Instant Death to Apostates (those who desert their religion) in the Bible's Old and New Testaments:
The sections of this article are:
1- In the Old and New Testaments (Jesus' and Paul's commands)
2- What about the NT verses of "love your enemy"?
3- Paul and the Christians calling GOD Almighty and Jesus Christ, stupid! Jesus having a very long hair.
4- Idols and images of GOD Almighty Himself!
(a)- But the portraits are not images and idols?!
5- Conclusion.
It is often believed that the Bible gives absolute religious freedom to everyone. Most of the Christians in the United States and the the West think that the freedom of choice and speech that they have comes originally from the Bible. Let's just see how accurate this myth really is.
1- In the Old and New Testaments:
In the Old Testament:
Let us look at Deuteronomy 13:6-9 "If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying: Let us go and worship other gods (gods that neither you nor your fathers have known, gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other, or gods of other religions), do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity. Do not spare him or shield him. You must certainly put him to death. Your hand must be the first in putting him to death, and then the hands of all the people."
Also let us look at Deuteronomy 17:3-5 "And he should go and worship other gods and bow down to them or to the sun or the moon or all the army of the heavens, .....and you must stone such one with stones and such one must die."
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2 Chronicles 15:13 "All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death,whether small or great, man or woman."
In the New Testament by Jesus and Paul:
Jesus:
Note: Please pay close attention to my red emphasis below.
Let us look at what Jesus said in the New Testament in context:
Matthew 15:1-9
1 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
2 "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don't wash their hands before they eat!"
3 Jesus replied, "And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
4 For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'
5 But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a gift devoted to God,'
6 he is not to 'honor his father' with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
8 " 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.'"
There are few points to notice here:
1- Notice in verse 3, Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for breaking the Commands of GOD Almighty.
2- In verse 4, he used the cursing of parents' punishment as an example. The context, however, is not limited to just this example!
3- In verses 7,8 and 9, he used a quote from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament, to further prove that they are not following the Commands of GOD Almighty.
4- Jesus clearly had a problem with them not following the punishment of death for cursing the parents or any punishment of death that is commanded in the OT for this matter! In fact, Jesus himself said:
"Do not think that I [Jesus] have come to abolish the Law (the Old Testament) or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke or a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law (the Old Testament) until everything is accomplished. (Matthew 5:17-18)"
"Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 'The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do,for they do not practice what they preach.' (Matthew 23:1-3)"
This clearly means:
1- Jesus absolutely approved and commanded the following of the OT's Laws regarding apostates!
2- The fact he commanded death penalty for cursing the parents clearly proves that he also approves of killing apostates as clearly shown in the OT verses above!
There is no question that Jesus approved of killing apostates, exactly as killing those who mistreat their parents!
Paul:
Let us look at Romans 1:20-32 (from the New Testament) "20. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
21. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
22. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
23. and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
24. Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.
25. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator--who is forever praised. Amen.
26. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
27. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
28. Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
29. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,
30. slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;
31. they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
32. Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them."
Also psychics must be put to death. Let us look at Leviticus 20:27 "And as for a man or woman in whom there proves to be a mediumistic spirit or spirit of prediction, they should be put to deathwithout fail. They should pelt them to death with stones. Their own blood is upon them."
The above verses clearly show that the Bible doesn't tolerate apostates. Jesus did honor the Old Testament's laws and ordered his followers to follow the Old Testament until the day of Judgment:
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law (the Old Testament) or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke or a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law (the Old Testament) until everything is accomplished. (Matthew 5:17-18)"
Christians always say as an excuse that an Old Testament law does not apply to them. According to Matthew 5:17-18, we clearly see that Jesus honored the Old Testament, and forced Christians to follow the unmodified laws of it that have not been replaced by newer ones in the New Testament. The Old Testament as we clearly see above orders the immediate killing of apostates/renegades. The New Testament as we also clearly see above, orders the death of the apostates/renegades. And according to Matthew 5:17-18 above, apostates/renegades in Christianity must be put to death simultaneously.
Also, during the middle centuries when the Church used to rule over everything, the minority Christians and the Christian Scientists were slaughtered and put to death by the majority ones just because the Priests and Ministers of the High Church decided to call as "heresies" or "apostates". The Bible does give clear authority to the Priests and Ministers to call someone an apostate:
"The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment. (1 Corinthians 2:15)"
2- What about the NT verses of "love your enemy"?
