Evil of the Bible (Part 4).

This series of verses are a bit longer then normal — originally the quote was only going to be from 32:26-29, however it seemed better to include the earlier verses to add context to why Moses had the people murder their "sons" and "brothers".

  And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses' anger burned hot, and he threw the tables out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and scattered it upon the water, and made the people of Israel drink it. And Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you that you have brought a great sin upon them?" And Aaron said, "Let not the anger of my lord burn hot; you know the people, that they are set on evil. For they said to me, 'Make us gods, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.' And I said to them, 'Let any who have gold take it off'; so they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and there came out this calf." And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, to their shame among their enemies), then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Who is on the LORD's side? Come to me." And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him. And he said to them, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'Put every man his sword on his side, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'" And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. And Moses said, "Today you have ordained yourselves for the service of the LORD, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, that he may bestow a blessing upon you this day." -Exodus 32:19-29 RSV

So Moses found "the people of Israel" worshiping a calf. Moses has all of the believers in his god come to him: "then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, 'Who is on the LORD's side? Come to me'". He then instructs them to get their swords and go on a killing spree: 'Put every man his sword on his side, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'" Naturally the sheep obey, they murder "about three thousand men". The end of this quote is great: '"Today you have ordained yourselves for the service of the LORD, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, that he may bestow a blessing upon you this day'". They go on a killing-spree, murdering their sons and brothers only to get a "blessing", I bet none of them had regrets about that (sarcasm).


These verses have specific messages contained within them. The first message, or religious moral is: nonbelievers in God should be killed, even if they are your own relatives. The second being: if a guy that claims to talk to an invisible being, demands you kill your family, you do it — he can't be crazy, he must be a prophet (sarcasm). Believers have faith that schizophrenia did not exist during biblical times (check out: Schizophrenic Inspiration).