Scriptures concerning people who do not accept the teaching of the Bible Exodus 32:27: Then he (Moses) said to them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor.'" 28 The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about 3,000 of the people died.   The killings were ordered because the 3,000 people broke commandments one and two in Exodus 20: No other gods, and make no idols. In the whole Bible God kills 371,186 people directly and orders another 1,862,265 people murdered, EvilBible.com   Deuteronomy 13:6 If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, "Let us go and worship other gods" (gods that neither you nor your fathers have known, 7 gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other), 8 do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity. Do not spare him or shield him. 9 You must certainly put him to death. Your hand must be the first in putting him to death, and then the hands of all the people.   Hosea 13:16: "The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open."   Zechariah 13:8: "In the whole land," declares the LORD, "two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third will be left in it."   Reading Zechariah 13:1-7 reveals this is the fate of false prophets and their followers.   Many more at Infidels' Bible Atrocities by Donald Morgan   Some teaching of Jesus: Matthew 10:34: "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword."   Jesus ends a parable with the following verse: Luke 19:27 "But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence."   Luke 22:36: "He said to them, 'But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.'"   A woman of different race/nationality asked Jesus for medical help for her daughter. Jesus did eventually help the woman, but after referring to her as a dog:   Matthew 15:25-26: "The woman came and knelt before him. 'Lord, help me!' she said. He replied, 'It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs.'"   Matthew 13:40-42: "Just as the weeds are separated out and burned, so it will be at the end of the world. I, the Son of Man, will send my angels, and they will remove from my Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil, and they will throw them into the furnace and burn them. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."   Jesus died 2,000 years ago. When did he think the end of the world was coming?   (Jesus) last words on the cross - Mark 15:34 "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me?" and Matthew 27:46-50 "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, eli, lama sabachthani?" that is to say, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" ...Jesus, when he cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost."   Jesus died for your sins?   Islam is a "sister" religion to Christianity and contains many teachings of Jesus in the Koran. One major difference: In the Koran the crucifixion of Jesus was staged, they killed him not, Koran 4.157.   More teachings of Jesus at: Freedom From Religion - Jesus Landover Baptist sermons   Biblical Contradictions? Matthew 5:17-18: "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 I tell you the truth, 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." 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." Colossians 2:14: "… having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross." Romans 6:14: "For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace."   Ecclesiastes 9:5: "For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten." John 3:15: "that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."   Many more contradictions at: Infidels' Biblical Inconsistencies by Donald Morgan Freedom From Religion Foundation's Bible Contradictions   Creation and Incest Genesis 4:17: "And Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth… "    According to the Bible, Adam and Eve were the only two people on the earth until they had children, including Cain.  There are only two possibilities for Cain's wife:  a sister or Eve, his mother.   Shape of the Earth? Matthew 4:8: "Again, the devil took him (Jesus) to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor."   Can Australia be seen from any exceeding high mountain in the United States?  If the earth is flat yes; otherwise no.   Revelation 7:1: "After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree."    What, other than a quadrilateral, "a polygon with 4 sides," has 4 corners?  Keep in mind that polygons are closed plane (flat) figures.   Job 9:6: "He shakes the earth from its place and makes its pillars tremble." Psalm 75:3: "When the earth and all its people quake, it is I who hold its pillars firm."   Pillars hold up the earth?   Christianity Test Mark 16:16-18: "Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."   Don't try poison, but if anyone teaching Christianity asks for a tithe, request they drink some liquid poison before you give any money! The Pentecostals believe the Bible is the inspired word of God and handle snakes and drink poison. George Hensley, the founder of the movement, died from snakebite wounds.   Circumcision Genesis 17:10: "This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised."   The word circumcision and its derivatives appear in the Bible 103 times.   Scriptures concerning women's rights The laws that until recently denied women equal rights were consistent with these teachings of the Bible:   1 Timothy 2:11: "A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent."   1 Timothy 2:14: "And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. 15 But women will be saved through childbearing - if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety."   The following scriptures basically say that single, non-engaged women can be raped at will, and then the woman must marry the rapist.   Judges 21:20: "So they instructed the Benjamites, saying, "Go and hide in the vineyards 21 and watch. When the girls of Shiloh come out to join in the dancing, then rush from the vineyards and each of you seize a wife from the girls of Shiloh and go to the land of Benjamin... 23 So that is what the Benjamites did. While the girls were dancing, each man caught one and carried her off to be his wife. Then they returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the towns and settled in them."   This teaching is consistent:   Deuteronomy 22:28-29: "If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, 29 he shall pay the girl's father fifty shekels of silver. [1 1/4 lb] He must marry the girl, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives."   Many more at Infidels' Questionable Guidelines by Donald Morgan   Various scriptures of interest Exodus 31:15: "For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death."   Malachi 2:3: (NLT) "I will rebuke your descendants and splatter your faces with the dung of your festival sacrifices, and I will add you to the dung heap."     Psalms 137:9: (KJV) "Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones."   Leviticus 20:16: "If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal."   Exodus 12:29: "At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well."   NU 31:31-40: "As the LORD commanded 32,000 virgins are taken by the Israelites as booty. Thirty-two are set aside [to be sacrificed?] as a tribute for the Lord."   2 Kings 19:35: "That night the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning-there were all the dead bodies!"   2 Peter 1:20-21: (KJV) "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."   Hundreds more at Infidels' Donald Morgan Index Many Bible stories illustrated with LEGO blocks at The Brick Testament