Something Beautiful

 

Written and produced by Seth Andrews TheThinkingAtheist - YouTube

Spoken by Nathan Phelps. The son of Fred Phelps, he of the famed Westboro Baptist Church

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Violence in the Bible: Greatest Hits

For many, the Bible (both the Hebrew Bible [aka the Old Testament for Christians] and the New Testament) is a moral touchstone and a guide to a peaceful life. Yet such a use of the Bible relies on a rather selective reading of its stories, since the Bible also contains numerous disturbingly violent tales. These violent stories are often passed over altogether or explained away as cultural remnants of the time when the stories were transmitted and written down. Yet it is worth knowing that these unseemly accounts still exist in the Bible, because some tend to treat this book as a homogeneous document that has a consistently nonviolent message. In fact, the Bible is far from a non-violent book. Here are the Top Ten most violent stories from the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament:

 1. The Rape of Dinah (Genesis 34)

 2. Genocide in Joshua (Joshua 1-12)

 3. The Dismembered Concubine (Judges 19)

 4. The Murder of John the Baptist (Mark 6)

 5. The Killing of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5)

 6. Wilderness Slaughter (Exodus 32)

 7. The Parable of the Unfaithful Slave (Luke 12

 8. Revelation’s Bowls of Wrath (Revelation 16)

 9. Jephthah’s Human Sacrifice (Judges 11)

 10. Sexual Violence Against Jacob’s Wives’ Slaves (Genesis 30)

And some also ran;

1. Cain Kills Abel (Genesis 4)

2. Jesus Crucified (Mark 16 and parallels)

3. Judas’ Deaths (Matthew 27; Acts 1

4. Drowning Pharaoh’s Army (Exodus 14)

5. Paul Wishes Castration on his Opponents (Galatians 5)

The above, along with a description of the list item can be found at:Violence in the Bible: Greatest Hits | HuffPost

 And what would be Biblical violence without some mass killings?

1. The Flood (Genesis 6-8)
2. The cities of the plain, including Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 18-19)
3. The Egyptian firstborn sons during the Passover (Exodus 11-12)
4. The Canaanites under Moses and Joshua (Numbers 21:2-3; Deuteronomy 20:17; Joshua 6:17, 21)
5. The Amalekites annihilated by Saul (1 Samuel 15)

See also; How Many Has God Killed?

Be Honest.

Be Honest. How would you feel,

 If lawmakers wanted to use your tax dollars to support private Muslim schools to teach children Islamic beliefs?

 If police cars and courthouses had the words "Allah be Praised" on them?

If you son or daughter was forced to recite Islamic prayers to be on a school sports team?

If presidential candidates said that the U S Constitution might be ignored in favor of Islamic teachings? Appalling thought isn't it? 

 The thing is, atheists are living with this every day, not with Islam, but with Christianity.

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 “Your petitioners are atheists and they define their beliefs as follows. An atheist loves his fellow man instead of god. An atheist believes that heaven is something for which we should work now – here on earth for all men together to enjoy. An atheist believes that he can get no help through prayer but that he must find in himself the inner conviction and strength to meet life, to grapple with it, to subdue it, and enjoy it. An atheist believes that only in a knowledge of himself and a knowledge of his fellow man can he find the understanding that will help to a life of fulfillment. He seeks to know himself and his fellow man rather than to know a god. An atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that a deed must be done instead of a prayer said. An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanquished, war eliminated. He wants man to understand and love man. He wants an ethical way of life. He believes that we cannot rely on a god or channel action into prayer nor hope for an end of troubles in a hereafter. He believes that we are our brother’s keepers and are keepers of our own lives; that we are responsible persons and the job is here and the time is now.”

 

Madalyn Murray O'Hair - Wikipedia

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Pro-Life Hypocrisy

* If you’re pre-born, you’re fine; if you’re pre-school, you’re fucked.”
* George Carlin. Back in Town (1996)

See also: Pro-Life?

The Heretic

 

The Heretic 
by Emo Philips

I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said, "Stop! Don't do it!"
 "Why shouldn't I?" he said.   I said, "Well, there's so much to live for!"   He said, "Like what?"

 I said, "Well, are you religious or atheist?"   He said, "Religious."   I said, "Me too!

 Are you Christian or Buddhist?"   He said, "Christian."   I said, "Me too!

 Are you Catholic or Protestant?"   He said, "Protestant."   I said, Me too!

 Are you Episcopalian or Baptist?   He said, "Baptist!"   I said, "Wow! Me too!

 Are you Baptist Church of God or Baptist Church of the Lord?   He said, Baptist Church of God!"   I said, "Me too!

 Are you Original Baptist Church of God or are you Reformed Baptist Church of God?" He said, "Reformed Baptist Church of God!"   I said, "Me too!

 Are you Reformed Baptist Church of God, Reformation of 1879, or Reformed Baptist Church of God, Reformation of 1915?"   He said, "Reformed Baptist Church of God, Reformation of 1915!"

 I said, "Die, heretic scum!" and pushed him off.

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2 Kings 2:23-24

2 Kings 2:23-24

2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.  

2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.