Most Unpleasant Character in All of Fiction

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5 жыл бұрын

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and writer Richard Dawkins opens his bestseller, "The God Delusion" by saying that the God of the Old Testament is "arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction" and goes on to list nineteen negative character traits.
Dan Barker, a former ordained minister and current atheist, proves that Dawkins was right.
Learn more about the Freedom From Religion Foundation at ffrf.org.

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@rashikkar7359 5 жыл бұрын

Terrorist- a great addition to this list! He rules by terror even to this day, by holding the threat of eternal torture over everyone. And yes, he's terribly evil.

@juless3568 4 жыл бұрын

Recently borrowed the book " God the most unpleasant charecter in all fiction " and took notes. Dan Barker wrote a book that proves the bible was put together by crude uncultured human mammals. If you need any bible, keep a copy of Dan Barker 's book or take down all the quotes and know you are reading a slave manual. Well done Dan Barker for writing the book.

@juless3568 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your like 👍 Pleasing comments and questions always appreciated.

@yousuck785why 4 жыл бұрын

Bravo. I like that point, Julian

@LouisGedo 5 жыл бұрын

Dan Barker is a critical thinker extraordinaire on this issue.

@juless3568 4 жыл бұрын

Very true Louis Gedo.

@ASMRyouVEGANyet 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Never expected you to be here. Nice to see you, brother.

@tallman2210 Жыл бұрын

A Baptist preacher admitted to me that if the god of the Bible were a person then he would be a narcissist. He quickly rationalized this by saying that being God means that he is not a narcissist. Divine Double Standards are the backbone of apologetics.

@mikeyhau 3 жыл бұрын

When an apologist says you need to take this in context, I reply "Then you tell me the context that makes genocide OK."

@tengfs 3 жыл бұрын

They would come back with an argument that “oh, because they sinned against the Lord and hence deserved to be wiped out”

@marlenanapier3186 Жыл бұрын

and the stuff about a dude gathering 1000 foreskins of enemies to give to the dad of a chick he wants to marry is insanity.

@jayjonah83 11 ай бұрын

It's weirdo shit all throughout the old testament

@Sydney_With_A_Why 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing to me that anyone would take mythology so seriously as if it were so be all end all important and yet be ssooo completely opposed to analyzing the stories critically and skeptically.

@brucelarson4283 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for being a voice of reason in a world which seems to be without reason!!

@patbrennan6572 2 жыл бұрын

The reason why Dan is so informed is simple. He's been on both sides of these topics and realized what he was teaching was deceiving people and his conscience made him chose the truth.

@atheist535 5 жыл бұрын

I am currently reading Dan Barker's book "God the most unpleasant character in all of fiction". I have already read "Godless" and "The God Delusion". All excellent books.

@juless3568 4 жыл бұрын

Strongly agree with you.

@juremesarajena1797 4 жыл бұрын

me too, i have started reading it now

@tonydegregorio4895 4 жыл бұрын

I've been a Hitchens and Dawkins fan for about a year and just now found this guy. Love it

@JPCox123 3 жыл бұрын

Me too! It’s like, where have they been? Or, should I say, where the hell have I been?

@jamesrosano9439 3 жыл бұрын

They are great atheist and today we get two more great atheist Dan Barker and Matt Dillahunty

@klumaverik 4 жыл бұрын

I could listen to dan speak for hours. I just watched the oprah Winfrey episode where he met his wife and am just floored by how much of a witch hunt it was. His wife Annie laurie gaylor was absolutely amazing in that interview. It was sad to see how their judgement of her was obviously hurtful to her but she was very proud and concise with her stance. They are both a heroine and hero to the atheist cause. Thank you both so much.

@mildredmartinez8843 4 жыл бұрын

What a coincidence, I just watched that episode and saw them. Showed a lot of courage and resolve. I'm glad they are doing the same job today.

@heatherclark8668 Жыл бұрын

My favourite people are those who used to be committed Christians but who have now deconverted. Most of them are still diligent about being good people but without all the religious dogma.

@ExposingJWTeachings 10 ай бұрын

❤️

@freedapeeple4049 3 жыл бұрын

I go this from a comment section somewhere but I don't know where: A fun game! Each player in turn drops a bible, letting it open to a random page. Do everything on that page that is performed or commanded by god. The last person to go to jail wins.

