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What punishment did God say is mandatory for an unruly child?

A. None. God is loving and forgiving and does not believe in punishing children.
B. Mandatory time-outs
C. Stoning To death
D. Deprivation of privileges; grounding

Correct answer: C. (Stoning To death) "And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die" (Deuteronomy 21:20-21). "For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Who so curseth father or mother, let him die the death" (Mark 7:10). "And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death" (Exodus 21:15). "And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death (Exodus 21:17)."

How should women behave in church?

A. The same as men, as women should have equal rights and privileges
B. The same as men, except they cannot enter the clergy
C. They can sing in the choir
D. They are not allowed to sing or speak or learn anything

Correct answer: D. (They are not allowed to sing or speak or learn) "Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church." (1 Cor.14:34-35)

What is God's punishment for those who pursue religious freedom?

A. Nothing. God allows all to worship as they will.
B. Exile
C. Communism
D. Beheading, to appease God's anger at your country

Correct answer: D. (Beheading) "And the Lord said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel. And Moses said to the judges of Israel. Slay every one his men that were joined to Baal" (Num. 25:4-5).

What does God think of the Geneva Convention?

A. He disregards it, for it would prevent us from killing infants during wartime.
B. He applauds it as a step toward ending wartime atrocities.
C. He thinks it doesn't go far enough to end wartime suffering.
D. He thinks people should not kill eachother, even in war.

Correct answer: A. (He disregards it) "Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys" (1 Sam. 15:3).

What is God's punishment for women who wear showy jewelry and clothing?

A. None. God does not believe women should be punished for flashy appearance.
B. A strong admonition against such vanity
C. Ugliness, misery and death.
D. None of the above

Correct answer: C. (Ugliness, misery and death) "In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon. The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, The rings, and nose jewels. The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty. Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy might in the war. And her gates shall lament and mourn: and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground" (Isaiah 3:18-26).

What does God think of slavery?

A. He abhors it, for we are all created equal, and no one has the right to enslave another.
B. He sees it as a sometimes necessary evil, but encourages reform.
C. Masters who mistreat their slaves should be punished.
D. Slaves should submit to their masters, even when treated unjustly

Correct answer: D. (Slaves should submit to their masters) "Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God. But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps" (1 Peter 2:18-21).

What is God's punishment for crimes your great grandfather may have committed?

A. None, for there is nothing you could have done to change what happened before you were born.
B. None, for we are responsible only for our own crimes.
C. None, for that encourages hate crimes against certain groups.
D. You will be punished for them too.

Correct answer: D. (You will be punished too) "...and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation." (Ex. 34:7).

What does the Bible say happens to those who have premarital sex?

A. Nothing. While the Lord does not condone this, He does not punish people for doing it.
B. Frequent performers are struck with venereal disease.
C. They cannot enter Heaven so they must wind up in Hell
D. They have difficulty coping in loving relationships

Correct answer: C. (They cannot enter Heaven so they must wind up in Hell) "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God" (1 Corinthians 6:9-10).

What is the punishment for a single mother having a boy out of wedlock?

A. None. God doesn't punish single mothers who conceive out of wedlock
B. The woman may become barren after childbirth.
C. God will be disappointed in her behavior, and that is punishment enough.
D. The woman may not be punished but the child and his descendants will burn in Hell.

Correct answer: D. (The woman may not be punished but the child and his descendants will go straight to Hell) "A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord: even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord" (Deuteronomy 23:2).

What has God done in the past to children who make fun of unattractive people?

A. Nothing. god understands the immaturity and indiscretions of toddlers.
B. He made them feel guilty about their taunting, inducing them to apologize and repent.
C. He sent an angel to tell them all of us have characteristics that others find unattractive
D. He sent bears to maul the children to death

Correct answer: D. (He sent bears to maul the children to death) "And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them" (2 Kings 2:23-24).

What punishment did God promise for promiscuous women?

A. None, as long as the woman confesses and repents.
B. Cut off their noses and ears, burn them in fire, take their children & strip them naked.
C. They will lose interest in sex, thereafter recognizing the foolishness of their ways.
D. They will become depressed and lonely

Correct answer: B. (His followers will cut off their noses and ears, burn them in fire, take away their children and strip them naked) "And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire. They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels. Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more" (Ezekiel 23:25-27). "And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire (Leviticus 21:9)."

