The Bible Is Repulsive

The purpose of the debate is for me to prove that the bible is repulsive thats all, nothing else. I have already proved this through many examples and i shall now present further evidence to support my claim that the bible is repulsive . Example 7 In Matthew 18 verses 7 through 9, Jesus speaks: If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell. - Matthew 18:7-9 This verse is repulsive on three levels: It is repulsive because Jesus is such an idiot here. He is completely wrong. It is repulsive because it demands that people maim themselves. It is repulsive because the entire concept of “hell” is repulsive. Jesus is an idiot. Cutting off your hand or gouging out an eye accomplishes nothing. If you are having a problem with unproductive behaviors, what you need to do is talk with a counselor or see a therapist. Self-amputation is absurd and repulsive. Jesus dispenses advice that is completely useless, and recklessly dangerous as well. Example 8 The Bible’s absolute sexism is well known, and it is repulsive. Here are two examples: Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the Law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church. - 1 Corinthians 14 And: Let a woman learn in silence with all submissiveness. I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to keep silent. - 1 Tim 2 We can find dozens of verses that are just as sexist. The Bible’s sexism is both ridiculous and repulsive. Example 9 The Bible fully supports slavery. In fact, the Bible has been used in many cases, including the American civil war, as an authoritative justification of slavery. Here are three examples. Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. You can will them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life. - Leviticus 25:44 Also: If a man beats his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies as a direct result, he must be punished, but he is not to be punished if the slave gets up after a day or two, since the slave is his property. - Exodus Chapter 21:20 Also: Bid slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give satisfaction in every respect; they are not to be refractory, nor to pilfer, but to show entire and true fidelity. - Titus 2:9 You can see that, according to the Bible: Buying and selling slaves is fine. Beating slaves is fine. Slaves are to show entire and true fidelity. If you are an intelligent person, you know that he entire idea of slavery is repulsive. Example 10 The Bible is riddled with repulsion. Take, for example, this verse: Anyone who is captured will be run through with a sword. Their little children will be dashed to death right before their eyes. - Isaiah 13 Or this: Samaria shall bear her guilt, because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword, their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open. - Hosea 13 Or this: Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. - Numbers 31 You get the picture. The Bible is repulsive. You have seen ten graphic examples of repulsion. You can find hundreds of verses like these throughout the old and new testaments. You find racism, sexism and bigotry gallore. The deaths millions of innocents are chronicled in page after page of this appalling book. There is no question that this book is repulsive. It has no place in a modern, civilized nation. We currently use the Bible throughout society. We do that, in large part, because most of us have never read the bible and have no idea how disgusting it is. We read from this book at weddings and funerals. We force people to put their hands on this book in court. We find copies of the Bible in nearly every hotel room. The Bible demands that we kill everyone who works on the Sabbath. The Bible commands us to kill teenagers who drink too much. The Bible empowers us to enslave people of other nations. The Bible commands that we oppress women and kill people who happen to be homosexual. A book this repulsive has no place in our society. It is time for the intelligent, thoughtful people of this nation to acknowledge this simple fact and act on it. I AM NOT arguing against the stories in the bibles. My claim is the bible is repulsive, take note of that! Please vote for me, I have done alot of research to justify my claim. Con will most likely try to criticise this, but as i wont have the chance to rebut, please vote for me because I have completely proved to over 100% my claim and it is entirely true and have used references to where these can be found in the bible. Thank you to the audience who vote for me :)