Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists

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Just because it's not a commandment doesn't mean it's not in The Bible. Fundamentalists hold the most extreme and literal interpretations of The Bible and are quick to point you to a Bible passage to prove that something like homosexuality is abominable and condemns you to hell or that molesting children is fine as long as you say some words quietly into your hands. Conveniently, they ignore some of the most straightforward rules for no reason other than that they just don't fit in with the type of society they want. So, here are those forgotten Christian rules that need to be followed if they're really going to stick to their guns on the whole gay marriage, abortion and child molestation thing.

DISCLAIMER: this list isn't meant as a hateful gesture towards Christians, but a way to fight irrational responses in debates with (fun) facts.

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Women Will Never Teach or Have Authority Over Men

"I permit no woman to teach or have authority over men; she is to keep silent." Timothy 2:11

This is the most often quoted version of this passage, but in The King James Bible, it goes a little bit more like this...

"Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection." which has been translated and taken as the primary passage that doesn't allow women to be preachers. The whole section is really about women not being able to "malign the word of God" if they're not allowed to speak.

Keep in mind the first "big bad" antagonist in The Bible is women, as a sex.

So, since some woman allegedly bit into a delicious looking fruit at some point thousands of years ago, best to attribute one action to an entire sex (just to be safe.)

While this is a little brutal, bringing up this passage to someone who looks like these fine ladies to your left will most likely shut them up (or at the very least garner a really interesting response.)

All women holding up hateful signs are officially moot in the eyes of God, much like they are in the eyes of the rational, so hey, there's a good side to this rule.
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Divorce and Remarrying Are Both Considered Adultery

"Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery." (Luke 16:18)

Ooookay, so no church should ever marry people who have already been married if this is the rule.

If anyone in a fundamentalist's family has ever been divorced or re-married, then they are going to hell.

Most people don't observe this rule because it clearly says in The Bible that you can pick and choose which rules you follow (it doesn't.)

How to Use:
According to this passage, all members of the congregation that have been divorced and/or remarried would be sinners and should be kicked out of the church. With a 50% divorce rate in America, it's safe to say that people are selectively ignoring this rule, yet somehow still seeing themselves as "pious."

Just because you're not deeply religious does not mean you're not a good person, and what people are really effectively doing in ignoring certain rules of Christianity is not only proving that exact point, but proving that they believe it.
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No Bastards May Enter the Church

"A bitched shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord." (Deuteronomy 23:2)

A bitched is someone who was born outside of wedlock, which means you were born before your parents were married. Being born out of wedlock makes you filthy, apparently; so filthy in fact that it takes ten genetic steps down the line to wash how filthy it makes you.

So your family's 100% awesome to come to church in like a century or two if you're a bitched, which I guess is fair.

Wait, but what if your dad abandoned you and your mom after she had given birth to you... that means you're going to be held responsible and deprived of God's love... which...

Wow, this means that Christian orphanages are hypocritical institutions if they're taking these kids to church. Brutal.

How to Use:
After bringing up the point about orphanages, it's time to take a survey of the church just to make sure there aren't evil, lurking, dirty bitcheds in there ruining the holy juice for everyone.
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Even A Look Counts As Adultery

"But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." (Matthew 5:28)

Even looking at the video preview below, most guys reading this list are now not sin-free.

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It's pretty safe to say every adult (and God knows, every teenager), has committed adultery by this standard.

Being attracted to the opposite sex is part of humanity. Law in Western society only prosecutes bad actions -- not bad thoughts, but that's not the way it's supposed to go.

How to Use:
Bring around some pictures from Men's Health for the women and some Maxim, perhaps some Playboy, for the men. Get them to look at it and give you an opinion. Most of the time, they will have lustful descriptions and will think nothing of it when they're really violated a cut and dry part of what is supposed to be their belief system. Feel free to shout things like "ADULTERER!" after Gerard Butler and Jessica Alba have made everyone into adequate sinners.
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Love Thy Neighbor. Seriously.

"Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke [reason with] thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him. Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord." (Leviticus 19: 17-18)

This pretty much means that every single Westboro Baptist Church protest is inherently Un-Christian.

The Westboro Baptist Church, based in Topeka, Kansas has clearly forgotten this guideline, which is much more explicit than anti-homosexual Biblical references. The church is famous for being a hate group that protests at homosexuals' funerals and has nothing but contempt for any other religion besides its own. The church is using technology to hate on homosexuals through their website, godhatesf*gs.com and has a travel budget of over $200,000 to picket and disrupt funerals all over the country.

They protest military funerals (protest in their context actually means "harass") and make one of the worst days of these people's lives even worse. This is what they do as a primary form of "activism."

The scariest part is that these people actually procreate. They have kids holding up hateful signs and they teach their children the opposite of Christian values.

They have effectively made hate speech accepted and legal by slapping the word "church" on their group, which is probably the smartest thing they've ever done.

But if The Lord says love they neighbor, then what book are they reading?

How to Use:
Simply bring up the fact that all hate speech is inherently Un-Christian.

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Alvaro Carosella
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 8/26/2012 6:30 AM

would it be weird if i said thanks for the bible passages?
Moises Centini
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 6/09/2012 11:30 PM

my hands could not be more tired researching bible passagethank you, you awesome thing
mitchelljoann
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 6/05/2012 4:45 PM

LOL.... I am a born-again Christian grandma; considered conservative in every way; and am laughing my head off reading this....

Thank you.... I also have learned from fifty years of Church attendance; that no one can take the Bible literally; even though leaders often try to teach they do. I have learned that God loves all! Which has made me into a Christian advocate for the gay community.
Stan
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/31/2012 5:25 PM

lotta these are really out of context.

not the Deuteronomy or Leviticus ones, but most of the others
Bildad
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/29/2012 8:16 PM

Hey, you forgot about the one where, "God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him shall Not perish, but have everlasting life."
For the law was to teach us that we have sinned and qualify for the free gift of forgiveness and eternal life.
DavidRoyScott
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/18/2012 10:31 AM

ALL BIBLES ARE JUST LIES TO APPEASE THE MASSES OF IGNORANT SO-CALLED christians.....
David R. Scott
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/18/2012 10:20 AM

WHAT A VICIOUS little god..... WHY BELIEVE IN SUCH BULL $ HIT?
Mary
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/16/2012 9:23 PM

This great.
voiceofreason
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/11/2012 7:59 PM

I think a good hermeneutical approach to a text does wonders. A good exegetic reading of the texts can be very fruitful. For example, #4 from leviticus refers specifically to priestly duties assigned to Aaron and his progeny, and not as a general prohibition. The importance of physical wholeness can easily be imagined when one tries to understand the significance of having a symbolically whole and perfect priest as intercessor and intermediary between a corporately covenanted people and their God. I am glad that people are eager to dig into some great literature, but I am afraid that these quotes are designed to stifle and retard discussion and understanding rather than to meaningfully and fully investigate and debate.
1. Christina12
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/27/2012 4:00 PM
  
  agreed....just an attempt to take out of context laws that support their bashing of Christianity more than an attempt to dialogue or understand.
rspfau
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/09/2012 10:45 AM

Reading the comments about how the Old Testament laws are no longer valid (following the death of Jesus), I'm soooo confused! Which laws apply today, and which do not? How can I tell? Why doesn't someone delete the Old Testament from the Bible so we won't all be so confused as to what we're supposed to do? Does the New Testament really say which laws are still valid and which are not, or does one have to read between the lines?
1. Christina12
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/27/2012 4:02 PM
  
  if you read the New Testament (red letters) when Jesus was speaking and all the texts after the resurrection of Christ it does say specifically. the person that wrote this actually uses a scrip (turning the other cheek) that contradicts a law of the OT (eye for an eye) but they ignored the fact that Jesus came to fulfill the law and the context of the scrips they used in order to prove their point (if you can call it that)
Justme
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/07/2012 9:32 AM

Just ran across this and found it interesting but totally devoid of truth or the proper use of biblical context. Whoever wrote this dribble needs to go back to school and this time learn something.

