All passages cited in this pamphlet are taken from the King James version of the Bible, with the sole exception of Romans 3 7-8 (cited in ? ? Atrocities & Absurdities? ), which is taken from the Revised Standard Edition. The wording of this passage in the King James version is so muddled as to be nearly incomprehensible.

First published in 1987. This material is not copyrighted.

Sex
It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
- I Corinthians 7 1

For there are some eunuchs which were so born from their mother? s womb and there are some eunuchs which were made eunuchs of men and there be eunuchs which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heavens sake. He that is able to receive it.
-Matthew 19 12 (JC speaking)

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
-I Peter 2 11

For I would that all men were even as myself... I say therefore to the unmarried and widows. It is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain, let them marry for it is better to marry than to burn.
-I Corinthians 7 7-9

Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
-Exodus 22 19

And the man that committeth adultery with another man? s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor? s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
-Leviticus 20 10

If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination they shall surely be put to death their blood shall be upon them.
-Leviticus 20 13

And if a man lieth with a beast, he shall surely be put to death and ye shall slay the beast.
-Leviticus 20 15

If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die...
-Deuteronomy 22 22

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these Adultery, fornication, uncleanliness, lasciviousness.
-Galatians 5 19

And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid... she shall be scourged... And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord...
-Leviticus 19 20-21

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me.
-Psalms 51 5

If any man take a wife... and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid... if this be true... Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father? s house, and the men of the city shall stone her with stones that she die.
-Deuteronomy 22 13-21

And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father she shall be burnt with fire (to death).
-Leviticus 21 9

For to be carnally minded is death but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
-Romans 8 6

Women
Wives, submit yourselves unto your husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church...
-Ephesians 5 22-23

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
-Colossians 3 18

Likewise ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel...
-I Peter 3 7

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ and the head of every woman is the man...
-I Corinthians 11 3

Neither was the man created for the woman but the woman for the man.
-I Corinthians 11 9

Now that she is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth supplications and prayers night and day. But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
-I Timothy 5 5-6

Unto the woman He (god) said, ? ? I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
-Genesis 3 16

How then can man be justified with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman.
-Job 25 4

These (redeemed) are they which were not defiled with woman...
-Revelation 14 4

But if thou has gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband
Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh (a euphemism for genitalia) to rot and thy belly to swell
And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot and the woman shall say Amen, amen.
-Numbers 5 20-22

If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child then she shall be unclean seven days... but if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks...
-Leviticus 12 2-5

Let your woman keep silence in the churches for it is not permitted unto them to speak but they are commanded to br under obedience, as also saith the law.
-I Corinthians 14 34

Let the woman learn silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
-I Timothy 2 11-12

And every garment and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even. And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. And whosoever toucheth any thing she sat upon shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days and the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean... This is the law of him that hath an issue and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.
-Leviticus 15 17-24, 32-32
Slavery & Submission
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
-Romans 13 1-2

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh not with eyeservice, as menpleasers but in singleness of heart fearing God.
-Colossians 3 22

Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ.
-Ephesians 6 5

Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things not answering again not purloining, but shewing good fidelity that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
-Titus 2 9-10

And if a man smite his servant, or his maid with a rod, and he die under his hand he shall surely be punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished for he is his money.
-Exodus 21 20-21

If thou buy an Hebrew servant six years he shall serve and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters the wife and her children shall be her master? s and he shall go out by himself. And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife and my children I will not go out free Then his master shall bring him to the door, or unto the door post and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul and he shall serve him forever.
-Exodus 21 2-6

Both thy bondsmen, and thy bondsmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round you of them shall ye buy bondsmen and bondsmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land and they shall be your possession.
And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession.
-Leviticus 25 44-46

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord? s sake whether it be to the king, as supreme or unto governors.
-I Peter 2 13-14

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear not only to the good and gentle, but also to the forward.
-I Peter 2 18

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
-I Timothy 6 1

The End of the World (an unfulfilled prophecy)
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars... Men? s hearts failing them for fear... And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud... This generation shall not pass till all be fulfilled.
-Luke 21 25-32

But the end of all things is at hand.
-I Peter 4-7

Little children, it is the last time and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists whereby we know that it is the last time.
-I John 2 18

Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven... And then shall appear the Son of man in heaven, then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven... This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
-Matthew 24 29-34

And he (Jesus Christ) said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the Kingdom of God come with power.
-Mark 9 1

For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels and then he shall reward every man according to his works. Verily I say unto you, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
-Matthew 16 27-28

But I tell you as a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
-Luke 9 27

...the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light. And the stars of heaven shall fall... And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds... And then shall he send his angels and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth... Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.-Mark 13 24-27, 30
Atrocities & Absurdities
And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it unto thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.
-Deuteronomy 20 13-14

For my love they are my adversaries but I give myself to prayer... When he shall be judged, let him be condemned... Let his days be few... Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg... Let the extortioner catch all that he hath and let the strangers spoil his labour. Let there be none to extend mercy unto him neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. Let his posterity be cut off and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
-Psalms 109 4, 7-13

If any man will come after me (J.C.), let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.
-Matthew 16 24

And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
-Mark 9 43-44

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft...
-I Samuel 15 23

...I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
-Job 42 6

And these signs shall follow them that believe in my name shall they cast out devils they shall speak with new tongues They shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
-Mark 16 17-18

For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews who both killed the Lord Jesus, and have persecuted us and they please not God, and are contrary to all men.
-I Thessalonians 2 14-15
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
-Luke 19 27 (Jesus speaking)

