Heres some more wonderful gems of the loving God of the OT.
The only thing he left out for a reason ta kill ya was fartin,
Some of the acts for which the good book demands summary execution include:
striking or cursing your parents (Exodus 21.15,17);
"And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death... And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death."
being a gluttonous or drunken son (Deuteronomy 21.20,21);
"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."
being a false prophet and following another religion (Deuteronomy 13.5,9);
"And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death... Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: But thou shalt surely kill him;
kindling a fire (or any other work) on the sabbath (Exodus 35.2,31.14);
sex with a beast (Exodus 22.19);"Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death."
"Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death."passing yourself off as a virgin bride when you’re not (Deuteronomy 22.20,21);"But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die."approaching a holy candlestick (Numbers 18.3);"And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die."failing to listen to a priest (Deuteronomy 17.12);"And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel."being a witch (Exodus 22.18);"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."being a rape victim but not crying out loud enough (Deuteronomy 22.23,24);"If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city;"being a homosexual (Leviticus 20.13);"If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."enjoying a threesome with your wife and mother-in-law (Leviticus 20.14);"And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you."uttering Yahweh’s (secret) name! (Leviticus 24. 13,16)."And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him:"sex during menstruation (Leviticus 20: 18)"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."
On the other hand, bringing about a slave’s death by beating with a stick – so long as he lingers ‘for a day or two’ – does not require punishment! (Exodus 21.20,21).
"And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money."
Contrast this with the summary execution required for selling a stolen slave (Exodus 21.16)!
"And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death."
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