Let us look at what Jesus said:
Matthew 5:42-4443 "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?
47 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?
48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Some Christians argued that Jesus' commands about loving your enemy abrogated the Old Testament's Laws of punishment. Like much of Christianity, this is all a bunch of man-made gibberish nonsense, because
1- We already saw how Jesus in Matthew 15:1-9, above, praised the Old Testament's Laws of punishment, and he even rebuked those who didn't follow those Laws.
2- The verses of Matthew 5:42-44, above, do not abrogate Jesus' praises of and demands to follow the Old Testament's Laws of punishment, because they simply talk about one's treatment to his/her enemy. The punishment of the guilty has nothing to do with these verses, because these verses are talking about your personal relationship with people and how you should deal with those who have animosity toward you, while the OT's Laws of punishment are talking about punishing someone for disobeying GOD Almighty's Divine Commands.
If anything, this argument that I encountered proves that Christians are totally confused and their faith is a false religion of man's alterations, corruption
and wishful-thinking. Christianity is a religion that
bows down to men's, churchs' and ruling governments' laws because it is too vague, too lacking, too open and too confusing. It basically can be interpreted anyway a person wishes, which is why it has no standards, and hence no real morality. This is certainly not a Divine Religion from GOD Almighty! It is a man-made garbage, and its self-refuting and self-contradicting book is full of
historical errors, ample contradictions, and man's alterations and injections. That is why almost all of its followers are pornified whores, which, ironically, they are very proud of it too:
- Latest Study: 1 in 4 Christian teen girls has an STD - More Christian profanity exposed world-wide!
- 95% of Americans had premarital sex according to a new study!
- Why are Christians so notorious in sinning throughout the world? What is the real secret behind it?
- X-Rated Pornography in the Bible.
- Incestual fantasies are allowed and praised in the gospel of porn (bible). See how the Bible sings praises about sisters fantasizing about their brothers!
3- Paul and Christians calling GOD Almighty and Jesus Christ, stupid:
As for Christians on Jesus Christ and more of Paul's lies and blasphemies against GOD Almighty, let us look at the following comic pictures and blasphemous verses from Paul and his Christians:
1 Corinthians 11:14 13 Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
14 Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has LONG HAIR, it is a disgrace to him,
(Catholics and NON-Catholic portraits)
Aside from the
hilarious comedy and ludicrous contradiction that we see between these verses and the modern-day portraits and real idols of Jesus Christ having a very long and disgraceful (according to Paul) hair, but the more serious and real blasphemy that I'd like to point out from the
man-made and man-altered,
gospel of porn [
2], is this:
1- If GOD Almighty wanted to prohibit men from having long hairs, then all He needed to do is say it, because humans can never all agree on one thing. Men having long hair is quite common among christian men today throughout the ENTIRE WORLD! So what judgment are we talking about?! GOD Almighty doesn't need to take our opinions for anything! All He needs to do is give the Command and we must obey.
2- What is this judging for ourselves that Paul is talking about? Are we now going to take the judgment of the local and isolated people of his time along with his useless and irrelevant opinion, 2000 years ago, and apply it to all of christianity's followers in all times, all ages and all places? If so, then his statement about "judge for yourselves" is clearly wrong, because again, humans never ALL agree on one thing. My judgment about something is considered completely off by another person from another culture. And my judgment is irrelevant! That is why we have GOD Almighty who Judges and Passes Judgment about all things. The true Believers are to follow the Commands without objections once the Truth is made clear to them. And ironically, again, men having long hairs among the christians WORLD-WIDE is vastly acceptable today -- so much that even their pagan idols of Jesus portray him as a male with a very long (and disgraceful) hair.
3- If these were truly GOD Almighty's Holy Words and not man's lies, then do you honestly think that GOD Almighty would really and truly Command local and isolated people to judge for themselves on behalf of all of the Believers in all times, all ages and all places?? I mean, yes, we do need common sense in us, and yes, we are not brainless robots, but to pass down a Divine Law upon the Believers that is 100% controlled by and dependent upon few people's erroneous judgment and sinful nature is an impossible thing. Most certainly, these comic portraits and the real idols that exist in the world today about Jesus having a long hair are a simple, yet very powerful, proof that GOD Almighty would not and could not have left His Divine Truth be judged by us.
