Instant Death to Apostates (those who desert their religion) in the Bible in both the Old Testament and the New Testament:
Please note that I just would like to prove to the reader that the Bible gives absolutely no religious freedom what so ever. Most of the Christians in the United States and the West think that the freedom of choice and speech that they have comes originally from the Bible. I am trying to disprove this belief and not give the Bible something that it does not deserve.
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."
This verse was sent to me by Yusif 65; may Allah Almighty always be pleased with him: 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."
Also 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."
We also read about Jesus ordering the killing of apostates (those who desert him) "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away an withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. (John 15:5-6)" Apostates are to be burned alive according to the new testament. Of course as a Muslim I don't believe that Jesus ever said that. The Bible is full of corruptions that give wrong the picture about Jesus.
Even 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 death without fail. They should pelt them to death with stones. Their own blood is upon them."
The above verses clearly show that once a person becomes a Christian, then he is pretty much stuck with it and can't leave it. The above laws order mothers to kill their sons or daughters, brothers to kill their own brothers or sisters, fathers to kill their own sons or daughters, or friends to kill their own friends if they decide to follow another religion. There must be no mercy given to the person nor a chance for him or her to repent. Kill him/her immediately !!!. Stone him/her to death immediately !!!.
Jesus did honor the Old Testament's laws and ordered his followers (the Christians as we call them today) to follow the Old Testament until the day of Judgment:
Jesus said: "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 "Oh this law doesn't exist in the New Testament, it is only the Old Testament." Well, according to Matthew 5:17-18 above, we clearly see that Jesus honored the Old Testament, and forces 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.
It is quite unfortunate that in 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 Christians just because the Priests and Ministers of the High Church decided to call those minority Christians and the Christian Scientists Apostates or Renegades (those who leave their religion).
The Bible does give authority to the Priests and Ministers to call someone an apostate. Let us look at 1Corinthians 2:15 "The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment." The Bible does indeed rely heavily on people to judge other people regardless of the amount of evidence that can be provided. This philosophy in the Bible does promote corruption and confusion among people. It also promotes divisions and sects in the religion.
Clearly, the tragedies that history had witnessed in the middle centuries of Christians slaughtering other Christians and non Christians, and the formation of Catholics and Protestants in Europe, and the brutal slavery in the United States that was approved by the Church (to enslave Africans and to bring them to the U.S.) indicates that the Bible is a corrupted book, and is the main cause for all the killings and massacres that took place in history. Why do you think that most of the killings and massacres that happened throughout history, happened mostly from Christians? All it takes to create a massacre is to have the Priest or Minister of the Majority Christians declare the other group of minority Christians as "NON-BELIEVERS" and say that they are no longer Christians, and since they are no longer Christians in the eyes of the stronger church, then killing them would be absolutely lawful according to the Bible. In fact, killing them not only becomes lawful, but it also becomes mandatory according to Deuteronomy 13:6-9, Deuteronomy 17:3-5 and Romans 1:20-32 above.
The religion of Islam on the other hand gives absolute freedom of religion. Allah Almighty (GOD) prohibits Muslims to force anyone to Islam. Muslims are not supposed to make people resent Islam by their acts. Islam teaches us that a person can only believe in God by peace.
Conclusion:
The Bible in both the Old Testament and the New Testament doesn't tolerate apostates, and orders for them to be killed. The Bible does order men and women (spiritual leaders and religious people) to be judgmental, and to kill those who don't agree with them in the most painful death, by stoning them to death! There is no room for being creative and free in the real Christian society. You must obey the rules, or else you shall lose your life!.
The Bible in my opinion contradicts itself by presenting itself as a "Book of Love" and yet it is at the same time the worst judgmental book ever!
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