I will not be back.
Justice for all
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/03/2012 7:38 AM

I think there is room for another passage and it should be the first one.
Luke 16:17 states that you cannot play God and pick and choose the passages that for your agenda. You must read and obey all of them.

Luke 16:17
It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.
Josh Hamman
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 4/27/2012 4:41 AM

Fellow brothers and sisters! Obviously the article is taking things out of historical and biblical context, but let's not argue the meanings of empty words (Tower of Babel anyone?) as believers in Christ yea?! See 1 Timothy 6: 3-5. You will only be able to truly understand any of this, if you first take hold of the Gospel. This is Hope we all have in Jesus, whom we all may know, and trust to lead us in understanding His Word.

There is a reason His disciples were uneducated fisherman and not rabbi's or pharisee's- in this way, there would be no mistaking that the message, and authority with which they preached said message, was not from anything they had learned from their own personal interpretation or through schooling or studying. It was the Holy Spirit speaking through them, and that is something we can all have ourselves through Jesus Christ! My life has confirmed and validated the Truth to be found in the Bible, and it is such a blessing! Let's be clear, the Bible is *not* the "Word of God." It was spirit inspired, but it is full of snares and things that were written in certain context eg from a Book containing letters regarding certain situations in a certain church.

The Holy Spirit is the Word of God, whom we have through Jesus, whom we have through the message of the Gospel, which we are made aware of through the Bible. The Bible gives us the laws of the Old Covenant (the old law) so that we can take those, knowing what sin is, and write those laws on our hearts, and then be freed up to live fully in God- worshipping him with our very lives in His Spirit and in His truth, because God *is* Spirit!

We are called to be living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God! Let's live it out before we go and misrepresent the One we claim to seek and follow- pull the plank out of your own eye! You can shout bible verses at people til you're blue in the face, but they are naught but meaningless words if they themselves don't take them to heart! Is God unable to do anything for them until we come and shove bible verses down their throats and speak of tell them they are going to hell? With the same tongue you praise God, would you curse the other ones He has also made in His own image?

Show them love and don't judge- that is how they will know that there IS a God, and that He is love- pure unconditional, boundless love!

Faith, hope, and love..which was the greatest again? Lest you forget, it was, and IS, love (1 John 4:8)! Jesus came not to judge, but save. So please, take a step back, and consider these things you think and say and do. If we have Christ, we are *not* to go on sinning! Romans 6 says, "by *no means*!"

We are not perfect, but there is a fine line between being imperfect and being sinful. Let me encourage you all who seek the good and truth to read through Romans Chapter 6. Imperfection is no justification or excuse for us to keep doing what we know in our hearts is wrong! God's power is made perfect in our weakness, but His power is not in sin- it's in righteousness! He is holy, and as we want to live as Jesus did, we should seek it also! With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible! =]

To all reading, please don't assume that there is no God- that there is no truth to be found, simply because you haven't been convinced of this by those who claim to understand. If they FULLY understand, they see the reason and good in it, and they want to take it to heart and live it out the fullest! I strive to do this everyday and I can honestly say it is quite unlike anything I have ever before had and what's still in store for me is exciting! =] God bless

-Joshua
Jesus Christ
A Woman's Punishment For Defending Her Husband = Cut Off Her Hand at 4/16/2012 4:51 AM

Read the scriptures just before this verse.That is deutronomy 25:5-10.
It says a woman can publically spit in the face of a man who will not take her as wife and take away his shoes publically,thus humiliating him.Here woman's husband is dead and the husband and his brother were living together with their families at the time of brother's death.God gave such privilages to women who are willing to obey him.What have you 'modern' ignorant,misled feminists got?
1. PrincessOfDork
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/16/2012 7:37 PM
  
  Well, freedom, education, (theoretical) equality...just off the top of my head.
  
  Sounds like you've got a second-hand pair of men's shoes.
Will in SD
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 4/13/2012 2:16 PM

it isn't even that these more obscure portions of the mosaic law are no longer sinful, as much as it is that christianity is not about keeping rules down to the jot and tittle.
the new testament is about love and grace; its about restoring a relationship between a holy God and sinful man.
as long as you have that, God's grace and guidance will deal with you concerning the rest.

if mean-spirited religious hypocrites get under your skin, welcome to the club, they did the same to jesus!

but the entire aim of this website, using (grotesquely removed from context) bible verses "against" someone is completely misguided, and misses the point of the message of the faith entirely.
jayrrees
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 4/09/2012 7:15 AM

It is in observing how Jesus acted in contrast to his culture rather than in conformity to it that we come in touch with his revolutionary new attitude towards women. Often we read the stories of Jesus’ encounter with women without realizing the radical nature of his actions. However, the accounts would have had a very different impact on the original readers familiar with the culture Jesus was challenging. For today’s readers to hear the message the author intended, it is necessary to be familiar with the attitudes toward women that characterized the cultural milieu in which Jesus ministered.
Craig Wilkins
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/29/2012 5:23 PM

Fundamentalists...putting the 'mental' into religion.
Make God Great
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/26/2012 3:49 AM

To the writer of this 'Top 20.' It would have been worthwhile for you to do a proper exergesis on each of these verses before writting this article. Fhe Scriptures in the Old Testament, read them in the original Hebrew or Aramaic. Concerning those in the New Testament, look into what was happening in the city and the church the letter was written to first before making any assumptions.
JustWastedMyTimeReadingThis
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/20/2012 12:32 PM

This is quite possibly the most mis-informed list I have ever seen...I mean seriously...No.4 is ridiculous, when does it say anything against Christian orphanages...orphans are very different from bastards if you care to look up the definition somewhere
David
Giving Birth to a Daughter Makes You Unclean for 66 Days at 2/27/2012 9:08 AM

This says a woman is unclean only two weeks after giving birth to a female child. The sixty six days was in her purifying which actually 'ceremony' if you will which actually starts before the birth, which is shown by 'shall continue' and the length thereof is determined by male of female child. The purification is used also as a time of prayer and sanctification for the new child and is only longer for a female because females need to be prayed for more because they are attacked more spiritually because they can bring more potential temples of the Holy Spirit into the world.
His Grace is Sufficient for Even Me!
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 2/24/2012 2:11 PM

While some of these are old testament laws and were no longer necessary to follow after Christ died on the cross for sins of the world, which you would know if you cracked the bible open and read it; others such as the one about divorce and remarrying is adultery, however any man or woman that is saved by God's amazing grace is going to heaven regardless of how many sins they have committed.
Ephesians 2 :8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:Not of works, lest any man should boast.
790058
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 2/23/2012 2:06 PM

with the exception of #12. that one is spot on.
790058
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 2/23/2012 2:01 PM

