What Do You Really Know About The Bible? (Short Version)

Wrong! The correct answer is: Half a male.

Modern sexism and inequality have their roots in the bible. Depending on age, a female is worth approximately half as much as a male:

This devaluation of women is reflected in the "double uncleanness" of giving birth to a daughter:

Wrong! The correct answer is: Women must keep silent. They should learn from their husbands at home.

This sexist admonition continues to be invoked by Catholics and patriarchal Protestant denominations to turn women into second-class citizens.

Wrong! The correct answer is: Locusts.

Since ham and lobster are verboten to bible believers, how about some barbecued grasshopper or steamed locust for dinner?

 

Wrong! The correct answer is: He puts scabs on their heads and uncovers their private parts.

This is sexual harassment and molestation. "Secret parts" (below) is poth, which means "hinged opening" (vagina). This is just one of many biblical instances in which women are debased, immorally or cavalierly treated as male property, subject to purchase, sale, abduction, and even sexual assault. No wonder the biblical writers never disapprove of such crimes when they are committed by God himself. How can anyone possibly pretend to love a god who would say such a thing?

Wrong! The correct answer is: 62.

The bible got it wrong by two orders of magnitude. History and archaeology prove that there were more than a mere 62 generations before Christianity. The species Homo sapiens has existed for 100,000 - 200,000 years, which would be at least 5,000 generations.

Luke 3:34-38 lists 20 generations between Adam and Abraham: Abraham, Thara, Nachor, Saruch, Ragau, Phalec, Heber, Sala, Cainan, Arphaxad, Sem, Noe, Lamech, Mathusala, Enoch, Jared, Maleleel, Cainan, Enos, Seth, Adam. Then Matthew 1:17 gives 42 generations between Abraham and Jesus: "So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations."

Matthew and Luke also contradict each other: both genealogies claim to go through Joseph, the father of Jesus (Matthew 1:16; Luke 3:23. Why Joseph? Wasn't God the father?), yet their lists disagree in length and in names--except for Shealtiel and Zerubbabel, an intersection that proves they were not intended to be separate lines. They also contradict the Old Testament genealogies, conveniently deleting and adding in order to make the numbers fit a pattern.