as someone who wasn’t raised christian and has no familiarity with the bible, i plan to put 0 effort into understanding this meme.
here’s a haiku instead:
posting bible quotes
in only chapter and verse
tells me nothing, dude.
I’m pretty sure that’s why Christians do it. It shuts down dialogue while dipshits look up stupid obscure references while guessing what possible meaning it could have. Hint: there is none.
It also lets you fake being well read and learned, while knowing diddly-squat.
Posting single verses out of context also allows them to easily twist the narrative or message of a passage completely.
Reading some of their favourites with full context often completely breaks down the BS idea they’re trying to spread.
And you’ll also never see them spreading the passages or verses that tell you to be kind to foreigners and treat them like your own people or other actually good parts.
It would be nice if you add those texts because I ain’t looking them up. Or do I need to be a hardcore christian in order to understand this meme
Here you go. Not worth the read though. Tldr on top, full text below. Not sure what translation, I took it from the skeptics annotated bible.
📖 Biblical Passage TLDRs
Romans 5:12: TLDR: Adam’s sin brought sin and death into the world, which then spread to all people because everyone sins.
Psalm 137:9: TLDR: A curse pronouncing happiness on anyone who violently kills the infant children of Babylon.
Hosea 13 (Selected Verses): TLDR: God declares himself the only Savior; Israel destroyed itself but God is its help; Samaria will be desolate for rebelling, and her people will be violently slaughtered, including infants and pregnant women.
Leviticus 20:13: TLDR: Lying with a man as with a woman is an abomination, and both people must be put to death.
Judges 18: TLDR: The Danites, seeking land, send spies who find the peaceful, secure city of Laish. On their way back to attack, 600 Danite warriors stop at Micah’s house, steal his personal religious idols and bribe his hired priest to join them as their tribal priest. When Micah protests, they threaten to kill him, then they proceed to Laish, massacre its people, and settle the city.
Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Psalm 137:9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones
Hosea 13 4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. Leviticus 20:13
Judges 18 1 In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. In the days when there was no king, the Danites were looking for a place to live.
2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there. So they sent out five spies to search the land of Ephraim.
They came to Micah’s house and stayed there.
3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here? The Danite spies asked the young Levite who was living with Micah,
What are you doing here?4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. He replied,
Micah has hired me as his priest.5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
They said to him,
Ask God if we will be prosperous.6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go. The young Levite said,
God will lead you to where you should go.7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. So they left there and came to a place called Laish, where the people lived peaceful, secure, carefree lives.
8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? The five spies returned to the Danites, who asked them,
What did you find out?9 And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth. The spies said,
We should attack the people of Laish and take their land, which is very good. The people are secure and have everything they want. God has given it into your hands.11 And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim. So 600 Danites left to attack the people of Laish.
13 And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. On their way they stopped at Micah’s house
14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. The five spies said to them,
Do you know that there is an ephod, teraphim, a graven image, and a molten image in Micah's house?15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
16 And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. The Danites came to Micah’s house and saluted him.
17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. The five spies went in and took the graven image, ephod, teraphim, and molten image.
18 And these went into Micah’s house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye? The priest said to them,
Hey, what are you doing?19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? They said to him,
Be quiet and go with us. Be our father and priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to one man or to an entire tribe?20 And the priest’s heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people.
21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them. And the priest was glad.
He took the ephod, teraphim, and graven image, and left with the Danites.
22 And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. As the Danites were leaving, Micah and his neighbors overtook them.
23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company? The Danites said to Micah,
What's your problem? Why are you coming with these men?24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee? Micah said,
You have taken my gods which I made, and my priest. And now you ask, "What's my problem?"25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. The Danites said to Micah,
Don't talk to us that way or we'll kill you and your family.26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. So the Danites went their way, and Micah, seeing that he was outnumbered, returned to his house.
27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.
for your convenience:
Romans 5:12
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—
Psalm 137:9
Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
Hosea 13:4, 9, 16
But I have been the Lord your God ever since you came out of Egypt. You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me.
You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper.
The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open.
Leviticus 20:13
If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
Judges 18:1-28
In those days Israel had no king.
And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking a place of their own where they might settle, because they had not yet come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. So the Danites sent five of their leading men from Zorah and Eshtaol to spy out the land and explore it. These men represented all the Danites. They told them, “Go, explore the land.”
So they entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night. 3 When they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they turned in there and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
He told them what Micah had done for him, and said, “He has hired me and I am his priest.”
Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to learn whether our journey will be successful.”
The priest answered them, “Go in peace. Your journey has the Lord’s approval.”
So the five men left and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living in safety, like the Sidonians, at peace and secure. And since their land lacked nothing, they were prosperous. Also, they lived a long way from the Sidonians and had no relationship with anyone else.
When they returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their fellow Danites asked them, “How did you find things?”
They answered, “Come on, let’s attack them! We have seen the land, and it is very good. Aren’t you going to do something? Don’t hesitate to go there and take it over. When you get there, you will find an unsuspecting people and a spacious land that God has put into your hands, a land that lacks nothing whatever.”
Then six hundred men of the Danites, armed for battle, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol. On their way they set up camp near Kiriath Jearim in Judah. This is why the place west of Kiriath Jearim is called Mahaneh Dan to this day. From there they went on to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.
Then the five men who had spied out the land of Laish said to their fellow Danites, “Do you know that one of these houses has an ephod, some household gods and an image overlaid with silver? Now you know what to do.” So they turned in there and went to the house of the young Levite at Micah’s place and greeted him. The six hundred Danites, armed for battle, stood at the entrance of the gate. The five men who had spied out the land went inside and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods while the priest and the six hundred armed men stood at the entrance of the gate.
When the five men went into Micah’s house and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
They answered him, “Be quiet! Don’t say a word. Come with us, and be our father and priest. Isn’t it better that you serve a tribe and clan in Israel as priest rather than just one man’s household?” The priest was very pleased. He took the ephod, the household gods and the idol and went along with the people. Putting their little children, their livestock and their possessions in front of them, they turned away and left.
When they had gone some distance from Micah’s house, the men who lived near Micah were called together and overtook the Danites. As they shouted after them, the Danites turned and said to Micah, “What’s the matter with you that you called out your men to fight?”
He replied, “You took the gods I made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you ask, ‘What’s the matter with you?’”
The Danites answered, “Don’t argue with us, or some of the men may get angry and attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.” So the Danites went their way, and Micah, seeing that they were too strong for him, turned around and went back home.
Then they took what Micah had made, and his priest, and went on to Laish, against a people at peace and secure. They attacked them with the sword and burned down their city. There was no one to rescue them because they lived a long way from Sidon and had no relationship with anyone else. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob.
The Danites rebuilt the city and settled there.
