Evil of the Bible (Part 3).

These Bible verses found in the book of Isaiah are another example of why the Bible is not a book of morality, but a book of hypocrisy and hate.

The LORD says, "I will bring disaster on the earth and punish all wicked people for their sins. I will humble everyone who is proud and punish everyone who is arrogant and cruel. Those who survive will be scarcer than gold. I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will be shaken out of its place on that day when I, the LORD Almighty, show my anger. "The foreigners living in Babylon will run away to their homelands, scattering like deer escaping from hunters, like sheep without a shepherd. Anyone who is caught will be stabbed to death. While they look on helplessly, their babies will be battered to death, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be raped." The LORD says, "I am stirring up the Medes to attack Babylon. They care nothing for silver and are not tempted by gold. With their bows and arrows they will kill the young men. They will show no mercy to babies and take no pity on children. -Isaiah 13:11-18

If you are new to Bible verses like these ones, you may be surprised by how disgusting and immoral they can be. Let's break this quote down, starting off with: "I will bring disaster on the earth and punish all wicked people for their sins. I will humble everyone who is proud and punish everyone who is arrogant and cruel." The Lord is saying that he is going to bring disaster on those that are wicked, along with punishing those who are "arrogant and cruel". How hypocritical is that? What is more cruel then: "While they look on helplessly, their babies will be battered to death". On what planet is battering defenseless babies in-front of their parents not cruel? (on a planet with religion of course).

Then we have this part: "They care nothing for silver and are not tempted by gold". Of course they wouldn't be bought off, why would they be? — they can just steal the gold and silver from the houses, which is much easier ("their houses will be looted"). 


We also have the raping of women in this quote as well ("wives will be raped"). According to the Bible, rape is not an immoral act, as long as the reasons are righteous. The quote ends with: "They will show no mercy to babies and take no pity on children". This is natural in a biblical sense, only a person of morality and human decency would show pity towards babies and children; when the reasons for barbaric behavior are divine, compassion is the last thing on the mind.

Bible verses like these are horrible. While they may not be based on actual historical events (however they may be) — they show the primitive, barbaric mindset of the writers. But the writers are long dead, the true primitives are the people that attempt to justify these nasty stories; primitives are those that use the Bible as a source of morality and inspiration.