@TheTheotherfoot 4 жыл бұрын

As a non-american, I find it terrible that the FFRF has to exist at all. If the US is really the land of freedom, then there would not be the pressure for all to be connected to some form of religion, preferably a christian one, favoured by the local inhabitants. If things were really free, there would be no expression of religion in the public area and ones beliefs would be kept private and of no interest to any one but that individual person. Unfortunately, this is not the case. The crazy war of beliefs has been used toi detract attention from what is really important.

@43painter 3 жыл бұрын

Yes the power hungry use ány thing to increase their power. It doesn't matter in what kind of ideological setting.

@eriksaari4430 Жыл бұрын

although most if not all countries are like that...

@georgestacey9558 5 жыл бұрын

I like this guy Admit Pal, seems a very considerate man, he made this great interview with the brilliant Dan Baker that much more enjoyable. Great video.

@cobraimploder 4 жыл бұрын

*Amit

@allenquartermane6134 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you soooooo much for this video! I am struggling with my recent departure from the faith after 35 years in it! My friends have left me for dead, and feel very alone now. I too have a vast knowledge of the bible, and have always questioned many of the books that contain what you talk about here. Now thinking outside the pulpit with common sense and logic, it's like standing away from the tree to see the forest!

@sabin1166 4 жыл бұрын

Welcome back to reality! Keep spreading the Good News!

@melindad180 4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! You are a strong person! You are not alone💛

@hellohandsome9875 Жыл бұрын

I only know one person who "claims" to believe, my sister, she won't discuss the bible with me cos she knows I'll tear it to shreds,,,, but no one in my area, (North East England) even talks about religion, cept the crazy jehovah's witnesses, so feel proud of yourself, you have lots of support from others

@WizardOfWor Жыл бұрын

Your "friends" weren't your real friends. Nevertheless, I'm glad you've woken up & are on the right side!

@dmrenterprizes4101 Жыл бұрын

I'm now in the same position as you. Hope you have since found community, new friends and family of like mind as you and you are much happier than you have ever been.

@joybro60 4 жыл бұрын

The Bible also says not to mix fabrics together, i.e. cottons and silks. It really is a very unpleasant and narrow minded book to turn the heads of the simple minded.

@klumaverik 4 жыл бұрын

This is an excellent source of information. Thank you!

@bubbercakes528 3 жыл бұрын

I first started questioning god as a child listening to the Abraham story. If a child can figure this out, what is taking the religious so long?

@TheTruthKiwi 3 жыл бұрын

That is a very good question. Wishful thinking, ignorance and delusion.

@steveflor9942 3 жыл бұрын

God... a so obviously man-made creation. The Swiss Army knife of thought control. Thanks for this wonderful video.

@rebeccadubois8270 Жыл бұрын

Swiss army reference is amazing. Can't wait to bring it up

@blackice9088 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone who describes God as a benevolent and loving being, need to actually read the bible from cover to cover. If the biblical god actually existed, he'd not be worthy of any worship.

@yousuck785why 4 жыл бұрын

A god would not need worship either because they are perfect, but I doubt gods exist. And I think it better gods do not exist.

@isallah1kafir196 3 жыл бұрын

*Interesting, and this gawd of the **_old testament_** gets new followers every-day* when a child is born to Muslim parents. After all Allah claims in the Koran, *he **_is_** the God of the Old testament* .

@43painter 3 жыл бұрын

Ray Yaneza exactly. The very excistence of a god idea is the main cause of a lot of misery. Its like a diamond : from the moment its been dug up its presence causes misery in some way or another. Inequality increases, people kill each other, greed prevails, all the bad things they talked about in the video

@hellohandsome9875 Жыл бұрын

@Robbie John ask her why a loving god doesn't defend little children being raped by his priests, or why he's quite happy to send you to burn in the fires of hell for all eternity cos you don't believe,,, the Bible is pure evil

@marlenanapier3186 Жыл бұрын

agreed!

@ianjonas7380 3 жыл бұрын

If god actually existed I don’t imagine he would be this evil.

@CarlosSanchez-dv1ew 3 ай бұрын

This evil ? Why evil at all ?

@japakazole 4 жыл бұрын

The priests of Zeus were sooooooo sure that Zeus existed and that lightning in the sky was his anger. It is the same as religious zealots of today being soooooo sure that their god exists and that plagues/earthquakes/etc. are because he is angry.

