I have mentioned many times that religious scriptures are only pieces of literature that have been noted down by people in the past and should not have any relevance or importance today. They should, most of all, not be seen as holy and followed by so many. They are old and outdated. Many people don’t realize how outdated they really are because they don’t know enough about them but if you actually read them word by word, you will get to know that there are a lot of crazy things and lots of cruelty in many religions’ scriptures.
One of my friends from New York, Deniz Tekiner, has recently compiled an impressive list of craziness in the holy Christian scripture, the Bible, warning people that they should not say they believe that to be the word of God – otherwise they would have to follow these rules:
Don’t have a variety of crops on the same field. (Leviticus 19:19)
Don’t wear clothes made of more than one fabric. (Leviticus 19:19)
Don’t cut your hair nor shave. (Leviticus 19:27)
Any person who curseth his mother or father, must be killed. (Leviticus 20:9)
If a man cheateth on his wife, or vise versa, both the man and the woman must die. (Leviticus 20:10)
If a man lieth with another man, both must be killed. (Leviticus 20:13)
If a man or woman has sex with an animal, both human and animal must be killed. (Leviticus 20:15-16)
If a man has sex with a woman on her period, they are both to be “cut off from their people.” (Leviticus 20:18)
Psychics, wizards, witches and so on are to be stoned to death. (Leviticus 20:27)
If a priest’s daughter is a whore, she is to be burnt at the stake. (Leviticus 21:9)
People who have flat noses, or are blind or lame, cannot go to an altar of God. (Leviticus 21:17-18)
Anyone who curses or blasphemes God, should be stoned to death by the community. (Leviticus 24:14-16)
From the book of Deuteronomy:
Anyone who dreameth or prophesieth anything that is against God, or anyone who tries to turn you from God, is to be put to death. (Deuteronomy 13:5)
If anyone, even your own family, suggests worshipping another God, kill them. (Deuteronomy 13:6-10)
If you find out a city worships a different god, destroy the city and kill all of its inhabitants, even the animals. (Deuteronomy 13:12-16)
Kill anyone with a different religion. (Deuteronomy 17:2-7)
Women are not allowed to wear the clothing of men and men are not allowed to wear the clothing of women (Deuteronomy 22:5)
From the New Testament:
Slaves must be submissive and obedient to their masters. (Ephesians 6:5)
Women must be submissive to their husbands. (1 Peter 3:1 and 3:5)
Women should not style or braid their hair or wear any adornments (jewelry) or fancy clothing. (I would also presume that wording to include the wearing of make-up and coloring of hair in that context. – 1 Peter 3:3, 1 Timothy 2:9)
Women should be generally submissive and should be quiet, never teach or hold any authority over men. They should just be silent. (1 Timothy 2:12)
Women must wear head coverings in any place of worship. (1 Corinthians 11:4-7)
The Bible is not the only scripture with crazy and cruel rules. In the next two blog entries I will give you examples of similar lines in Hinduism and Islam.