4- If Jesus did indeed have long hair as the polytheist trinitarian pagans today seem to unanimously agree on, then this would only serve to further prove, again and again, that Paul was a false liar, because since he wasn't a disciple of Jesus and never met Jesus Christ in person while Jesus was on earth, and he claimed that Jesus appeared to him while he was on his way to Damascus, then his ignorance about Jesus having long hair clearly and indisputably proves that he never met Jesus in person! So the dumb christians' pictures and pagan-idols of Jesus being a male with long hair only serve to disprove Paul! The more portraits and idols they produce the more they prove that Paul was a liar. I'll let the doomed infidels sort this mess out for themselves.
Anyway, in regards to points 1, 2 and 3 above, there is certainly no question that the man-made and man-altered,
gospel of porn [2], is indeed a false book, and christianity is a false paganistic religion that is completely dependent and based on man's mere rules, wishful thinking, judgment and corruption. It is a false religion that is too lacking, too vague and too absurd!
And ever since when GOD Almighty cared about us judging His Truth?
Does the GOD Almighty of the Mosaic Law really sound like One who cares about our opinions in these Verses?
Exodus 21:15
15 Anyone who attacks his father or his mother must be put to death.
Exodus 21:16
16 Anyone who kidnaps another and either sells him or still has him when he is caught must be put to death.
Exodus 21:1717 Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.
Exodus 22:1919 Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal must be put to death.
Exodus 31:14
14 'Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who desecrates it must be put to death; whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from his people.
Exodus 31:15
15 For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must be put to death.
Leviticus 20:1212 'If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. What they have done is a perversion; their blood will be on their own heads.
Leviticus 20:13
13 'If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable.They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
And on and on and on of "must be put to death" Laws in the Mosaic Law. Here is how Paul, the charlatan, judged these Laws:
Galatians 3:13
13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."
Yet, Jesus said with his own mouth according to the New Testament:
"Do not think that I [Jesus] have come to abolish the Law (the Old Testament) or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke or a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law (the Old Testament) until everything is accomplished. (Matthew 5:17-18)"
And Jesus, as we saw above, even rebuked those who didn't follow the Law, the same Law that Paul considered a CURSE!
4- Idols and images of GOD Almighty Himself!
(Catholics and NON-Catholic portraits)
Exodus 20:4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below."
Leviticus 26:1 " 'Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the LORD your God."
Yet, Christians (Catholics and NON-Catholics) DARE to make images and portraits of Allah Almighty Himself, along with images of Angels, Christ, Mary and others! For more verses, please visit:
(a)- But the portraits are not images and idols?!
Many many Christians are so superficial in their thinking that they believe that those portraits and graven idols of Allah Almighty and the other creations of Allah Almighty are not the idols and images that the Old Testament verses, above, prohibited.
My response:
This is quite ridiculous and absurd at best! What is it that is impossible to comprehend about whenever you dare to draw or carve a picture or object of Allah Almighty, you are in actuality creating an idol to worship?
Is this how Allah Almighty really looks like?
How are these pictures supposed to be in harmony with these verses:
Exodus 20:4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below."
Leviticus 26:1 " 'Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the LORD your God."
I say quit this blasphemy that is called christianity, because it is
no more than a man-made conjecture, as Allah Almighty specifically called this false religion in the Glorious Quran!
4- Conclusion:
The Bible in both the Old and New Testaments command the killing of apostates, and those who disagree need to produce their proofs.
As to the lies of christianity and the countless corruptions and alterations in the bible, embrace Islam, the only True Divine Religion from GOD Almighty that remained unspoiled in Its true and original form and you'll be saved. Allah Almighty Himself Promised that He will protect the Glorious Quran from man's tampering, alteration and corruption:
"We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly Guard it (from corruption). (The Noble Quran, 15:9)"
Embrace Islam and you'll be saved! All Praise and Glory and due to Allah Almighty Alone. And may Allah Almighty send His Peace, Mercy and Blessings upon our Beloved and Blessed Prophet, Teacher and Role Model, Muhammad. Ameen.