What does God demand happen to those couples who have sex during the woman's time of the month?

A. Absolutely nothing. Sexual relations between husband and wife are unrestrained.
B. They will conceive a child during intercourse.
C. They are banished from society and not permitted to interact with civilized people.
D. They will have nightmares and unpleasant thoughts for a while.

Correct answer: C. (They are to be banished from society and not permitted to interact with civilized people) "And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people." Leviticus 20:18.

What punishment does God mandate for a man who rapes a virgin?

A. The rapist shall be stoned to death
B. The rapist shall be beaten then burned alive
C. The rapist shall be imprisoned
D. The rapist and his victim shall be married

Correct Answer: D. (The rapist and his victim shall be married) "If a man finds a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days Deuteronomy 22:28-29)."

One of the last sane

And he still expects us to worship him?

ax

ecx ac tah mundoooooooooo!!
How did you fare with the quiz?

Triple Six

I got them all. When ever I didn't know the answer I just picked the most outrageously stupid and unreasonable option.

Amos

Good move! May I ask what do you do in Papua New Guinea

Samhain

Ok, since I have not had dealings with you before, ax, I wish to make it perfectly clear that I am not a theist, but have set my roots deep in atheism. However, I do find some of your original post quite disturbing as it seems to do nothing more than demonize theists in any way possible, even if resorting to distortions and personal, and perhaps faulty, interpretations of the text. I will wish to make it clear that I take no sides on this matter, but I find that some of these points are intellectually unsound. With that out of the way, on with the text:

I'd like to begin my criticism of this point with a dictionary definition of unruly, and while we may not agree that this is the true (tm) definition of unruly I think it may help to sort out some of this:

Unruly: not submissive or cooperative; ungovernable; unmanageable; disorderly

As we can see by the definition there is an idea of submissiveness with the word 'unruly' that seems to be missing from the citations you have proffered, in addition the citations seem to portray quite a different meaning from the word 'unruly'. Now, if you used this word for lack of a better one, that's fine, but if you chose this word intentionally in order to distort the text, I find it rather offensive. Things like "he is a glutton, and a drunkard", "Who so curseth father or mother", "he that smiteth his father, or his mother" indicate a far different idea that the definition of 'unruly'. 'Unruly' seems a mild word to use, and this is why I question your intentions. Distortion or a simple error, you tell me. Further, I'd like to note your use of a New Testament verse for this one point only, I'll delve into that later, but I just wish to make a note of it now.

(Some more New Testament text, once again, to be discussed later.) Ok, singing and speaking I can see is pretty clear from the text, so I will agree with you on that one, even though there is no mention of 'singing' in the text, speech itself seems to be pretty much out of the question. However, the use of the word 'learn' seems to be taken out of context. Once again, I'm not clear on whether it was intentional or not, as it seems to be a nuance more than anything, and I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt. As I said before, though, 'learn' seems to be taken out of context, and while I understand that the text itself is open to wide and varying interpretation, the word 'learn' seems to indicate a sense of posing questions more than the literal meaning of the word 'learn' (a translation error within the text, perhaps?). It would seem quite obvious that if a woman is meant to go to church, she will 'learn' something, whether it be about the Torah or what the weather is like outside, it's absurd to picture a woman being made to go to church and then having her plug her ears for the whole time that she's there just because she can't 'learn' anything (if we are to go by the literal definition). This seems quite obvious to me, perhaps you were putting this together in a rush? Let me know what you think.

I'm pretty comfortable in giving you this one, considering other parts of the Bible that deal with worship of other gods, but the only problem I see is that by face value it seems to be a <a href="http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/hasty-generalization.html" target="_blank">Hasty Generalization Fallacy</a>, as you're using one isolated incident to generalize about all religious freedom. Even citing a few more quotes from the text, problems arise. Religious freedom is a broad term, and it can even be extending to the idea of just different interpretations of the text itself as 'religious freedom' (i.e. the difference between Catholics and Protestants). Are these not 'religious freedom' in a sense, even if it only extends to Abrahamic religions? While it may not be an ideal form of 'religious freedom' is this not in itself a part of that freedom? I never read which denomination to be in the Bible, but if you find out which it is from the text, I'm sure it would change the world of the Abrahamic religions as we know it today.

