Thrush’ hadn’t yet been created.
(Too far?)
Pax, amor et concordia!
x
Oi Samuel what have the Ox and Sheep ever done to you!!!! And as for women being silent HA!!! I chatter/gab/gossip/natter in defiance to you muhahahaha!!! ; p
meow,
St Paul: “I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man…”
And we care, why?
And then you get nutters like the Westboro baptist church who believe that it’s completely right to live by these “words of god”. If you’ve not come across them before go to http://www.godhatesfags.com. Yes I did that right, that is the name of their website, they are a bunch of lunatics who hide behind the bible to spread their evil! They’ve even got a facebook page which I have put in a complaint about and would hope that once you’ve seen it you will too.