@ASMRyouVEGANyet 3 жыл бұрын

Good point

@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman Ай бұрын

Can't fix idiots

@jbaccanalia Жыл бұрын

Spot on, I'm confronted with hypocrisies daily. This gives me a reference point to stay on track when the narrative keeps shifting.

@Ploskkky 4 жыл бұрын

This is an excellent channel. Great host, and of course mr. Barker is superb. I have all his books.

@casseyjoyce 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting discussion.

@otvaicoatsoca4752 4 жыл бұрын

Great work guys 👍!!!

@allenrnewbauer 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dan Barker!

@jjjpetersen 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan for your knowledge & a great show with knowledgeable guests. If only everyone could understand that the world would be a better place w/o religion!

@hellohandsome9875 Жыл бұрын

The only believer in my family, my older sis, believes prayers are answered, I say, tell that to the 6,000,000 Jews (his chosen ppl) that were murdered in world war two

@ArtfullyMusingLaura 5 жыл бұрын

The sea creatures would have died as the fresh and sea water would have mixed.

@rambo8218 3 жыл бұрын

Oh...they were all on the ark since they are all living today I guess... maybe Noah had nice glass aquariums on that ark

@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman Ай бұрын

@@rambo8218😂

@richardwilliams473 2 жыл бұрын

" God himself is a metafor " Well said ,Dan Barker !!!!

@globalgoblin 4 жыл бұрын

When I talk to someone about this they love to say, "You're talking about the God of the old testament." To which I reply, "Oh, so there is more than one God."

@Bryan198026 4 жыл бұрын

Never mind that Jesus never invalidated the old testament. What was the quote, not one jot nor one tittle of the law shall pass away? I know I’m paraphrasing but I think that’s the general gist of it.

@FirstOfTheYear777 3 жыл бұрын

Right, and they love to say that God is unchanging and timeless 😅

@jimkirby9959 4 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see from you a follow-on book on the subject of "Biblical marriage," that similarly reviews the Bible and points out that there are no proper examples of a marriage that could serve as a possible model for modern Western marriage.

@LimitlessThinker 7 ай бұрын

I will always be grateful for finding Dan Barker & Annie Laurie Gaylor. It was over 20 years ago I became an atheist and I'm a proud member of the FFRF.

@dellerwin1 7 ай бұрын

Great job!

@homesweethomeexchange616 3 жыл бұрын

Dan Barker is BRILLIANT so glad he's been honest and 'Brave Enough' to tell the truth about these old scriptures people call the bible. It's time we woke up :-) Thanks so much Dan.

@jesusexposed1848 2 жыл бұрын

he's a native American 2 very cool

@Bryan198026 3 жыл бұрын

I just finished the audiobook version of this a few days ago. Very interesting read.

@natancopeincraft 4 жыл бұрын

Burning your own child as a sacrifice for god, well that's pretty damned horrific and evil. This just goes to show you how many people have not read the bible, it's not holy. It also amazes and makes me very disappointed that only 11 thousand people have watched this video.

@hifibrony Жыл бұрын

Dan and Annie Laurie are national treasures.

@utah133 4 жыл бұрын

It's all condensed very well in comedian Jim Jefferies bit called "God goes to a party."

@k-statekev6987 4 жыл бұрын

To add insult to injury, the Bible doesn’t even give Jephthah’s daughter a name.

@dinofrancesco4980 3 жыл бұрын

Or lots wife god turned her into a pillar of salt but she has no name just lots wife

@mildredmartinez8843 4 жыл бұрын

I just saw you and A L Gaylor on the Oprah Winfrey show. You guys looked beautiful. Now you guys look great. Keep on the good works

@elainejohnson6955 3 жыл бұрын

Dan Barker's book is a VERY "good book". I highly recommend it to everyone.