All of these have been taken out of context. It's okay though. It happens frequently to people that have never actually read the Bible.
1. DavidRoyScott
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/18/2012 10:26 AM
  
  T bible is a 2,000 year old book written about Jesus and his times.... written by people who never met the MAN...... Written two hundred years after Jesus's death..... WHAT A BUNCH OF CRAP! STUPID, IGNORANT LITTLE PARABLES.... THAT IS ALL.... JUST CRAP. AND SO CALLED CHRISTIANS ARE IGNORANT ENOUGH TO BELIEVE ALL IT"S CRAP. Christians are stupid, gullible morons.....
  GET A FRIGGIN LIFE.... GOP BIGOTS!
  1. mmorris095
    Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/31/2012 7:07 PM
    
    where did you get your numbers from? It wasn't 200 years after Jesus' death the gospels were firsthand accounts from different points of view. They weren't written right after he died but still within the lifetime of witnesses of the events in the new testament. I'm only taking the time to post this so people don't actually believe anything this troll says.
1. bgirllol123
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 2/24/2012 6:36 PM
  
  That is so true... The old testament ones don't mean anything anymore anyway... New Law:). But yeah, They need the whole context, not just the one verse that makes it look bad.
  1. Rethuglican
    Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 2/27/2012 8:37 AM
    
    Then we can expect you christians to quit acting like Homo-sexuality is a sin right ?
    
    Seeing Old Testament is the only place its discussed....
    
    Love though how you crazy people "Pick and choose" whatever you want to believe.....
    1. GarrettWinters
      Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/17/2012 8:30 AM
      
      Not all Christians are homophobes, just like not all atheists are ignorant assholes. Religious hatred is religious hatred, no matter if you're a atheist saying harmful things, a Christian, or a Pastafarian...
      1. DavidRoyScott
        Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/18/2012 10:28 AM
        
        RELIGION IS FOR GOD DAMN IGNORANT BIGOTS.... THEY NEED IT! IT IS THEIR DRUG OF CHOICE.... Christians are low life lying BIGOTS!
    1. wowjustwow
      Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 2/27/2012 9:20 AM
      
      Actually the New Testament speaks of it as well, but there again just showing that you just don't really know much about the Bible. The verses are 1 Corinthians 6:9,10 KJV. The word effeminate is speaking of homosexuals, though in other versions like NET it actually uses the word homosexual. But what does it matter so much, lying is a sin as well and that is something 100% of mankind is guilty of. Why nitpick over one thing when the real issue is that we all have sinned and need to come to repentance before God and trust in Jesus as our Savior.
      1. trollingheavy
        Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/16/2012 10:04 AM
        
        religionf*g is completely butthurt that his book actually says this stuff, total f*ggot
      1. indycub86
        Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 4/11/2012 11:19 AM
        
        The word it was translated from, arsenokoit, doesn't mean homosexual. The best you could argue ... and it's quite the stretch ... is that it refers in some cases to pederasts. But it's sure as heck not a blanket statement against gay people.
        
        The retranslation of it to mean effeminate or homosexual is quite the modern development as far as the bible is concerned.
      1. pezandfez
        Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/02/2012 11:58 PM
        
        1 Timothy 2:11-14
        
        Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression.
        
        1 Corinthians 14:34-35
        
        Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says. And if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for women to speak in church.
        These verses seem sexist, and are in the New Testament.
        Can someone tell me what these verses mean.
        As a woman and not a very avid reader of the Bible these verses make me feel uncomfortable.
        Also, why does it seam that orders in the old testament are not interpreted as literally as the new?
        
        Andy890
        Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/09/2012 8:38 PM
        
        the thing is, we live by grace and grace alone, yes the old testament is harsh and imposible to follow its the reason why Jesus came, we live by grace their fore the law in the old testament was abolished in the sense that we dont live by them because we could never fullfill them we live in spite of them, following the teachings of Jesus in the new testament. As for the verse of corinthians woman in that time where not very educated and when they went to temple, due to the distribution of the building itslef woman and men were quite separete and it wouldnt be unusual for woman ask quite a few quiestion in the sermon and would ask them quite loud and assume would inturrept quite often. As any screaming person would. that how they explained it to me when i asked. many time paul, is in the book of timothy, would write down his own opinion, like he did when he said that best be that no one married and stayed celibate for God later explaining that this wasnt for everyone, if you truly want to understand how the woman is viewed read what Jesus did. In the end the book is about him not the rest. how he treated woman was completly out of his time. read the story about the women that went for water and found Jesus and he started explaining thing and teaching her about God. in that time men did not speak to woman yet he treated them as equals. srry for the long response.
        
        anna.noemi
        Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/17/2012 12:02 PM
        
        You're basically saying that because women at the time were usually not educated, they were discouraged from talking in church. This makes sense, since at the time these books were written, this was the expected behaviour of women. However, how would God let this scripture exist in the holy books if it wasn't meant that way? Wouldn't God know that women at some point would become educated and have worthwile things to say and teach? Alternatively, why wouldn't he just state that any uneducated person should not teach or have authority over others? Wouldn't this be a better way to put this instead of demeaning women?
        
        Also, just to add, at the time most PEOPLE were uneducated, not just women. It wasn't until long after these books were written that education became a widespread phenomenon. So singling out women doesn't make sense even in the context that you provided. It's just another example of how the biases of humans influenced what they thought a god would want
kona5303
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 2/19/2012 3:57 PM

The common argument will be we're under grace, not law, however that's not the point. The point is that god is unchanging and therefore the lifestyle that he deemed righteous under the law is still righteous now. Why not strive to live as closely to how your god wants you to? The obvious answer is that it is extremely inconvenient and barbaric.

When it comes to the heightened sacrifices for birthed daughters, what makes more sense, that that law came from god (who is ascribed at the same time for creating said life and process, then subsequently deeming said life and process unclean), or written by man?

Theoretically Christians should live as closely to the law as possible to reduce the amount of sin that jesus had to atone for.
1. PeggyHensonShanklinJohnson
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/22/2012 12:31 PM
  
  Jesus died to eradicate inbred sin (carnel sin) not each individual sin, but sinful nature. Old laws impossible to keep. But after receiving forgiveness for all your sins and receive baptisism of Holy Spirit you can live holy and free from sin. This is the new law.
Bob Schmop
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 2/11/2012 2:52 PM

#10 is talking about the priesthood, not average people.
william
No Bastards May Enter the Church at 1/26/2012 11:43 AM

LOAD OF S**T!!! god is evil. if he loved us he would love us all.
dghammer
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 1/24/2012 7:43 PM

You have no clue about the Bible.
CR7Israel
Cursing At Your Parents Warrants Death at 1/05/2012 3:16 PM