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe In my name shall they cast out devils they shall speak with new tongues they shall take up serpents and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.
-Mark 16 16-18

Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together and burned them... So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
-Acts 19 19-20

...if through my falsehood God? s truthfulness abounds to his glory why am I still being condemned as a sinner? And why not do evil that good may come? -as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
-Romans 3 7-8 (Revised Standard Edition of the Bible)

For everyone that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
-Leviticus 20 9

And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death.
-Leviticus 24 16

Thou shall not suffer a witch to live.
-Exodus 22 18

Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces.
-Malachi 2 3

And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man...
-Ezekiel 4 12

Lo, I have given thee cow? s dung for man? s dung and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
-Ezekiel 4 15

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that hath not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
-Numbers 31 17-18

...Hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
-Isaiah 36 12

Happy shall he be, that hath taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
-Pslams 137 9

Wherefore if thy hand of foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
-Matthew 18 8-9

For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans do the same?
-Matthew 5 46

He that spareth the rod hateth his son.
-Proverbs 13 24

And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt And all the firstborn in the and of Egypt shall die... even unto the firstborn of the maidservant... and all the firstborn of beasts.
-Exodus 11 4-5

Withhold not correction from the child for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
-Proverbs 23 13-14

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken to them Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him... And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he de.
-Deuteronomy 21 18-21

He that is wounded in the stones (testicles), or hath his privy member (penis) cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
-Deuteronomy 23 1

Contradictions
I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
-Genesis 32 30

No man hath seen God at any time.
-John 1 18

And I (God) will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts but my face shall not be seen.
-Exodus 33 23

Honour thy father and thy mother.
-Exodus 20 12

If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
-Luke 14 26 (J.C. speaking)

...thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
-Exodus 21 23-25

...resist not evil but whosoever shal smite thee on thy right cheek, turn him the other also.
-Matthew 5 39

The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father.
-Ezekiel 18 20

...I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation...
-Exodus 20 5

...God cannot be tempted wth evil, neither tempteth he any man.
-James 1 13

And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham.
-Genesis 22 1

...for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger forever.
-Jeremiah 3 12

Ye have kindled a fire in mine (God? s) anger, which shall burn forever.
-Jeremiah 17 4

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth...
-Matthew 6 19

In the house of the righteous is much treasure...
-Proverbs 15 6

I am one that bear witness of myself...
-John 8 18 (J.C. speaking)

IF I bear witness os myself, my witness is not true.
-John 5 31 (J.C. speaking)

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children? s children.
-Proverbs 13 22

Sell that ye have and give alms...
-Luke 12 33

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
-Proverbs 3 13

For in much wisdom is much grief and he that increaseth knowlegde increaseth sorrow.
-Ecclesiastes 1 18

...the earth abideth forever.
-Ecclesiastes 1 4

...the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
-II Peter 3 10

Think not that I (J.C.) am come to send peace on earth I came not to send peace, but a sword.
-Matthew 10 34

...and they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
-Matthew 26 52

And no man hath ascended up to heaven... even the Son of man which is in heaven.
-John 3 13

...and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
-II Kings 2 11

Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord... Wealth and riches shall be in his house...
-Psalms 112 1-3

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
-Matthew 19 24

I and my father are one.
-John 10 30 (J.C. speaking)

I go unto the Father for my Father is greater than I.
-John 14 28 (J.C. speaking)
...the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth...
-John 5 28-29

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
-Job 7 9

J.C. on the Bible
Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil... Till heaven and earth shall pass, one jot or one title shall in no wise pass from the law.
-Matthew 5 17-18

Wiser Men on the Bible
If you take the cruel passages, the verses that inculcate eternal hatred, verses that writhe and hiss like serpents, you can make a creed that would shock the heart of a hyena.
It may be that no book contains better passages than the New Testament, but certainly no book contains worse.
Below the blossom of love you find the thorn of hatred on the lips that kiss, you find the poison of the cobra.
The Bible is not a moral guide.
-Robert Ingersoll, What Would You Substitute for the Bible as a Moral Guide?

Historical investigations have revealed to us the origin and growth of the Bible. We know that by this name we designate a collection of writings as radically unlike in origin, character and contents, as if the Nibelungen Lied, Mirabeau? s speeches, Heine? s love poems and a manual of zoology had been printed and mixed up promiscuously, and then bound into one volume.

We find collected in this book the superstitious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine, with indistinct echoes if Indian and Persian fables, mistaken imitations of Egyptian theories, and customs, historical chronicles as dry as they are unreliable, and miscellaneous poems, amatory, human and Jewish-national, which are rarely distinguished by beauties of the highest order, but frequently by superfluity of expression, coarseness, bad taste, and genuine Oriental sensuality.

As a literary monument the Bible is of much later origin than the Vedas as a work of literary value, it is surpassed by everything written in the last two thousand years by authors even of the second rank, and to compare it seriously with the productions of Homer, Sophocles, Dante, Shakespeare or Goethe would require a fanaticized mind that had entirely lost its power of judgement. Its conception of the universe is childish, and its morality revolting, as revealed in the malicious vengeance attributed to God in the Old Testament and in the New.
-Max Nordau, Conventional Lies of Our Civilazation

The mind that becomes soiled in youth can never again be washed clean. I know this by my own experience, and to this day I cherish an unappeasable bitterness against the unfaithful guardians of my young life, who not only permitted but compelled me to read an unexpurgated Bible through before I was fifteen years old. None can do that and ever draw a clean, sweet breath again this side of the grave.
-Mark Twain

Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil... Till heaven and earth shall pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law.
-Matthew 5 17-18 (J.C. speaking)