@walterdaems57 Жыл бұрын

If god existed there would be no need to prove his existence

@robkunkel8833 9 ай бұрын

Just saw this, being drawn to the site by the title. I work in the historical side of Reformed Judaism by giving tours at the “sandfloor synagogue” founded as a burial society in 1794 in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Skipping the why and how, basically, I have found a way to reconcile my Buddhist beliefs with a happy social assembly wishing to learn more about the construction of our Temple in 1833. Indeed, for tour visitors, I sometimes give a rudimentary explanation of reformed Judaic beliefs and the ritual of a Congregational service. I like to listen to atheists because it is the only logical explanation for our existence. Acquiring a sense of “faith” that is positive is my goal. Long ago, I rejected any notion that Christianity has given society anything positive, except in the last part of grieving for those so inclined. My life is working out well for my still capable 77 year old frame. Originally, I had been a Christian by necessity. My atheist dad sent me to St. William Grammar School in 1950s Chicago “to get some religion” when I kept getting in trouble after a family tragedy and for better affordable schooling. Subscribed. STT 🍾🌴Rob #sandfloorsynagogue.

@josegaleano2576 4 жыл бұрын

good. program Dan

@SinthiaVicious 3 жыл бұрын

Even if such a being were real, I could not be persuaded by any means which come readily to mind to worship him.

@dietrichkobbert9992 2 жыл бұрын

I love those arguments

@utah133 4 жыл бұрын

The natural progression was Gnosticism. The old Testament shows such a brutal God that they labeled him the demiurge, creator of everything yet bad. Then a good God came along to fix up the mess! But it was made a heresy.

@sarahlewandowicz7696 3 жыл бұрын

Dan Barkers confused credits at the end lol. Sweet man.

@c.a.t.732 4 жыл бұрын

I liked that Amit Pal brought up the Bhagavad Gita in passing. A book whose message is that if you're a member of the warrior caste it is your duty to fight and kill your opponents, even though they may be friends and relatives, even though the war may be unjust... I've never understood how that was a source of spiritual inspiration.

@sydneymorey6059 4 жыл бұрын

Never come across the likes of this before, I love it, wow.

@richardgregory3684 3 жыл бұрын

I forget who said it, but someone quipped something along the line sof "the best remedy to religion is to read and understand the bible"

@doneestoner9945 Жыл бұрын

The road to atheism is littered with bibles.

@marlenanapier3186 Жыл бұрын

lol yes

@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman Ай бұрын

Religion* @@doneestoner9945

@eduarchavarria 3 жыл бұрын

Great idea to have the book as a website as well. On the other hand, can someone tell me what is the title of Philip Jenkins' book, that Amit mentioned around 38:42?

@edmondsaddler7539 3 жыл бұрын

DAN UR THE MAN UPLIFTING

@Stasiaflonase Жыл бұрын

I shouldn’t comment because women should be quiet and obey men. That gem is in Timothy.

@iveseen1 2 жыл бұрын

Great book ,a must have for bible study,you wont hear any of this in church.and certainly wont prey after reading it

@43painter 3 жыл бұрын

At the end of the day it all gets more and more obvious who wrote the bible books. One could compare it with how history has been written : the victors decide how every story had to be written.

@kennethcook8857 2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to recommend an additional book: The Skeptic's Annotated Bible, which works as an excellent companion volume.

@avni4538 2 жыл бұрын

thank you 💗

@WizardOfWor Жыл бұрын

I've bought it to replace my old student bible that I threw in the garbage after I deconverted from Christianity & religion.

@Bryan198026 4 жыл бұрын

I’m actually reading it right now.

@marlenanapier3186 Жыл бұрын

me too

@utah133 4 жыл бұрын

The Bible is interesting to me only to help explain how far we've come from the malignant cultural amorality of the bronze age.

@pouluathuigonmei6686 4 жыл бұрын

Dan Barker is on another level !

@alladinaharunani2515 3 жыл бұрын

If I could adopt Dan Barker and Bert Erhman to be my friends for just a day..I would sell my kidney..

@eds6889 2 жыл бұрын

I love the theme song

@Blunttalker Жыл бұрын

Any ideas on how to subtly wake up my Nigerian people?

@analizandoliteratura9958 5 ай бұрын

Those metaphors alone only displays the attitude.

@Alwaysdoubt100 4 жыл бұрын

We don't have this book in Portuguese, somebody has to do the translation it quick.

@MrHousecup 2 жыл бұрын

I looked into it, Korah did more than respectfully ask a simple question. He led a revolt. However, I haven’t read anything that said he gathered weapons, stole resources, or raised an army.