This also appears in Exodus 21:17
anonymous
Women Will Never Teach or Have Authority Over Men at 12/27/2011 11:05 AM

how can poeple believe in this religion bull s**t the earth is far more older than we wil ever know ,there is evidence of evolution but not god or what ever u call it,but if u say god made us in his image then god is two sexes and that means woman have the same rights as man.show me a real picture of god then i will consider, if not shut the f**k up and leave woman alone , to those who believe woman must obey man it must be nice to screw them and call them w***es but history shows that man is the biggest w***e and man is the one who will destroy the earth and its woman for the sake of a god that does not exist.i feel sorry for woman they are the ones who been enslaved by men since the time of our existence.and let us get real just because u cannot explain ure existance does not mean that there is a god. life is the biggest mystery and will remain so. aint that a b***h to those who believe. p.s woman has just as much rights as men, for those who dont think so go and f**k ure self, why i say so cause i have a right too
rudolph
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 12/27/2011 10:12 AM

i think all religion is horse s**t man cannot believe in a 2 thousnd year old story where the earth is hundreds of millions of years old , in anyway there is proof of evolution but no proof of god, show me a real picture of him then i will consider because if u say we were made of his image then god should be of two sexes which means woman has the same rights as men with no question. men who think other wise are complete f**k heads who need to be treated like dogs and women need to be treated like gods , so up yours believers u know two s**ts about man kind thats why this world is heading for world war 3 and again woman will be the slaves of war to build our weapons like world war two.how intresting it is to know that men gets medals but woman gets a slap in thier face,
robert74
Men With Wounded Penises or No Testicles Are Not Allowed in Church at 12/16/2011 2:09 PM

If you're going to quote and write about the bible, you might want to READ and UNDERSTAND it first. Quote: "Also, God hates people with testicular cancer, apparently." Back then, they castrated men for preparing them for harem service. That way, the kings were sure that no servant would be sleeping with their women. Here are two daily (modern) rule to live by: 1-put yourself in other people's shoes. 2-use common sense (which is something you probably brag about having all the time). Here's a daily quote I live by: I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't and die to find out there is. -Albert Camus
1. xarmina
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/06/2012 11:56 PM
  
  I very much doubt that the kings who castrated the slave men who working in the harems were concerned with whether or not those eunuchs were going to hell.
1. indycub86
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 4/11/2012 11:22 AM
  
  So you live by the old Pascal's wager then? Perhaps a legitimate argument if only one religion existed.
surprise
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 12/07/2011 10:48 PM

These verses are for fundamentalists, but they can not see and understand the deeper meaning, it is about life not "the situation"
Alex
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 10/29/2011 3:57 AM

Quite frankly, this list is terrible. They obviously know nothing about this topic. Why they choose to broadcast your ignorance all over the world is beyond me. I would reccomend that no one try to use this list; it will only work on someone as ignorant as the author.
adaml11600
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 10/27/2011 1:29 AM

Of course we must dicipline the little ones but don't carried away and touch their peepees.Anyway dont blame the pastors. They were just admiring the beautiful penises that god created on those beautiful boys.And the pastors discovered it is such a pleasure to touch ones peepee in front of little boys.
Man About Town
Men With Wounded Penises or No Testicles Are Not Allowed in Church at 8/16/2011 1:33 PM

@ Jamie Smith 'Deuteronomy is in the Old Testament, it is under the Law of Moses, and we today are not bound by the Law of Moses' So are the Ten Commandments, which are preached about (but not fully observed) by the religious on a regular basis. Someone needs to tell them to read the new handbook.
Man About Town
Women Will Never Teach or Have Authority Over Men at 8/16/2011 1:28 PM

"It doesn't say 'she has a different role'. It says 'she is to keep silent'. Period"
Man About Town
Women Will Never Teach or Have Authority Over Men at 8/16/2011 1:27 PM

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Anonymous
Women Will Never Teach or Have Authority Over Men at 6/28/2011 6:23 AM

The bible teaches that while man and woman are equal, we have different roles in the family and the church.
JamieSmith
Men With Wounded Penises or No Testicles Are Not Allowed in Church at 6/24/2011 2:00 PM

When God chose the Jews as His Chosen, He wanted them to be perfect in worship to Him. He wanted their sacrifices to be perfect and without blemish. Circumcision was something God told them to do, therefore it is not referring to that. \nAnd, again, as most people who really have never even studied the Bible, the misunderstandings and ignorance shows here. In case you didn't know it, Deuteronomy is in the Old Testament, it is under the Law of Moses, and we today are not bound by the Law of Moses. We are all under the New Covenant or Testament of Jesus Christ. So, yes a guy with a nut cut off can come to church as may a eunuch, so can a man with testicular cancer, as may every sinner on the face of the earth, because of course, Christ wants everyone to come to learn of Him. So, if you are reading here, God will forgive whatever sin you are in. He wants you to obey Him, and stop living in sin, whatever it is.
JamieSmith
Divorce and Remarrying Are Both Considered Adultery at 6/24/2011 1:50 PM

Was the woman committing adultery? If you get married to someone, it is supposed to be for a lifetime. If you divorce your spouse, and he or she gets remarried, then yes, that is adultery. If you divorce your spouse and you remarry, you are committing adultery. If, on the other hand, your spouse is cheating on you, committing adultery with someone, then you have a right to divorce them, and remarry, but only to another person who has no spouse or has divorced their spouse for adultery. So, by you saying your mother was judging a woman who she says was committing adultery, then your mother was most likely referring to this. Most people in this world have absolutely no idea of how we are supposed to live today. So, they think they can marry whomever they please, and expect God to accept it. Just because you think it is right to marry and divorce and remarry over and over again, does not make it so. And just because the denominations accept this and nurture it, only shows their true ignorance of God's Word.
1. indycub86
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 4/11/2012 12:04 PM
  
  I think you misunderstand how marriage used to work. Men didn't marry women really, it was the woman that was attached to the man (which is partly why so many men in the bible were polygamists). It was also the woman's virginity that was her prime bargaining chip. Even if her husband died she couldn't try and remarry, and was to be killed if she did. The bible goes so far with that as to say a raped virgin should be wed to her rapist (because she'd be useless to any other man ... can't marry them, can't have 'legitimate' children and was basically trying to cheat them on the deal). Men on the other hand seemed to get off fairly easily. Sex slaves and the such were fairly common place and even made their way into the bible (Jesus himself healed a man that appeared to be another man's sex 'slave' ... and of course female ones existed too). The "adultery" for males was really in the desecration of another man's wife(s). It was basically a vandalism of what they saw as property (very expensive property for most).
  
  PS: I'm not at all saying there wasn't love between husband and wife, or husbands didn't ever respect their wives as people, or kids their mothers / parents, etc. Its just that the whole legal and religious parts (even "adultery") seemed far removed from our concepts of it today.
JamieSmith
Non-Virgins Are To Be Stoned (As in, with Rocks) at 6/24/2011 1:40 PM

This verse you refer to is from the Mosaic law. It is not binding on us today.
pianodemon88
Divorce and Remarrying Are Both Considered Adultery at 4/11/2011 8:09 PM

My mom actually judged some people in the church because of this rule and said that one remarried woman was committing adultery...
Denis Robert
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 4/11/2011 4:21 PM

Matt 6:5 is a slam dunk for me: "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others." Meaning: NO PRAYER IN PUBLIC.
BrianSplintBartholin
Discipline Your Little Ones at 4/08/2011 4:00 PM

The text in Psalm 137 refers to the torment the Isrelites went thru i Babylon.. The psalm ends with a "prayer" for the destruction of Babylon, where the ones to be involved would feel shere joy and happyness when smashing innocent children of Babylon against the rocks... Oh yaaay that sounds real nice... What a loving and forgiving God we have here.... Innocent children..... Thats a no brainer - This God is unjust and sick in "His" head
BrianSplintBartholin
Non-Virgins Are To Be Stoned (As in, with Rocks) at 4/08/2011 3:34 PM

