INTRODUCTION

It is a central dogma of all fundamental Christians that the Bible is without error. They teach
this conclusion by "reasoning" that god cannot be the author of false meaning and he
cannot lie. Is this true If written by a !erfect being" then it must not contradict itself" as a
collection of boo#s written by different men at different times o$er many centuries would be
e%!ected to contradict each other.
&ith this in mind" let us ha$e a loo# at the Bible on se$eral sub'ects.
ON T() *+BB+T( D+,
"Remember the *abbath day" to #ee! it holy." -- )%odus ./01
"One man esteemeth one day abo$e another0 another esteemeth e$ery day ali#e. 2et e$ery
man be fully !ersuaded in his own mind." -- Romans 3405
ON T() 6)R7+N)NC, O8 T() )+RT(
"... the earth abideth for e$er." -- )cclesiastes 304
"... the elements shall melt with fer$ent heat" the earth also and the wor#s that are therein
shall be burned u!." -- .6eter 903/
ON *))IN: :OD
"... I ha$e seen :od face to face" and my life is !reser$ed." -- :enesis 9.09/
"No man hath seen :od at any time..."-- ;ohn 3031
ON (U7+N *+CRI8IC)
"... Thou shalt not let any of thy seed !ass through the fire to 7olech" neither shalt thou
!rofane the name of thy :od..." -- 2e$iticus 310.3
<In ;udges" though" the tale of ;e!hthah" who led the Israelites against the +mmonoites" is
being told. Being fearful of defeat" this good religious man sought to guarantee $ictory by
getting god firmly on his side. *o he !rayed to god= "... If thou shalt without fail deli$er the
children of +mmon into mine hands" Then it shall be" that whatsoe$er cometh forth of the
doors of my house to meet me" when I return in !eace from the children of +mmon" shall
surely be the 2ORD>s" and I will offer it u! for a burnt offering" ?;udges 3309/-93@.
<The terms were acce!table to god -- remember" he is su!!osed to be omniscient and #now
the future -- so he ga$e $ictory to ;e!hthah" and the first whatsoe$er that greeted him u!on
his glorious return was his daughter" as god surely #new would ha!!en" if god is god. True to
his $ow" the general made a human sacrifice of his only child to godA= -- ;udges 330.B-94
ON T() 6O&)R O8 :OD
"... with :od all things are !ossible." -- 7atthew 3B0.C
"...The 2ORD was with ;udahD and he dra$e out the inhabitants of the mountainD but could
not dri$e out the inhabitants of the $alley" because they had chariots of iron." -- ;udges 303B
ON D)+2IN: &IT( 6)R*ON+2 IN;UR,
"...thou shalt gi$e life for life" )ye for eye" tooth for tooth" hand for hand" foot for foot.
burning for burning" wound for wound" stri!e for stri!e. " -- )%odus .30.9-.5
"...ye resist not e$il0 but whosoe$er shall smite thee on the right chee#" turn to him the other
also." -- 7atthew 509B
ON CIRCU7CI*ION
"This is my co$enant" which ye shall #ee!" between me and you and thy seed after theeD
)$ery man child among you shall be circumcised." -- :enesis 3E03/
"...if ye be circumcised" Christ shall !rofit you nothing." -- :alatians 50.
ON INC)*T
"Cursed be he that lieth with his sister" the daughter of his father" or the daughter of this
mother..." -- Deuteronomy .E0..
"+nd if a man shall ta#e his sister" his father>s daughter" or his mother>s daughter...it is a
wic#ed thing...." -- 2e$iticus ./03E
<But what was god>s reaction to +braham" who married his sister -- his father>s daughter=
*ee :enesis ./033-3.
"+nd :od said unto +braham" +s for *ara thy wife...I bless her" and gi$e thee a son also of
her..." -- :enesis 3E035-3C
ON TRU*TIN: :OD
"+ good man obtaineth fa$our of the 2ORD..." -- 6ro$erbs 3.0.
