Jewish-Christian God/Bible OKs rape, killing

Ashley Wells, Seth Auberon, Sheldon S., Seven, Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

OMG (Oh my goodness) the sexism of this patriarchy bull carp is palpable and unbelievable.

Jews and Christians approved to rape foreigners (Numbers 31:17) and locals (Deut. 22:28-29).

You got too high, Icky. You're not supposed to read it with a thinking cap (Flight of Icarus).

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Moses is pro-murder + pro-rape.

Reading the Judeo-Christian Bible is scary. It's a little easier to listen to.

It's impossible to believe but strange to think that people who know what the Bible says do believe and worship it or resign themselves saying, "Well, that's just the way our God is," our killer and our punisher who will smite us for so much as smirking or spilling semen anytime He feels like it.

Read (or listen to) The Book of Judges. And about that seed spilling incident, it was semen and sperm Christian use as the basis for their "Thou shalt not masturbate" [or God will kill you just like he did Onan] rule.

I'll mutilate your genitals for my king, Philistine!

He wasn't mad about the "spilling," which was actually tossed on purpose, not "spilled" by accident. The God was enraged at the direct disobedience or his order to impregnate his dead brother's sister. Read the story. Purposeful mis-translators claim that Onanism is "masturbation" when it isn't that at all: There was no masturbation, just obedient, consensual sex with Onan's dead brother's wife, as Jewish rule commanded him. But he tossed his seed rather than risk getting her pregnant.

Smite you, Son of a Motheandfather! Have your way with him, for all I care, lusty Old Man.

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Is the Bible's Book of Judges hidden history? Forget the rape (Moses encourages at Deuteronomy 22:28 If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered,...[just pay the fine to her owner, her father, and then marry her] Biblehub.com) and incest (two daughters get their father drunk to take sexual advantage of him 🙄), Christians sure don't talk about that book very much. It's a litany of wars and mass killings or ethnic cleansing.

Are Jews and Christians proud of their God for being a maniacal killer, egging on and encouraging humans to kill? Kill for sacrifice, kill for punishment, kill for conquest of land, kill for misbehavior, kill, kill, kill, and you're doing a good thing, pleasing to your loving God.

Oh and remember, follow the 10 Commandments at all times, especially the first rule, "Thou shalt not kill [with some exceptions]."

Rape is OK by God. Just pay the fine and marry.

The God not only wants followers, Jewish (with 613 Commandments, according to Jewish author A. J. Jacobs) and Christian (with 10 commandments), to kill their disobedient children and other misbehavers, there's lots more. Thou shalt not cross dress or go around in drag, even if it turns you on or if you're president.

• Deuteronomy 22:5 A woman must not wear men's clothing, and a man must not wear women's clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God. (biblehub.com)

But what if you were sexually molested by men, maybe a trusted uncle or priest, and are acting out, questioning your gender assignment and sexual preference, God? Kill him.

Okay, what if it's just a lark and a turn on, having been traumatized by early childhood molestation? Kill him extra.

Okay, what if it's a skit for school? Kill him and burn the school.

• Numbers 31:17 So now, KILL all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man... (biblehub.com)

Don't rape my son! God will kill him if you do!

It's like one can't win with this God(s), since the words of Gods are always plural in the Bible, making a mockery of monotheistic claims for a heavily polytheistic book and religion. With one true best God, of course. How could we forget Him? Toils in the desert nitpicking after having created the universe and all that's in it, including presumably the other gods He's so jealous of. His own word, "For yours is a jealous God" (biblescan.com).

Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible

Author and narrator A. J. Jacobs, publisher Simon & Schuster Audio

With 4.3 out of 5 stars with 2,304 ratings, it's an editors' pick in Best Biographies & Memoirs. After his hilarious chronicle about reading the Encyclopedia Britannica, fearless author A. J. Jacobs tackles a new adventure, an exploration of the most influential book in the world: the Bible.

He determined the best way to explore the Bible was to live it, as literally as possible, for one year. There are 700 rules in the Old and New Testaments, A. J. discovered -- some wise, some general, some contradictory.

Some come from Jesus, some from prophets, some from God. A. J. assembled a board of spiritual advisors: Jewish rabbis, Christian ministers, and priests, some conservative, some of them "one four-letter word away from excommunication," who would provide guidance and advice throughout his journey.

But the journey was, by necessity, arbitrary, DIY religion. In The Year of Living Biblically, A. J. explores the Bible chronologically, from the Old Testament (crucial, given the 10 Commandments) to the New Testament (crucial, given America's powerful evangelical movement with its fundamentalist literal interpretation of the Bible) and lives the Bible on every level.

He obeys the 10 Commandments; he is fruitful and multiplies (having twins during his year); he remembers the Sabbath and keeps it holy. But he also obeys the oft-neglected rules, such as avoiding clothes of mixed fibers and refraining from shaving the edges of his beard (Leviticus 19:27).

So throughout the year A. J. is commonly mistaken for a member of ZZ Top or Moses, Jesus or a rural Orthodox Jew in the city, maybe Noah or a fiddler who just got off a roof.

This is a look at religion today through one man's totally arbitrary and deeply funny journey. In A. J.'s hands, The Year of Living Biblically is also fascinating and irresistible. More