Is the Old Testament Inspired?
What is the basic type of standard we would expect a collection of books would be like, inspired by the almighty God? If the creator of the universe inspired the Old Testament:
» It should be a book that man could not produce.
» It should contain the perfection of philosophy.
» It should perfectly accord with astronomy, geology or as to any subject or science.
» Its mortality should be the highest, the purest.
» Its laws and regulations for the control of conduct should be just, wise, perfect, pure and perfectly adapted to the accomplishment of the ends desired.
» It should contain nothing calculated to make man cruel, revengeful, vindictive or infamous.
» It should be filled with intelligence, justice, purity, honesty, mercy, the spirit of liberty and love.
» It should be opposed to strife and war, to slavery and lust, to ignorance, credulity and superstition.
» It should develop the brain and civilize the heart.
» It should satisfy the heart and brain from the most simple to the wisest.
» It should be clear and not contradicting.
For centuries, the church insisted that the Bible was true with no mistakes or contradictions. That the creation story is true and that all astronomy and geology are in accord with the facts. Until only less that 100 years ago scientist who differed with the Bible was classified as infidels, atheists (a swear word in the olden days) and were persecuted. Galileo was one of the lucky scientists who spoke out against the church when he discovered that the sun does not revolve around the earth. He, sentenced to house arrest for the rest of his life by the church, where hundreds and thousands of others killed in all kinds of horrible ways. All was done in the name of God, to keep people in line with His word. The Bible supports the “facts” that the earth is flat and that the sun revolves around the earth. Today Christians somehow ignores those scriptures. In the next chapter, I will go into a more detailed analysis of the Old Testament.
After science started to proof Bible stories wrong, the Christian fathers changed their stance on the “inspiration” of the Bible.
“…the authors, or rather the writers, of the Bible were inspired in spiritual and moral things; that Jehovah wanted to make known to his children his will and his infinite love for his children; that Jehovah, seeing his people wicked, ignorant and depraved, wished to make them merciful and just, wise and spiritual, and that the Bible is inspired in its laws, in the religion it teaches and in its ideas of government.” - Robert G. Ingersoll (1894)
The new claim now, by the more liberal Christians, is that the bible was not written to be factual accurate but to convey a message from God to his creation.
» Is the bible moral? It upholds slavery; it sanctions polygamy.
» Is it merciful? In war, it raised the black flag; it commanded the destruction, the massacre, of all; of the old, infirm and helpless; of wives and babes.
» Were its laws inspired? Hundreds of offences punished with death. To pick up sticks on Sunday, to murder your father on Monday, were equal crimes. There is in the literature of the world no bloodier code. The law of revenge, of retaliation, was the law of Jehovah. An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, limb for a limb.
» Is it just and reasonable? The Bible is opposed to religious toleration, to religious liberty. Whoever differed with the majority was stoned to death. Investigation was a crime. Husbands ordered to denounce and to assist in killing their unbelieving wives.
» Is the Bible civilized? It upholds lying, larceny, robbery, murder, the selling of diseased meat to strangers, and even the sacrifice of human beings to Jehovah.
» Is it philosophical? It teaches that the sins of a people can be transferred to an animal, to a goat. It makes maternity an offence for which a sin offering had to be made.
» Does it make sense? It was wicked to give birth to a boy, and twice as wicked to give birth to a girl. To make hair-oil like that used by the priests was an offence punishable with death. The blood of a bird killed over running water was regarded as medicine. Would a civilized God daub his altars with the blood of oxen, lambs and doves? Would he make all his priests butchers? Would he delight in the smell of burning flesh?
Is this the basis for an inspired book by a holy God? Do you still want to turn a blind eye as God orders the butchering of thousands of innocent people; babies, children, men, woman, and grandparents? Just because they did not believed in him and was in the way of his “chosen people”! You can choose to apply the “blind faith” band-aide to let you cope with the truth, but I refuse. The God of the bible, you so eagerly worship and believe to be the most serene being in the universe has not changed one iota from the bloody “creation of mankind”!
Mal 3:6 - “For I am the Lord, I change not;”
I would like you to remember this verse very clearly as we step through the OT. Remember when your God says that he does not change, that includes the Holy Spirit and the Son. Moreover, that they are still the same today as they were in the OT.
My goal with analysing the bible is the following:
» To show you the true nature & character of the Christian god. That he is…
- A baby-killer, bloodthirsty, deceitful, evil, causes genocide, intolerant, a liar, merciless, murderer and warmonger.
» To disprove the inerrancy of the bible. Showing all the;
- Contradictions
- Unfulfilled prophesies
- Errors with regards to anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, biology, geology & history
- Bad scripture
» To prove that it could not have been inspired by an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent or omni benevolent God.
Proof! You demand. Proof ye shall receive.
