More Statements Every Bible Believer Must Agree With

For my definition of “Bible believer,” please see my first post in this series here: https://voluntaryjapan.com/2023/04/24/statements-every-bible-believer-must-agree-with/

Without further ado, here are even more statements every Bible believer must agree with, which result in big problems for proponents of the faith.

1. It is wrong to pray long prayers like “Gentiles”. In this verse (Matthew 6:7) Jesus directly admonishes his followers: “When you pray, don’t babble on and on as the Gentiles do…” for the Christians that take issue with the translation of the Greek “ethnikoi,” please see here: https://biblehub.com/matthew/6-7.htm#lexicon. The term clearly means “non-Jews” or “other ethnic group.” Even if one rejects this clear definition, Jesus still says it is wrong to pray any other way than his concise “Our Father, who art in heaven…” prayer.

2. We must pray long prayers that are not the “Lord’s Prayer”. In fact, Christians should pray all the time. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 states: “Pray without ceasing”. Is the author unaware of what the Christ figure said earlier? Jesus said very clearly, in Matthew 6:8, “Don’t be like them [the Gentiles praying incessantly]. Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.”

3. It is okay for Christians to have slaves. Ephesians 6:9, a verse written supposedly after Christ’s “new covenant,” says nothing about slavery being immoral, but simply encourages those who own other humans to treat them nice. Surely an all-loving, all-knowing god outside of time would have made a little note somewhere that slavery is indeed wrong. If there’s any doubt that Yahweh, Paul, and Jesus are cool with owning humans, have a look at the multiple other verses about it (point #6 in the first post in this series).

4. Disabilities and diseases are sometimes shameful things caused by demons or unclean spirits, or Yahweh himself, and are not just natural disorders or the results of trauma and abuse. Luke 13:11,12 Luke 11:14 Mark 9:25 Leviticus 21:16-23. Very interestingly, in 2 Samuel 12:15, God “strikes” King David’s infant son with a deadly illness because of David’s affair which caused the child to be conceived. The Bible emphasizes elsewhere that God DOES NOT punish sons for the sins of their fathers! (See points 12 and 13 on the previous post in this series).

5. Human beings are sinful from birth/conception. Psalm 51:5 Ephesians 2:3

6. Human beings ARE NOT sinful from birth/conception. Romans 9:11 Deuteronomy 1:39

7. God punishes people (“whips” and “scourges” and kills them) for sin even after Jesus supposedly took all their sins away. Hebrews 12:6 Acts 5:1-10

8. Anything you ask for in faith you will receive! Matthew 21:22 Mark 11:20-23 Matthew 18:19-20 James 5:15 These verses are hard proof that Jesus, and the Bible itself, are liars. Many sick people have been prayed for in faith and not been healed. It’s a fact. So the promises given by the Jesus character and the author of James are bullshit. Technically, we should be able to ask for anything if we believe enough, like a Ferrari or 20 million dollars, according to Biblical logic. But the Christian god cannot even grant earnest prayers about people’s health or dire needs even though the book makes such promises.