@willyh.r.1216 4 жыл бұрын

A 100% guaranteed 21st century prophecy: "Under impartial scrutiny, all "sacred" scriptures turn out to be irreverent. Scriptures were/are man-made. No man-made scripture can be called sacred. Instead, let's promote helpful tools: Meditation and Science."

@rebeccadubois8270 Жыл бұрын

Halfway through Dan's godless book rn. It's a wonderful thing to have.

@Booer 4 жыл бұрын

Can we have the link for that song in the intro

@r.muller5050 Жыл бұрын

Top - greatings from Germany

@luizr.5599 6 ай бұрын

If there is any kind of good deity, it's not the god of this book.

@joehinojosa8030 2 жыл бұрын

Does being a "Free Thinker" include the option of being a Theist?

@dmrenterprizes4101 Жыл бұрын

Yes. JOB. That book horrifies me above all the others.

@dw2369 3 жыл бұрын

Belief in God,Jesus can be soooo intoxicating. I listen to these types of people when I need a reality check.

@analizandoliteratura9958 5 ай бұрын

Old testament is about military commandments diluted with some common sense "moral" and already intrinsic human values (ten commandments)

@ExposingJWTeachings 10 ай бұрын

Funny how God speaks so much in the Bible but not in real life

@someotaku8744 6 ай бұрын

Lol, I like that.

@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman Ай бұрын

@tedmckinney1106 2 жыл бұрын

this is hilarious. I thought it was from some comedy. :)

@dennisruta4828 2 жыл бұрын

How I wish to have that book'the most unpleasant character...'for free.

@YY4Me133 5 жыл бұрын

Link to the Unpleasant Companion: unpleasantgod.ffrf.org/#/

@taboo_lullaby Жыл бұрын

What is a god. How is it defined I have never encountered this thing

@AtamMardes 4 жыл бұрын

The Bible is the evidence that the God of the Bible was conjured up by hypocrites.

@fm-on1qq 3 жыл бұрын

That can be understood if it was not a god, but the astronauts they came here centuries ago.

@tsukasa-no-douji5089 4 жыл бұрын

I feel like if they kept the gospel of Judas in the bible, the Christian's could blame all the immoral crap on the "false god" yaoldaboth that was mentioned.

@stardustchimp375 3 жыл бұрын

God: "What the hell !!!" Also God: *continues playing DOTA*

@4CardsMan Жыл бұрын

The most interesting book on this subject is God by Jack Miles.

@junevandermark952 Ай бұрын

The myths certainly exist ... but only in human imagination. Dogs can't be indoctrinated into any of those myths. For instance ... if a dog is asked ... "Do you want to go for a walk?" ... the dog will become excited ... wag it's tail and be all set to go. But if a religious person said to the dog ... do you want to pray to GOD ... the dog would look at the religious person with a blank stare. Dogs are smarter than people.

@maricapersson4771 Жыл бұрын

I'm currently struggling to sort out if I dare to not believe anymore. I came to faith on my own due to things that happened..long story...and I have been in faith only 2-3 years. The more I read the bible the less I seem to believe. There are soooooo many inconsistencies and contradictions and yet God is not the author of confusion. About 35-40000 dominations....prayers for healing NEVER answered. Actually christians claim that they have seen healnings but never proof presented. Bible verses of moving mountains of you have belief. Why did God even put the tree of knowledge in the garden? Why is satan still allowed to exist if God is so powerful and could kill him when he rebelled. Why is God hiding after he talked to "special" prophets in the OT and to Moses. Why all these lying prophets today??... whith very vage predictions. All my spiritual experiences are under questioning....did my mind play me a trick because I belive? I was a new ager before christianity and a couple of strange things occured freequently....now they don't...because I don't believe anymore. Worst of all....why the conception of hell of God is god? Why simply just not extinction....if God is not able to be in the present of sin...since he is holy. In the Garden...Adam and Eve fell...yet God was present until he casted them out. They disobeyed a clearly seen and speaking God. He has NEVER spoken to me and I'm and going to hell if I loose my belief??? ....I am in such a bad place because of this and I am very afraid of hell. I don't know if I will ever sort this out as long as I live. Wish pandoras box never opened....at least then I didn' t know all this. Now it's just one more struggle above all other struggles. I'm so alone. I don't dare to talk to christians about this and the non-beilevers would not understand. Only those who actually left the faith can understand the struggle