What is self-degardating here is people that keep telling us that God has an eye out for how, where and why, someone touches someome or oneself somewhere, and with which body part... What a stupid and sexficsated god u have... Why dont he spend some time saving the world instead, or answering some prayers.. Im sure that a lot of people i Japan, have been praying real much for safety and security... and what did they get... Death and sorrow... Because ur God was busy, looking at my hands, crouch or my b. hole... Stupid God
wanttospeak
If You Disobey God, You Will Eat Your Babies at 4/04/2011 7:26 AM

But don't forget that 'HE LOVES YOU'
wanttospeak
Non-Virgins Are To Be Stoned (As in, with Rocks) at 4/04/2011 7:22 AM

Does bible mention anything about child molesters? Do they have to be promoted to higher ranks in the Church?
wanttospeak
Women Will Never Teach or Have Authority Over Men at 4/04/2011 7:16 AM

But is it not true that "I permit no woman to teach or have authority over men; she is to keep silent." Timothy 2:11 is there? whether it is book 1 or 11. Too bad-It is anti women.
jinxmchue
Women Will Never Teach or Have Authority Over Men at 4/02/2011 12:23 PM

Do you even have any clue as to what the entirety of that chapter is about? Of course you don't because you don't even know that there are two books of Timothy! Your reference should read "1 Timothy 2:11," but it doesn't because you are ignorant. You are also ignorant if you think 1 Timothy 2:11 applies to situations outside of worship or that women are "the first 'big bad' antagonist in the Bible."
Humilty
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/26/2011 12:16 AM

Do you think Jews are hateful too? Or are we supposed to just think that Christians are hateful? Since most of these references are from the Old Testament, why don't you pick on the Jews too? There is a lot in the OT that doesn't apply to Christians because we are no longer under the law. Christ came that we would be free and have life, and life to the fullest. But also, why don't you lash out at Islam? Or Tibetan Buddhists (i.e. Dalai Lama)? Or so many other leading world religions? They also believe that homosexuality is wrong. But I guess it's only PC to pick on Christ followers. Also, for the record, insane people (extremist "christians" like Westboro Baptist) are the exception rather than the rule. There is more love than hate to be found in the Christian church. I'm sorry that you've clearly had bad experiences with so-called Christians in the past that would make you lash out like this.
1. snydly
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 4/20/2011 2:40 PM
  
  I noticed that you stated there is a lot of the OT that doesn't apply. Once again, we pick and choose what we believe.
  1. JamieSmith
    Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 6/24/2011 2:12 PM
    
    Do you not understand what humility said? We are NOT under the Law of Moses anymore. when Jesus Christ died on the cross, the Mosaic law was fulfilled as the scripture said it would be. It is NOT a case of picking and choosing, it is a case of which covenant we live under. And if you would read the ENTIRE Bible, you would possibly gain an understanding which you do not now have.
1. Nice try
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 4/08/2011 9:48 PM
  
  "why don't you pick on the Jews too?" Maybe we would, if the Jews were as in-your-face-holier-than-thou as the Xtians are.
1. Rider
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/26/2011 7:12 PM
  
  Good point! Extremists are NOT the majority, they don't stand for all Christianity, and they're not the ideal we look towards for faith and modeling ourselves. Nor do most Christians put much stock by the Laws (outside of the 10 commandments), because most of them are not only dated and very specific to that time & culture, but most are also absolutely ridiculous. I get tired of all the religion-bashing in general. So you don't agree with someone on their faith, so what? You can be respectful about it and still disagree, rather than making fun. And yeah, apparently it's perfectly PC to to insult Christians now, which is fine, really, if you're insulting EVERYBODY. Let's see them pick on Hindus, Muslims, and Mormons this closely. But no, that will never happen because then it would be racist, or anti-Islamic, or just setting themselves up to be sued.
  1. Bonzai Kitten
    Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 4/09/2011 7:40 AM
    
    Yes, you can disagree with someone respectfully. However, disagreeing respectfully with fundamentalists doesn't work. Have you read the title of the piece? It doesn't say 'chatting with reasonable people of faith', does it? As for other religions not being addressed in this piece, and it being 'PC to to insult christians now', that is beginning to sound a lot like the persecution complex espoused by the fundies, rather than the rational religious!
    1. StephanieC.Rogers
      Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 12/20/2011 7:23 AM
      
      Thanks to Bonzai Kitten for having one of the only intelligent responses! WTG!!
john32323
Non-Virgins Are To Be Stoned (As in, with Rocks) at 3/24/2011 4:39 PM

i wish we could stone paris hilton... i would be at the front lines and laughing my ass off...
1. PrincessOfDork
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/16/2012 7:35 PM
  
  Wow. You would laugh your ass off watching a woman being bludgeoned to death with rocks? Really? Why? Has Paris Hilton committed some personal offense against you?
indigo32
Non-Virgins Are To Be Stoned (As in, with Rocks) at 3/23/2011 11:18 AM

Ethan has something of a point, but Wynn, seriously...I hardly even know where to begin with the massive failures in your post. The assumptions that straight and g*y people both only have sex one way, the assumptions that there aren't many things we all do our bodies, that don't involve sex, that others might consider 'degrading', the assumption that it's a failure to interest the opposite sex, and most importanly the assumption that you know what whatever creator you believe in really thinks all = MASSIVE FAIL
Mollena Williams
Men With Wounded Penises or No Testicles Are Not Allowed in Church at 3/23/2011 11:14 AM

This would seem to include circumcised men, methinks...
keebag
Discipline Your Little Ones at 3/17/2011 5:00 PM

This one is actually talking about killing Babylonian children. Israel had been invaded by them. The rest are fairly true to context though.
SoylentGrin
Invite Your Attacker To Beat You More at 3/13/2011 6:58 PM

Uh huh. Read the Beatitudes again. Feed the poor, don't do evil, passive resistance, give a thief more than they steal and don't ask for it back... but in THIS case, Jesus is advocating being clever and making it easier on his followers rather than harder like all the others. It also doesn't say "if your master hits you", it says anyone. Someone who hits you isn't going to care about hitting you with their "unclean" hand.
RonM
Invite Your Attacker To Beat You More at 3/12/2011 1:12 PM

Pastor Mike Underhill at Nexus United Church of Christ in Hamilton, Ohio http://www.nexusucc.org recently explained: Put yourself back in ancient biblical times and a time before the invention of toilets and toilet paper; men and women used their left hand to cleanse themselves after going to the bathroom. Their right hand was kept clean to eat with. Their left hand was considered “unclean!” This also carries over to current etiquette of wait staff today, they serve from the right side and remove from the left side. In the biblical days, masters would punish their slaves with a back hand across their face. The master would always use his "clean" right hand to punish his slave. The master could hit the slave harder with his right hand against the slave’s right cheek, then he could hit the slaves left cheek with his right backhand. Therefore, Jesus told the slaves to turn the "other" [left] cheek not as a form of continued punishment, but as a form to out-smart the master and lessen the master's ability to hit the slave harder. It is much more difficult to backhand someone on their left cheek with your right hand, standing directly in front of the other person.
Gods son
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/12/2011 7:10 AM