Now consider the case of ;ob. +fter commissioning *atan to ruin ;ob financially and to
slaughter his she!herds and children to win a !etty bet with *atan. :od as#ed *atan0 "(ast
thou considered my ser$ant ;ob" that there is none li#e him in the earth" a !erfect and an
u!right man" one that feareth :od" and escheweth e$il and still he holdeth fast his integrity"
although thou mo$edst me against him" to destroy him without cause." -- ;ob .09
ON T() (O2, 2I8)-*T,2)
":o thy way" eat thy bread with 'oy" and drin# thy wine with a merry heart..." -- )cclesiastes
B0E
"...they that re'oice" as though they re'oiced not..." -- 3 Corinthians E09/
ON 6UNI*(IN: CRI7)
"The son shall not bear the iniFuity of the father..." -- )Ge#iel 310./
"I the 2ORD thy :od am a 'ealous :od" $isiting the iniFuity of the fathers u!on the children
unto the third and fourth generation..." -- )%odus ./05
ON T)76T+TION
"2et no man say when he is tem!ted" I am tem!ted of :od0 for :od cannot be tem!ted with
e$il" neither tem!teth he any man." -- ;ames 3039
"+nd it came to !ass after these things" that :od did tem!t +braham..." -- :enesis ..03
ON 8+7I2, R)2+TION*(I6*
"(onor thy father and thy mother..."-- )%odus ./03.
"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 disci!le. " -- 2u#e 340.C
ON R)*URR)CTION O8 T() D)+D
"...he that goeth down to the gra$e shall come u! no more. " -- ;ob E0B
"...the hour is coming" in which all that are in the gra$es shall hear his $oice" and shall come
forth...." -- ;ohn 50.1-.B
ON T() )ND O8 T() &OR2D
"Herily I say unto you" There be some standing here" which shall not taste of death" till they
see the *on of man coming in his #ingdom. " -- 7atthew 3C0.1
"Herily I say unto you" This generation shall not !ass away" till all be fulfilled. (ea$en and earth
shall !ass away0 but my words shall not !ass away. " -- 2u#e .309.-99
"+nd that" #nowing the time" that now it is high time to awa#e out of slee!0 for now is our
sal$ation nearer than when we belie$ed. The night is far s!ent" the day is at hand0 let us
therefore cast off the wor#s of dar#ness" and let us !ut on the armour of light." -- Romans
39033-3.
"Be ye also !atientD establish your hearts0 for the coming of the 2ord draweth nigh." -- ;ames
501
"2ittle children" it is the last time0 and as ye ha$e heard that antichrist shall come" e$en now
are there many antichristsD whereby we #now that it is the last time." -- 3 ;ohn .031
"But the end of all things is at hand0 be ye therefore sober" and watch unto !rayer." -- 3 6eter
40E
These words were written between 31// and 3B// years ago and were meant to warn and
!re!are the first Christians for the immediate end of the world. *ome words are those
su!!osedly straight out of the mouth of the "*on of :od." The world did not end 31// or
3B// years ago. +ll that generation !assed away without any of the things foretold coming to
!ass. No amount of !rayer brought it aboutD nor e$er so much !atience and belief and sober
li$ing. The world went on" as usual" indifferent to the s!outings of yet another batch of
doomsday !ro!hets with $isions of messiahs dancing in their deluded brains. The world" by
sur$i$ing" ma#es the abo$e !assages contradictions.
CONC2U*ION
&hat is incredible about the Bible is not its di$ine authorshi!D it>s that such a concoction of
contradictory nonsense could be belie$ed by anyone to ha$e been written by an omniscient
god. To do so" one would first ha$e to not read the boo#" which is the !ractice of most
ChristiansD or" if one does read it" dum! in the trash can one>s rational intelligence -- to
become a fool for god" in other words.
To be an +theist" one need only be able to laugh when such ob$ious nonsense is offered as
being "di$ine" truth. If you are laughing" then you belong in the only organiGation dedicated
to determined +theist acti$ism -- dedicated to doing something about the intrusion of
religion into all areas of our go$ernment and our !ri$ate li$es.
+ll Bible Fuotes from the +uthoriGed Iing ;ames Hersion of the Bible ?New ,or#0 +bradale
6ress" 1965)