And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower. 11:5
Trivia: After the flood, what was the only thing that God told Noah not to eat?
And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower. 11:5
Trivia: After the flood, what was the only thing that God told Noah not to eat?
"Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him." 4:8
Because God liked Abel's animal sacrifice more than Cain's vegetables, Cain kills his brother Abel in a fit of religious jealousy.
"I will destroy ... both man and beast." 6:7, 17
God is angry. He decides to destroy all humans, beasts, creeping things, fowls, and "all flesh wherein there is breath of life." He plans to drown them all.
"Every living substance that I have made will I destroy." 7:4
God repeats his intention to kill every living thing. But why kill all the innocent animals? What did they do to deserve his wrath? It seems God never gets his fill of tormenting animals.
"All flesh died that moved upon the earth." 7:21-23
God drowns everything that breathes air. From newborn babies to koala bears -- all creatures great and small, the Lord God drowned them all.
"The LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife." 12:17
God sends a plague on the Pharaoh and his household because the Pharaoh believed Abram's lie.
"God ... said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon." 15:8-9
God tells Abram to kill some animals for him. The needless slaughter makes God feel better.
"And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled." 16:6
Hagar conceives, making Sarai jealous. Abram tells Sarai to do to Hagar whatever she wants.
"I will not destroy it for ten's sake." 18:32
I guess God couldn't find even ten good Sodomites because he decides to kill them all in Genesis 19. Too bad Abraham didn't ask God about the children. Why not save them? If Abraham could find 10 good children, toddlers, infants, or babies, would God spare the city? Apparently not. God doesn't give a damn about children."I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes." 19:7-8
Lot refuses to give up his angels to the perverted mob, offering his two "virgin daughters" instead. He tells the bunch of angel rapers to "do unto them [his daughters] as is good in your eyes." This is the same man that is called "just" and "righteous" in 2 Peter 2:7-8
"The LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven." 19:24
God kills everyone (men, women, children, infants, newborns) in Sodom and Gomorrah by raining "fire and brimstone from the Lord out of heaven." Well, almost everyone -- he spares the "just and righteous" Lot and his family.
"But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt." 19:26
Lot's nameless wife looks back, and God turns her into a pillar of salt.
"God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man" 20:3
God gets angry with king Abimelech, though the king hasn't even touched Sarah. He threatens to kill him and all of his people. To compensate for the crime he never committed, Abimelech gives Abraham sheep, oxen, slaves, silver, and land. Finally, after Abraham "prayed unto God," God lifts his punishment to Abimelech, "for the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah."
"Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son." 21:10-14
Sarah, after giving birth to Isaac, gets angry again at Hagar (see 16:5-6) and tells Abraham to 'cast out this bondwoman and her son." God commands Abraham to "hearken unto her voice." So Abraham abandons Hagar and Ishmael, casting them out into the wilderness to die.
"Take now thy son ... and offer him there for a burnt offering." 22:2-13
God orders Abraham to kill Isaac as a burnt offering. Abraham shows his love for God by his willingness to murder his son. But finally, just before Isaac's throat is slit, God provides a goat to kill instead.
"Abraham stretchedforth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son." 22:10
Abraham shows his willingness to kill his son for God. Only an evil God would ask a father to do that; only a bad father would be willing to do it.
"By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son ... I will bless thee." 22:16-17
Why did God love Abraham so much? Because he was willing to murder his son for him. (Greater evil hath no man than this, that he is willing to kill his own son for God.)
And why does God call Isaac Abraham's only son? Abraham's first son was Ishmael, whom Abraham abandoned with God's blessing. Then God commanded him to murder his second son. Christ! What a monster God!
"And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel." 34:1-31
Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, is "defiled" by a man who seems to love her dearly. Her brothers trick all of the men of the town and kill them (after first having them all circumcised), and then take their wives and children captive.
"The terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them." 35:5
"And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him. 38:7"
What did Er do to elicit God's wrath? The Bible doesn't say. Maybe he picked up some sticks on Saturday.
"Onan ...spilled it on the ground ... And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.38:8-10
After God killed Er, Judah tells Onan to "go in unto thy brother's wife." But "Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and ... when he went in unto his brother's wife ... he spilled it on the ground.... And the thing which he did displeased the Lord; wherefore he slew him also." This lovely Bible story is seldom read in Sunday School, but it is the basis of many Christian doctrines, including the condemnation of both masturbation and birth control.
"Bring her forth, and let her be burnt."38:24
After Judah pays Tamar for her services, he is told that she "played the harlot" and "is with child by whoredom." When Judah hears this, he says, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt."
"Within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee." 40:19
Joseph interprets the baker's dream. He says that the pharaoh will cut off the baker's head, and hang his headless body on a tree for the birds to eat.
"He hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them." 40:22
It all happened just as Joseph said it would.
"He hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them." 40:22
It all happened just as Joseph said it would. (40:16-19)
"He hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them." 40:22
It all happened just as Joseph said it would. (40:16-19)
"The famine was over all the face of the earth." 41:54-57
God brought a seven year, "very grievous" famine on the whole earth for no apparent reason (except maybe to make Joseph wealthy).
