Mark
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Injustice in Mark

  1. Jesus becomes angry at those who said that he had "an unclean spirit," so he announces the unforgivable sin: "blasphemy against the Holy Ghost." 3:29

  2. Jesus explains why he speaks in parables: to confuse people so they will go to hell. 4:11-12

  3. "For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath." -- The US Republican Party motto 4:25

  4. Jesus sends the devils into 2000 pigs, causing them to jump off a cliff and be drowned in the sea. When the people hear about it, they beg Jesus to leave. 5:12-13

  5. Any city that doesn't "receive" the followers of Jesus will be destroyed in a manner even more savage than that of Sodom and Gomorrah. 6:11

  6. Jesus criticizes the Jews for not killing their disobedient children as required by Old Testament law. (See Ex.21:15, Lev.20:9, Dt.21:18-21) 7:9-10

  7. Jesus initially refuses to cast out a devil from a Syrophoenician woman's daughter, calling the woman a "dog". After much pleading, he finally agrees to cast out the devil. 7:27

  8. If you're ashamed of Jesus, he'll be ashamed of you. (And you'll go straight to hell.) 8:38

  9. Jesus gets mad at his disciples for failing to cast out a devil and says, "O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? 9:19

  10. Jesus tells us to cut off our hands and feet, and pluck out our eyes to avoid going to hell. 9:43-49

  11. Jesus says that rich people cannot go to heaven. For "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 10:25

  12. Jesus will reward men who abandon their wives and families. 10:29-30

  13. In the last days God will make things especially rough on pregnant women. 13:17

  14. Jesus says that those that believe and are baptized will be saved, while those who don't will be damned. 16:16