Biblical Truths :: Examining the errancy of the bible

God kills a man (onan) for "pulling out" and ejaculating onto the ground thereby avoiding impregnating his partner
- Gen 38:7-10

As background, onan's partner in this affair was his dead brother's wife. According to the text, the reason he was struck down was for "spilling his seed" and not for what he believed to be an adulterous act.

Nadab and abihu are incinerated by god for offering a "strange fire" before the lord
- Leviticus 10:1-2

The passage doesn't tell us what makes a "strange fire" - you'll just have to watch out next time you light up the Kingsford in the back yard or you could be next!

God condemns any man who has his penis severed or his testicles wounded....Ouch!

In the same passage, any child born out of wedlock shall never "enter into the congregation of the lord"- nor the next 10 generations of his line

- Deut 23:1,2

God has a friendly meeting with his arch enemy, satan, but god somehow doesn't even recognize him
- Job 1:6-7

The two have a wager over how much suffering it would take before righteous job will reject god.

God kills 70,000 men for the sins of their leader
(yup, david again)
- 2 Sam 24:15

God kills an innocent baby for its father's (david) wrongdoing, all the time ignoring david's desperate pleas to spare the innocent's life
- 2 Sam 12:15-20

According to god's law, an unwed girl not found to be a virgin must be killed
- Deut 22:13-21

Of course, the same does not apply to men! How convenient. How brutal.

God deliberately deludes people so they will not be saved
- 2 Thess 2:11-12

The Psalmist praises god for his 'steadfast love', then follows up with details of his past slaughtering
- Psalm 136:10-21, 137:9

God afflicts a woman with leprosy for bitching
- Num 12:1-14

It's worth noting that her husband was guilty of the same crime yet only the woman is punished.