@meganmills6545 Жыл бұрын

If you have a broken leg you need something to help the bone heal. A splint tied to your leg is far from the perfect solution but it might be the best that's available wherever you are. When your bone has knitted back together it may be a bit daunting to remove the splint and put your weight on your unsupported leg again. You may be a bit shaky at first, and even stumble a bit. Perhaps you'll never walk as well as you did before you broke your leg and will always be afraid that you might fall and break your leg again. But if you don't try once the bone has mended you end up crippled for life - not by the broken bone you had, but by your fear. Maybe religion was your splint for a time - it worked to help your broken bone mend but it wasn't a perfect treatement, just the one you could get at the time. Now your leg is feeling like it might be mended, is not fully strong yet, and it's occurred to you that perhaps you should try taking the splint off and putting your weight on your leg again. Good. Try it and see. Hold on to the back of a chair at first when you try it out. What is the worst that can happen? If I came to you and told you that I was really, truly afraid that someone at my home was going to make sure that I was tortured every day for the rest of my existence if I don't believe in them, love them, obey them and worship them (and that the reason I ended up with them in my home was because of circumstances where if I hadn't taken them in I don't know how I'd have kept a roof over my head or had any food to eat because I'd lost my job and all my savings were used up) what would you want to say to me? And how would that change if I told you I've had a new job for a while now but I feel insecure because I can't be sure I'll always have a job? Whatever it is you'd say to me - say it to yourself. And remember - it's not like you can't put the splint on again if you find your leg just isn't strong enough by itself yet. And if you just can't bring yourself to try your weight on your leg without the splint? Well it's not what I'd wish for you but it would be better to walk with a splint than being paralysed with fear because you are too afraid to walk without it. Just be a good person, get all the happiness and joy out of this life that you can just in case it is the only one you've got. And give all the happiness and joy to others that you can just in case that's the only happiness and joy they'll ever get. And don't ever tell anyone else with a broken leg they need to wear a splint if you can take them to the hospital where they can do an x-ray, set the bone properly, put on a cast, provide a crutch and give physiotherapy.

@robinharwood5044 9 ай бұрын

I think it’s a toss up between God and Dolores Umbridge.

@maswinkels 8 ай бұрын

Plot twist: Satan is the good guy. God is the villain.

@jamiereneemilligan 2 ай бұрын

Exactly. God is a fucking diabolical lunatic! Jesus is the same.

@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman Ай бұрын

Who would've thought

@user-se3bw8ku8i 14 күн бұрын

endless folklore put into texts n called holy books and being chatted about endlessly by those who stand to gain by calling on their flock and telling them that they are all the words of their gods. and the flock actually love it all !!

@andrewfisherman3811 Жыл бұрын

Never mind comparing God to the most unpleasant characters in fiction: what about real characters? Real human beings. People such as Genghis Khan, Stalin and Hilter - roughly accounting for about 50 million innocent victims. Not mentioning historical realities such as WW1 and WW2. Then the glorious "great terror" of the French Revolution etc ad infinitum.

@billybobwombat2231 Жыл бұрын

Modern humans have been around for approx 250,000 years , give or take, so that's approx 248,000 years living just fine without the jesus

@Gbengadewoyinopencourse 4 жыл бұрын

Thanos even killed half 🙄

@joseph-thewatcher 4 жыл бұрын

If I understand the following texts correctly, Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for not upholding the commandment given by God through Moses that instructs Jews to kill children if they dishonor their parents. Mark 7:9-13 Jesus quotes the commandment in verse 10, "For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:" In the previous verse he says this, "And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition." In verse 11 Jesus highlights the tradition of the Pharisees that permitted a person to go free who was giving a gift to god rather than helping his parents. Mark 7:11 "But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free." He then tells the Pharisees that they have put more importance on the tradition rather than fulfilling the commandment that demands death. Mark 7:12 and 13 "And ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother;" "Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye." I believe Jesus was rebuking them for not killing that person. Jesus isn't meek and mild. He was a proponent for the strict observance of the Mosaic law.

@Rico-Suave_ 2 жыл бұрын

Watched 35 minutes of it

@MrSitemaster2 3 жыл бұрын

There's a very good reason why the God of the Bible behaves like this, it's because....................... "Gods always behave like the people who created them." - Zora Neale Hurston