You are do wrong with your 20 Bible passages, yes they are in the Bible no fundamentalists would not follow them, dont have enough room to explain why lets just say Jews should still do these things but Jesus gave us a new way and became the fulfillment of the law. Really if you want to comment on the Bible find out what it really means, It will enrich your life beyond anything you could imagine. Jesus is love and warns us about things that will have eternal consequences things not seen with eyes only, intent, motives, desires, only the tip of the iceberg for reasons that things happen much deeper than a few words could ever explain. Ignorance is no excuse,so dont hide behind it.
1. Andy Mills
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/13/2011 8:03 AM
  
  For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.â Matthew 5:18-19 ALL of these laws stll apply, READ YOUR BIBLE!
  1. JamieSmith
    Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 6/24/2011 2:18 PM
    
    Actually, Andy, the law was fulfilled! With the death of Jesus, all was finished. The law was taken away, and no one on earth is bound under it. If a person, including the Jews, wants to be under the Law, then they have to put on the WHOLE Law. Everything. Because of Jesus, we are now called to learn about God, repent of our sins, and be baptized for the remission of lour sins, and arise to walk in a newness of life, and no longer live as sinners. Not to say we don't all sin, we just don't make a lifestyle of it.
    1. kona5303
      Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 2/19/2012 3:10 PM
      
      Jaimie that might be right for salvation (fith, not law) but if god is unchanging, the lifestyle he deemed righteous under the law is still righteous. I would think that people who claim to want to please god should still try to live the lifestyle that he deemed righteous. But of. Ourse living a life that god deemed righteous would be incredibly inconvenient and barbaric, so modern christians hide behind grace.
  1. GeorgeM
    Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/24/2011 5:15 AM
    
    The bible is a load of myths written by men (at a guess; I doubt many women had much input). It's all made up c**p, translated myriad times and crammed down people's throats at an early age (like any religion). I do not give a c**p what's in the bible or the koran or the bhagavad gita, beyond their limited literary value. I can live a just, honorable and decent life without some threatening made up god and a bunch of children screwing priests trying to tell me what to do and then demanding money! Sheesh.
    1. mmorris095
      Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/31/2012 7:29 PM
      
      really? You're referencing Catholic priests as pedophiles? Considering the number of Priests in the country/world they're just as likely to have a few pedophiles as any profession. There are plenty of doctors and lawyers who are perverts the few priests who are just get all the attention.
    1. amarshall3191196
      Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 1/22/2012 10:38 PM
      
      if thats how you feel then thats your choice, but may i say one thing that when you meet your maker you will bend the knee and confess that christ is lord but then it will do you no good, for he will say, depart from me you workers of iniquity, I never knew you. Are you sure that what you put on here for your comment is what you are holding on to as truth or do you need to reconsider? The ball is in your court. Remember you will have an eternity to think about the answer that you gave. Or you can accept him and have an eternity to worship the One who died for your sins.
    1. JamieSmith
      Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 6/24/2011 2:20 PM
      
      Referring to the priests, the Catholic religion is NOT the true Church of Christ, and never has been. And, women are very valued as people in the Bible. Jesus, himself, though very highly of women, and really loved His own mother.
      1. SwiftrightRight
        Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 1/11/2012 7:49 AM
        
        Strange, I seem to remember several Protestant scandals too. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286153,00.html Hmm, that's funny, it would seem that the combined Protestant churches of America receive even more report of child sex abuse the those Catholics (260 to 228 cases average per year) It would seem that ALL of you christains need to study your bibles just a little harder.... Also the Catholic Church has every bit as much of a right to say they are the ONLY True TRUTH as whatever wacky church you follow does.
TotalRecall9
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/11/2011 12:12 AM

Ivana, you're an idiot!! What you did is like... in the U.S. Constitution it says, "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government", and then according to YOU, only Republicans can be elected to office.
1. phynx
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/23/2011 1:55 PM
  
  Talk about idiot...you do realize the word 'Republican' has more than one meaning right?
1. jakenhyde
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/18/2011 2:24 PM
  
  Well, Total, you're and idiot for comparing the US Constitution to the bible. Ivana's points are well taken. She's simply showing how two faced bible thumpers are.
ethancoker
Men With Wounded Penises or No Testicles Are Not Allowed in Church at 3/10/2011 11:15 PM

talking about eunuchs.
ethancoker
Non-Virgins Are To Be Stoned (As in, with Rocks) at 3/10/2011 11:11 PM

Wow, what a silly thing to say. I'm just saying. This ones deep in the belly of low-ness. You don't see people being stoned for gay marriage do you? then according to your own standards they're letting it slide.
sargon of akkad
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/10/2011 3:08 PM

So...your God commands that male children should have a chunk of their wangs lopped off before sunset on the eighth day of life, then decrees that anyone with a busted dick is impure?
HaHaHa
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/10/2011 11:03 AM

And what particular denomination of christianity practices these things?
1. Denis Robert
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 4/11/2011 4:23 PM
  
  Only those that actually does what they preach. Which is almost none of them. Nearly all Christians are hypocrites. The rest are evil.
1. iceman
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/13/2011 9:21 PM
  
  that's the point...
Walker
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/10/2011 9:54 AM

Wow, wrote a comment and lost it trying to register. Bummer. Anyway, I enjoy satire as much as the normal person, I guess. And satire against fundamentalists of any breed is always interesting (what rises to the top defines better than anything). I do have to say that most of this, while humorous as presented, is taken out of context. That said, it is sadly, also very true of most fundamentalist Christians. I know. I was there for nearly 30 years.
It is unfortunate that so many Christians and non-Christians alike do not understand the context of grace that covers the whole Bible. It leads to these lists and comments like below as well as the idiocy that makes these lists so true. Bottom line, true orthodox Christianity teaches a bit differently than modern Christian fundamentalists. The Bible, primarily, is not a book to tell us how to live or to guide our morals like most people use it. At its core, the Bible is simple a redemption story. That is the theme, and understanding the generalities and then the details, must follow an understanding of that meta-narrative. I won't say that within that framework it all makes sense, because, quite frankly, it doesn't. There is still plenty that I don't quite get or understand. But, through that framework, so much more of it fits together much more clearly. At least it fits together much better (and in much larger chunks) than through the fundamentalist morality compass. (And FWIW, I've know and been involved in the past with groups that did indeed faithfully practice (well, as faithful as they could) 8, 9, and 14. Yeah, sad, I know, but I am recovering.)
1. bThumps
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 4/10/2011 9:14 AM
  
  Fundamentalist Christians 1000 years ago would disagree with you. In a Europe dominated by the Catholic Church a virtually universally accepted aspect of any true Christian was that the Bible was the no less than the Word of God. Now you are saying that Fundamentalist Christians today believe that the Bible is more like a good story of how one should live. This change in interpretation would seem to any logical person proof that the book is altogether false. Religious Fundamentalism in any way, shape or form is a dangerous way of think. This assertion is backed by thousands of years of proof readily available in any history textbook. Belief without evidence diverts the blame of atrocious actions to a non-exist ant higher being and has lead to far to many needless deaths. I'm glad your not a fundamentalist anymore, however you should consider casting aside those bronze age myths altogether and turn to a far brighter outlook on humanity.
1. Scotty
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/29/2011 2:58 PM
  
