Cursing: The Capital Offense (Leviticus 20:9)

The LORD gave the following regulations. Any of you that curse your father or mother shall be put to death; you are responsible for your own death. -Leviticus 20:9 GNB

If you curse your parents, your life will end like a lamp that goes out in the dark. -Proverbs 20:20  GNB

Another example of a Biblical rule that is not observed in modern times (or one hopes). Those that claim to believe in this book should follow all of its advice, not just the few that sound good. It is very probable that this rule was followed in the past, children may have been killed because of this biblical nonsense. In modern times the parent would have found their way in prison for committing such an act. The Bible is against cursing but not against murder in this particular case — showing the warped views the writers of this book had. The practice of murdering those that curse their parents would have solved the cursing problem however.

In what stretch of the imagination is it moral for a parent to have their child killed because that child cursed at them? The believers in this book claim it as their source of morality, not many things are more immoral then the murdering of ones own child. While cursing a parent is not a good thing, it is nothing compared to murder. When the writers thought this up, they intended on people to follow it for all-time. For people to not follow it later on, due to advancements in society was not indented. The writers knew more about morality and reality then the people of today — or so claim the Believers. Believers are not wise enough to determine what they should or should not follow (otherwise they would be Nonbelievers). A message to Believers: follow all of it or none of it, stop cherry-picking!