EvilBible.com

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'''EvilBible.com''' is a website started in 2003 by Chris Thiefe<ref name="about-old">[https://web.archive.org/web/20150910184049/http://www.evilbible.com/about_evil_bible.htm About EvilBible.com] (Archived September 10, 2015) ''EvilBible.com''</ref> that highlights [[biblical contradictions]], hypocrisies, and various nasty passages (hence the site's moniker). Although it hasn't been updated since 2010, it remains one of the most comprehensive sites on all things messed up in the Bible. For obvious reasons, it's super useful when arguing with/trolling [[Fundamentalism|fundies]], [[Young Earth creationism| Young Earth Creationists]], and [[Biblical literalism|Bible literalists]].

Though the articles on the site are unattributed since they have been edited and modified by several different people,<ref name="about-current">[https://www.evilbible.com/evil-bible-home-page/about/ About EvilBible.com], ''EvilBible.com''</ref> a number of essays about the [[End Times]], the relevancy of the [[Old Testament|Old Testament]], and various [[Christian]] [[PRATT|talking points]] were originally written by someone named "Charlotte", who hosted them on the now-defunct site "Theists Suck"<ref name="about-old"/>

==Views on Christianity==
===God and Jesus===
If the "Evil Bible Quote of the Day" feature, the fact that they have articles like "Evils of the Torah" and "Jesus is a False Messiah", and the name itself didn't tip you off, EvilBible.com heavily leans towards [[maltheism]]. Its logo proudly proclaims that the site is "Fighting Against Immortality in Religion", and part of its introduction on the homepage reads, "For far too long priests and preachers have completely ignored the vicious criminal acts that the Bible promotes. The so called God of the Bible makes Osama Bin Laden look like a Boy Scout."<ref>[https://www.evilbible.com/ Evil Bible Home Page], ''EvilBible.com''.</ref> This God of the Bible, according to EvilBible.com, is a murderous bastard who demands followers burn animals and humans in his name<ref>[https://www.evilbible.com/evil-bible-home-page/ritual-human-sacrifice/ Ritual Human Sacrifice], ''EvilBible.com''</ref> and kills plenty of people, men, women, and children alike, for absurd reasons.<ref>[https://www.evilbible.com/evil-bible-home-page/murder-in-the-bible/ Murder in the Bible], ''EvilBible.com''</ref> Not only do his teachings promote murder, the EvilBible.com argues, but they also condone rape<ref>[https://www.evilbible.com/evil-bible-home-page/rape-in-the-bible/ Rape in the Bible], ''EvilBible.com''</ref> and slavery, which the site insists absolutely includes beating slaves and treating as chattel.<ref>[https://www.evilbible.com/evil-bible-home-page/slavery/ Slavery], ''EvilBible.com''</ref>

The site also has some choice words regarding [[Jesus]]. Not only does it contend that Jesus was a false prophet<ref>[https://www.evilbible.com/do-not-ignore-the-old-testament/jesus-is-a-false-messiah/ Jesus is a False Messiah], ''EvilBible.com''</ref> who spouted lies about the power of [[prayer]],<ref>[https://www.evilbible.com/evil-bible-home-page/jesus-lied/ Jesus Lied], ''EvilBible.com''</ref> but it also believes that the real answer to [[What Would Jesus Do]] should be "Advocate child abuse, murder, and other cruelties", stating that "Jesus’ loving nature [is] a joke but so are the Christians who worship him."<ref>[https://www.evilbible.com/do-not-ignore-the-old-testament/what-would-jesus-do/ What Would Jesus Do], ''EvilBible.com''</ref>   

EvilBible.com also advocates [[atheism]]; it openly states in its about that they wish to "promote atheism by revealing the wicked truth about the Bible and religion."<ref name="about-current"/> Naturally, it has a few articles on the subject. For example, "Why I am not a Christian" holds that believing in God is not only philosophically unsound (for example, if choosing to disobey God means [[Hell|eternal punishment]], then is it really free will or coercion?), but morally bankrupt,<ref>[https://www.evilbible.com/do-not-ignore-the-old-testament/why-i-am-not-a-christian/ Why I am not a Christian], ''EvilBible.com''</ref> while "Definition of Atheism" attempts to create a rigorous definition of atheism, as contrasted with belief and [[agnosticism]].<ref>[https://www.evilbible.com/definition-of-atheism/ Definition of Atheism], ''EvilBible.com''</ref>

