Injustice in John

1. As an example to parents everywhere and to save the world (from himself), God had his own son tortured and killed. 3:16

2. People are damned or saved depending only on what they believe. 3:18, 36

3. The "wrath of God" is on all unbelievers. 3:36

4. Jesus believes people are crippled by God as a punishment for sin. He tells a crippled man, after healing him, to "sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." 5:14

5. "Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not ... No man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father."
   God decides who will believe (and therefore Go to heaven) and those who will not (and therefore go to hell). We have nothing to do with it. 6:64-65

6. Jesus tells his family that he wasn't going to the feast, but later goes "in secret." 7:8-10

7. If you don't believe in Jesus, you will "die in your sins" (and then go to hell). 8:24

8. Jesus calls his opponents (the Jews) the sons of the devil. 8:44

9. The disciples ask Jesus about the cause of a man's blindness. Was it because he or his parents sinned? Jesus said neither had sinned. The man was born blind so that Jesus could show off his powers by curing him of his blindness. 9:1-3

10. Jesus says that he has come to make people blind. 9:39

11. "All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers." All the prophets, kings, and heroes of the Old Testament; everyone that ever lived before him was a thief and a robber. 10:8

12. Lararus must suffer and die so that Jesus can "be glorified" by raising him from the dead. 11:4

13. Mary wastes expensive ointment on Jesus' feet, rather than selling the ointment and giving the money to the poor. But Jesus thinks his feet are more important, saying that poor people will always be around, but he and his precious feet won't be. (According to the New Oxford Annotated Bible, 300 denarii would be nearly a year's wage for a laborer.) 12:3-8

14. You must hate your life in order to keep it. (If you love your life, you'll go to hell after you die.) 12:25

15. The reason people didn't believe in Jesus was that God had "blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart." God did this so that they would not "understand with their heart, and be converted." This way God could damn more people to hell. 12:40

16. If you don't believe in Jesus you are going to hell. 12:48

17. Jesus is the only way to heaven. All other religions lead to hell. 14:6

18. "He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father."
    If you follow Jesus' teachings, God will love you -- otherwise... well, you know. 14:21

19. Those who do not believe in Jesus will be cast into a fire to be burned. 15:6

20. Now that Jesus has come, non-believers have no excuse for not believing in him. 15:22