  Walker, you have an interesting perspective on how to interpret the bible. But I must ask, with what criteria do you use to come to your conclusion? Unfortunately, I find most theists simply choose an interpretation that fits into their concept of who god and / or jesus is. This is quintessential post-hoc logic. You already have your concept of god, and you simply find an interpretation of the bible that best supports your god concept, therefore, it must be the correct interpretation. Said another way: How do I know what is literal verus metaphorical in the bible? Answer: If it's accurate to what we know today, then it's literal, and if it doesn't align with current knowledge, then it's metaphorical. It's like magic! It always fits!!! Sorry for the sarcasm, but it wasn't direct at you, I just can't help it when it comes to this question of what is the "proper" way to interpret the bible. Without a standard criteria that can be applied to all supposedly god-authored texts, then it is all wishy-washy, touch-feely, rubbish to me. As such, I feel entirely legit is viewing the bible as supposedly inspired by the infinitely powerful, intelligent, just, kind, loving creator of EVERYTHING. As such, ANY confusion or misunderstandings that may arise from ANY part of the bible (regardless of the context) are a daming mark against such an author. In other words, the bible should be perfect in every aspect with zero chance of misinterpretation. Obviously, it isn't, so either god didn't author it, god isn't "all-every", or god doesn't exist. In any case, religious faith based upon biblical authority FALLS. Your thoughts? Cheers
alysdexia
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/10/2011 9:11 AM

You forgot #21, "Then it is better not to marry." All three church fathers were against wedding, mating, and breeding (sex of any kind) for the world was supposed to end 1950 years ago. End of Gods and Scriptures: http://google.com/groups?q=%22Warfare+by+Autymn%22.
Anonymous
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/10/2011 7:24 AM

I am sorry Ivana but your topic "Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists" hurtful, vindictive and irresponsible as most of it was 90% off context. It was the OLD LAW and most of those laws were done away with with Jesus coming in and saving the day (the good news). Whether you support "the whole gay marriage, abortion and child molestation thing", well Ivana, that's your Right or View to do what you want but no religion supports the things you mentioned. It's not easy for people (esp Christians) to make those PURE CLEAN choices everyday. Just remember Christians have mainly 1 choice / struggle everyday.....Either you obey God or your SIN (pick 1, no neutrality with God).That is why God forgives, if you fail. Please make a similar list of quotations against Muslims and Hindus who also have similar views and have their own fundamentalists. P.S I saw your Disclaimer and it's almost laughable. (DISCLAIMER: this list isn't meant as a hateful gesture towards Christians, but a way to fight irrational responses in debates with (fun) facts.)
1. Matthew Benson
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/10/2011 9:36 AM
  
  Actually, only Paul said that the Lamb of God (Jesus the Christ) replaced the old laws of the Old Testament. Jesus himself said he wasn't there to change a jot or tittle of the law until the earth and heaven pass (Matthew 5:18). To add, the ten commandments, and the infamous law against homosexuality that can be found in the same places as the bible passages Ivana used, are still recognized today. I think Ivana's purpose was to point out how we no longer follow these rules as they are immoral acts. That the bible is not a source of morality. If it was, it wouldn't tell anyone to kill their children, cut off their limbs, etc. It probably would have included 'thou shall not rape' and 'thou shall not own another human being', h**l, maybe even 'thou shall not molest a child'. I myself am very thankful that we as a civilization no longer follow the laws of the bible, and have instead created our own morality. It's a beautiful testament with how far we have come.
  1. bThumps
    Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 4/10/2011 9:25 AM
    
    Nice point. Believing in the Bible contradicts normal societal beliefs today. It is for society as a whole who decides morality not a book. Through much struggle humanity has realized slavery is wrong. Belief in the Bible seems to contradict firmly held beliefs modern society has instilled in us all and it's really getting crazy.
ironlionnzion
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 11:02 PM

Most of these laws were done away with because Jesus took the place of the sacrifice. So they are under the old contract. Unless you are an orthodox Jew. But most follow the Talmud which says God now has to ask permission of the Rabbis to institute anything. Also, you have misinterpreted the Apostles' doctrine authorized by Christ through the Holy Spririt and Divinely inspired. Por ejemplo, what the metaphor of cutting off the hand you so literally intepretted means is it is better to remove the ENABLER than to lose your self or Soul due to no self-control. For some that is a mother or boyfriend. I would be happy to further explain. I often wonder why do people want to tinker with others faith?
1. Andy Mills
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/13/2011 8:04 AM
  
  WRONG Matthew 5:18-19 ALL stll apply, READ YOUR BIBLE!
wynn1968
Non-Virgins Are To Be Stoned (As in, with Rocks) at 3/09/2011 8:18 PM

: "Gay marriage, or gay activity in general is wrong from a physical standpoint, irregardless of what one derives from the bible. Our creator designed us as men and women with obvious intentions, i.e. man gets a penis, women get a vagina, and they're obviously designed to work in conjunction. What a slap in the face it is to our creator to stick a penis in the hole where we c**p, or to put artificial toys into a vagina. It's nothing more than self-degradation in a twisted attempt to justify their obvious failure to score a decent partner of the opposite sex."
1. indycub86
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 4/11/2012 11:25 AM
  
  Wow. You really think gay people don't really like the same sex, but that they just can't get the opposite sex and settled? I mean seriously. Come on. You can't be THAT sheltered and confused about this these days even if you tried.
wynn1968
Non-Virgins Are To Be Stoned (As in, with Rocks) at 3/09/2011 8:14 PM

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Tatiana Covington
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 6:36 PM

The reality is that modern civilization is still allowing itself to be deluded by the ravings of brain-damaged goat-herders from 3000 years ago. That so-called savior was actually just a schizophrenic, going by what he reputedly said: confused, irrational ravings. Judaism and Christianity should both be thrown in the trash, where they belong: right next to Islam. The sooner all religion is destroyed, the better.
1. mmorris095
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 5/31/2012 7:42 PM
  
  humans 3000 years ago had the same intellectual capabilities as we do now they just lacked the technology. There have been plenty of people who have studied the bible both skeptics and believers and very few if any believe Jesus as described in the bible was mentally unstable. Also the soviet union tried being an "atheist nation" tell me how that went.
Larry
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 4:30 PM

OK I suggest people go to the books listed here and read ALL of the story(whole pages imagine!!) One verse can be made to mean what ever you want it to mean! If you read the whole bible(i have not,,,yet) you will getr the true meaning . What this is doing is to take one passage to try and make it what you want it to say(AKA..The man is the head of the house LOL,,,yes ,he is,,but if you read the whole book,,you will see he is not the "BOSS" over women.
1. jakenhyde
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/18/2011 2:33 PM
  
  Seems to me it's the bible thumpers who are most noted for taking one small statement from the bible out of context.
Fred54
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 8:12 AM

So why does anyone care what's written in some childrens fairy tale anyway?? If people want to stay ignorant, keep their children ignorant an live in some fantasy world where all their decisions are made for them by an organized criminal gang what do I care??
1. bnjoo
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/23/2011 9:47 PM
  
  Because, they breath, breed and are allowed to vote. All the while their church is protected by the biggest of all tax shelters. Their political machine, which they believe is a majority (laughable considering and the denominations and different churches) constantly high jacks the progressive nature of the country. Which, of course, falls right in line with big businesses that intend to protect their consuming flock. Just ask yourself why GM wasn't allowed to fail. There is a pattern people...
carl
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 8:08 AM

