The Bible’s Most Evil Verses That Christians Ignore

Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVkUDLzoEu4&t=108s

The video, titled "The Bible’s Most Evil Verses That Christians Ignore," argues that the Bible, often presented as a book of love and morality, contains numerous verses that promote violence, slavery, genocide, sexism, and blind obedience. The creator from the channel Logic Over Faith asserts that Christians engage in a "selective reading" of scripture, focusing on "soft verses" while ignoring or reinterpreting the more disturbing commands because their own modern moral sense rejects them.

The video highlights several passages it considers "evil," including:

Killing Disobedient Children: Citing Deuteronomy 21:18-21, the video points out the command for parents to bring a rebellious son to the city elders to be stoned to death.

Slavery and Abuse: Referencing Exodus 21:20, the video argues the Bible not only accepts slavery but regulates the abuse of slaves, treating them as property rather than persons.

Sexism and Laws Against Women: The video calls out verses like 1 Timothy 2:12 regarding women's silence and lack of authority over men, and Deuteronomy 22's laws that mandate stoning a non-virgin bride and forcing a rapist to marry his victim.

Genocide: The video mentions commands for mass murder, such as God commanding Saul to kill every man, woman, child, and infant of the Amalekites (1 Samuel 15:3), and the massacres and taking of virgin girls as spoils of war (Numbers 31).

Eternal Punishment and Blind Obedience: The video criticizes the concept of eternal hell for finite mistakes (Matthew 25:46) and the story of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac (Genesis 22) as promoting obedience over conscience.

The central thesis is that humanity's moral progress has occurred in spite of religion, not because of it, as modern people have progressed beyond these ancient, cruel teachings by using empathy and reason. The video concludes that the existence of these verses proves the Bible is not the word of a perfect, divine being, but rather reflects the primitive and brutal ethics of the ancient men who wrote it.