This seems nothing more than a straw man. Once again, you've resorted to using one isolated incident in order to generalize Yaweh's view of the Geneva Convention. I see nothing here about the Geneva Convention, of course, it might be because it hadn't been established yet. I just have trouble with this as it seems intellectually dishonest to demonize the text in such a fashion as to portray Yaweh's position on the Geneva Convention as a whole by using this one citing.

I have nothing to really say about this one except that there seems to be an expressed difference within the text between "wearing showy jewlry and clothing" and vanity. While I would agree with you on this point, it seems to have been demonstrated in the wrong fashion.

(Once again, some more New Testament text, bear with me on this one.) Ok, analyzing the text, we get a clear feeling of the word 'justice' or, more precisely, 'injustice'. Once again, it seems intellectually dishonest to cite this as a means of portraying the views that 'God' holds regarding the institution of slavery as a whole. It is very clear that 'God' understands the idea of injustice and that such can be committed by slave owners. It is quite clear that the idea here is bearing injustice, which diminishes the idea of slavery itself within the text (however, once again, I suppose it is open to interpretation, but the idea of "Christ" suffering the the universal "you" seems to make it quite clear that slavery is not the main issue here). Further, I see nothing to suggest that 'God' would consider slavery a 'good' institution (in a moral sense), but it would seem to me (my opinion) that it is something that could not be dealt with effectively at the time that the text was written and therefore a kind of catch-22, if you will. I know that's a bit sketchy, but if you have questions, feel free to ask.

Yup, this one's pretty cut and dry, good job on this one.

(More NT, more later.) Ok...Once again, a fairly good job, but there is one problem dealing with: "inherit the kingdom of God". What, exactly, does "inheriting the kingdom of God" mean? Is it expressly pointed out that they will be summarily sent to Hell, or is this assumed (a decent assumption, mind you, but the idea of purgatory is also something which must be tackled if this is to be a completely accurate statement).

Once again, cut and dry, good job.

Good, note the use of the word "has" in your question, a good way to stay intellectually sound and still portray the effect that you're going for, therefore I can hardly have any dispute with this one, good wording.

Ah, the moment I'm sure you've been waiting in anticipation for While the question and answer alone, seem to be quite good when by themselves, the problem I see is the idea that you've already included the NT in Q&A test, and when this one pops up it becomes inconsistant. It would seem almost intentional that you forgot the NT account of Mary Magdalene, as she was (assumed) to be a prostitute and an incredible sinner, though, she was the first to witness Christ after the resurrection. Are you ignoring this point, or had you forgotten about it? Had you kept your Q&A to the OT, I would have been fine with this point, however, since you wished to include the NT on several occasions, it seems to be almost purposeful that you left this point out. I make no accusations, you tell me what happened.

Good choice, that verse always struck me as odd, and you conducted this one in a sound manner as well.

I'm just curious what version of the Bible you are using. In the NIV it makes the idea of 'rape' very clear, however, what you've cited here differs from my version and seems more ambiguous by far, unless Deut. 26 & 27 make the idea of rape clear to carry on to 28-29 as well, further, as a suggestion, you might wish to cite specifics about "rape" as to "lay hold on her" could mean a multitude of different things besides rape, however, this point is granted.

Overall, I'd say fairly well done, however, as I've stated, there are discrepancies which should be fully addressed if you wish this to be taken seriously rather than just another attempt to demonize the Bible and the Christian religion.

I know I am probably going well to far into this, but sometimes I get a bug that crawls up my ass when I read what I take as just blatant and absurd anti-christian nonsense.

Comments/Questions?

Shake

I got them all, too. If I was unsure, I just looked down and lo, ax provided me with the answers (complete with Biblical reference)!

frostymama

I got them all right as well

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Just so that you know, B and D can be answered for this question.

Items supporting answer D:

Exodus 20:5
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Deuteronomy 5:9
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,


Items supporting answer B:

Ezekiel 18:20
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Jeremiah 31:30
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.

Deuteronomy 24:16
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

One of the last sane

I got them all correct just by choosing which was the most childish, vindictive and typical of an all-around nasty bastard.