It seems to me that anyone should be able to spot the Bible as an anachronism that has no place in the modern world, and certainly not a moral compass.
yournamehigh
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 7:52 AM

It'll be stupid to just take these passages out of context! Before trying to befuddle some fundamentalists or any Christian at all, you should sit down and study those verses. You will find out that some commandments were given for a certain people and at a certain time. Old Testament is full of rough commandments given to the Jews, but when Jesus came (New Testament) He died to do away with all this, and open up the way to God just through Him and nothing else. Whoever put all this is an ignorant because he's using portions of the Scripture rather than a whole chapter or even book. Sorry but please if you want to lash out at Christians, please read more and then come with strong arguments
1. Gary
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 12:36 PM
  
  As a Christian myself, I didn't find any "lashing out". I found this to be very well written and a very strong argument. Your statement to "read more and come up with strong arguments" is itself weak. Most religions do exactly what you claim this is doing, take scripture out of context. Bravo to the one(s) who compiled these scriptures and articulated it so well.
1. I pray to Joe
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 9:34 AM
  
  matthew 5:17-20 - 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven. By your own admission your above statement is false. By your so called Jesus' own words you must obey all the laws in the old and new testaments. tl;dr - Logic, ftw
  1. ironlionnzion
    Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 11:10 PM
    
    Fallacy. The accomplished is here. It is here. It is the autonomous church of Christ. NO not Rome. churches of Christ. So the old is done away with. The Pharasaic law is the Talmud. Read some parts of it if hou are unfamiliar. Hou might find out you are worthless and can be killed by any Jew who wants your property or anything else. What is the UN or a Palestinian or a Gentile telling you about human rights when you have the Talmud telling you you are the divine right?
  1. whtswrngwthyrfc
    Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 12:02 PM
    
    Bulls**t. You just answered an argument about taking verses out of context by taking verses out of context. Jesus said this, according to the author of Matthew, during the sermon on the mount, as he was teaching people a number of things that appeared to contradict the Law of Moses. The passage you quoted was a description of his own words, not old texts. He was telling his followers not to set aside the commandments he was giving right then and there. On another note, "setting aside" the laws would be different from blind obedience. Even the sabbath, one of the big 10 commandments, was acceptably broken if a sheep or other animal fell into a ditch and needed help. And this way long before animal rights starting to mean things to people. Jesus said that all of the law and commandments were summed up by "love your neighbor as yourself." His unique interpretation of the Law is what got him into trouble in the first place. That said, I'm closer to agreeing with you than I am yournamehigh. Jesus didn't die to get rid of the Law. That's Paul who said that, not Jesus. Also, "so-called Jesus"? What the h**l does that even mean?
    1. FSM1
      Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 5:56 PM
      
      "The passage you quoted was a description of his own words, not old texts. He was telling his followers not to set aside the commandments he was giving right then and there." Really? So when he said "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets" you think he was talking about his own laws that he had given out, why would people think he was trying to abolish his own laws and what would the Prophets have to do with it? If you agree that the Law that he is talking about in the first sentence is OT law, it then seems a bit of a stretch to deduce that the Law he is talking about in the second sentence lasting until everything is accomplished is not. In the context it seems more like he's adding to and refining the old laws rather than supplanting them, shortly after this he says that people who are angry with a brother or sister will be judged just like people who commited murder were judged under the old laws and men who look on a woman with lust are as guilty as those guilty of adultry under the old laws etc.
      1. whtswrngwthyrfc
        Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/11/2011 1:39 PM
        
        "19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven" That's the section to which I was referring, not the Law and the Prophets, which is obviously and OT reference. That bit of the argument is moot, anyway, since the whole point of the thing was that Jesus was asking people to change the way the laws should be interpreted. The verse was not only out of context relative to the chapter, but out of context relative to the entire ministry of Jesus. I don't think the way fundamentalists take the Bible as the literal word of God to be right. However, when you take the verses out of context, both historical and narrative, you aren't doing anything to show that you know better than them. If firing at people with your bible cannon is the reason people hate fundies, you've gotta rise above that. That's the only way you can change things for the better instead of just laughing about it with your friends.
  1. Heathen
    Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 9:58 AM
    
    HOLY F**K. I laughed so hard when I read this. you just made my day.
1. Oh Please
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 8:33 AM
  
  Give it a rest Buy-bull banger!
1. carl
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 8:04 AM
  
  Your notion that some passages are for a certain time and place is ridiculous. These things are not appropriate in any time or place. Think! Quit drinking the Koolaid.
techskeptic
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 6:43 AM

cripes... lovely formatting the comments give you
techskeptic
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 6:42 AM

How could you miss out on the condemnation of praying in public!!! 5. And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 7. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matthew 6:5 - 7
1. ironlionnzion
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 11:17 PM
  
  Man you missed the boat entirely on this one. Think of re televangilists on this. The lesson is don't pray to be seen and admired. That misses the fundemental core. You pray for the reason of praying. Prayer is what we call petitioning God. If you had to ask your Father or Mother to borrow the car would you go stand out in the front yard so all the neighbors could see you asking? NO. Simple example only it is more important than that. Maybe you wouldn't ASK for a loan from your banker on tv or thru the newspapers. Private petitions should be handled humbly and privately. We all love humble people.
  1. ironlionnzion
    Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 11:36 PM
    
    One last thing, a great example of repetition would be "you have lied so go.say 99 hail maths." What does that do? He means be conscientious and thoughtful with your prayers. You see? These are good things. I want to make you aware of something. When Satan tried to tempt Jesus he often took scriptures and twisted them out of context. I am not calling you a Satanist. That is not my intention. I am sure if I knew you we would get along just fine. I treat others as I wish to be treated and have many friends who don't believe but try know what I believe and they respect me and sometimes I find they come and ask me questions about things regarding these topics. Partially because I belong to a small remnant of the 1st century church. Secondly, because we don't tote the line when faith and obedience is used in a financial or political manner. Nothing disgusts me more than seed money or clergy and laiety or the attitude that we are somehow more evolved than our ancestors when it comes to morals ethics and living. That is arrogant hogwash. Study philosophy and you will discover man has had and answered the same questions for millennia sometimes he uses krakens and netherworlds sometimes gilgamesh is the name sometimes its jupiter but we have always had the same concerns. They may have not tried to figure out how to get a better phone but I gaurantee thy tried to figure out how to get more wine or silk or leather. Gold!!!! You better believe there was crooks and charlatans trying to figure out how to get your gold thru religion and oracles. Sound familiar. Don't judge the faithful by what greed you see on tv or read about pedophiles in the news. Look for those who genuinely serve something higher than.themselves and asks why. I do it for not gold nor gain save how go be a better husband, father and neighbor. By the way the divorce rate in our churches are less than. 12% read the census! Booyaaaah we love we know love we live love and we have light.
1. Hippocrit
  Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/09/2011 8:31 AM
  
  Very well said!! Bravo!!
JerryWhitehouse
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/08/2011 10:17 PM

Have Mercy! I see why they don't quote these, it's their life!
dannyboi2
Top 20 Bible Passages to Use Against Fundamentalists at 3/08/2011 6:18 PM

Thank YOU!! Now I can show to all my Bible thumpers..

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