Why were plants created before the sun, when plants need the sun to live? How was there a morning or an evening without a sun? I totally understand why even most Christians don't read this outside of church! Especially when there are so many choices about books to read or ways to spend one's time! Sometimes there are so many contradictions that I can spend awhile just listing out the chapter and verse for locations in the bible that contradict whatever it is (for example: is divorce ok? When is it ok? different parts in the bible have wildly different answers, ranging from it's never ok, to it's OK only when the woman is unfaithful, et al) Other parts aren't boring because they are so terrifying so I have to spend time writing lots of notes. I was doing good for awhile reading a few chapters now and then but goodness. It's taking me forever to get through Deuteronomy. Basically, this is a foul mess and I am horrified that people find this abomination of a moral system 'holy.' But god is angry a lot and mostly he acts like a giant dickface so I don't currently feel like recapping my notes on this any further. But instead I am just bored and want to read something else.Īlso in Deuteronomy are more giants. That's bizarre and often would be entertaining. I don't know why I am so bored by Deuteronomy: after all, that's where you can find, in chapter 25, that women should have their hands cut off if they grab their husband's enemies' testicles during a fight.

Because this is the kind of weird shit god cares to write about. One of the big contradictions seen several places in Joshua is where several passages talk about the Israelites having conquered all of the Holy Land, where other passages openly discuss the fact that there were interspersed, unconquered Canaanite enclaves (some of which are explained away, some of which are not).ĭonald Rumsfield sent a line from Joshua to US troops before sending them off to Iraq (1:9).Īlso in Joshua we see many people who are rewarded for lying even though in other places the Bible says that one should not lie.Īlso in Joshua is the HILL OF FORESKINS. It is also a prime example of primitive biblical morality: obey and be rewarded, disobey and be punished. The Book of Joshua is actually an idealized history that was written long after the fact. Although it was supposedly written by Joshua in early Israel, it actually couldn't have been completed until 539 BCE. The Book of Joshua should be called 'Seven Years of Genocide.' Luckily, the abominable events described within probably did not ever happen. The Book of Joshua was actually a much quicker read.

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