One of the more interesting pieces is "God is Impossible". As the title suggests, it presents the idea that a perfect, all-knowing, omni-benevolent God is inherently illogical. Its main argument is that if God is perfect, then he could not have created such an imperfect universe, because perfection cannot beget imperfection. Said imperfections include theological conundrums like "if God knew that some humans would wind up in hell, then why did he create them in the first place?" and "how could a perfect God promote his teachings through [[Bible|an imperfect book]] that can be both hard to understand and [[Biblical contradictions|self-contradictory]]?"<ref>[https://www.evilbible.com/evil-bible-home-page/god-is-impossible/ God is Impossible], ''EvilBible.com''</ref>

===Creationism===

The site also hates [[Young Earth creationism]]. For example, the list of "Top Ten Signs You’re a Fundamentalist Christian" includes "You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old."<ref>[https://www.evilbible.com/evil-bible-home-page/top-ten-list/ Top Ten List], ''EvilBible.com''</ref> It reserves some particular ire towards [[day-age creationism]]. "A Day is a Day" argues that based on the original Hebrew text, the "day" described in [[Genesis]] refers to a day as in a 24-hour period, and interpreting it as some spanning millions of years leads to [[Biblical contradictions|(even more)]] contradictions.<ref>[https://www.evilbible.com/do-not-ignore-the-old-testament/a-day-is-a-day/ A Day is a Day], ''EvilBible.com''</ref>

===Other beliefs===

EvilBible.com finds the idea that God hates [[abortion]] patently absurd, pointing to verses like {{bible|Hosea|9|11|16}} and {{bible|Numbers|5|11|21}} that describe the Lord performing or recommending the death of a fetus.<Ref>[https://www.evilbible.com/evil-bible-home-page/god-is-not-pro-life/ God is not Pro-Life], ''EvilBible.com''</ref> Regarding the [[Ten Commandments]], EvilBible.com is actually pretty fine with people posting them in public...if they also show the ''long'' list of punishments for breaking them.<ref>[https://www.evilbible.com/do-not-ignore-the-old-testament/ten-commandments/ Ten Commandments], ''EvilBible.com''</ref>

The site also believes that the [[Holocaust]] was caused by Christian [[fundamentalism]], to point of calling it a "modern [[inquisition]]", and that [[Adolf Hitler]] was a real Christian.<ref>[https://www.evilbible.com/evil-bible-home-page/hitler-was-a-christian/ Hitler Was a Christian], ''EvilBible.com''</ref> This is where it really falters. To give them some credit, it does try to establish a link between [[Christianity]] and Nazism beyond [[Nazi analogies|"some Nazis were Christians, therefore Christianity caused Nazism"]], but it fails in other areas. Its sourcing is really spotty, and EvilBible.com fails to back up some of its more outrageous claims, such as that German soldiers were forced to be sprinkled with [[holy water]] and listen to a Catholic sermon before going into battle or that there was a secret police who persecuted [[heresy]]. It does cite some relevant passages from ''Mein Kampf'' where Hitler depicts himself as a Christian waging war against Jews, but it doesn't comment on passages that attack Christianity,<ref group=note>If this seems confusing, then you're not alone. Hitler's religious beliefs are still hotly debated to this day, precisely because the evidence is often inconsistent and contradictory. See [[Positive Christianity]] and [[Adolf Hitler]] for more.</ref> and some of its selections are questionable: how does "the fall of man in paradise has always been followed by his expulsion" or him commenting on the motives of an anti-Semitic Christian movement support the notion that Hitler used Christianity to justify his hatred of Jews?

==Reactions==

As you can imagine, just from its name alone and its arguably incendiary articles, the site also catches a lot of heat from fundamentalists and other [[conservative]] people who like to pretend these passages never existed. The folks at ''Militant Atheism Exposed'' abhor it, of course, and attack Thiefe and Co. as arrogant.<ref>[https://atheismexposed.tripod.com/evilbible.htm EVILBIBLE.COM: BIBLICAL IGNORANCE EXPOSED] By Michael Caputo ''Militant Atheism Exposed''</ref> There is not one, but ''two'' blogs dedicated entirely to "debunking" the site, though one has pretty much gone inactive,<ref>[https://debunkedevil.blogspot.com Debunking "EvilBible.com"]</ref> and the other posts very sporadically and has moved to other popular apologist targets.<ref>[https://antievilbible.blogspot.com/ A Rebuttal to EvilBible.com]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Skeptic's Annotated Bible]]: Very similar; both sites reference each other quite a bit.

==External links==
*[http://www.evilbible.com/ The site]

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