For most Christians, the Bible or the Holy Bible as many call it is their yardstick. The book is revered, believed in some cases to possess magical powers and is also regarded as the law.

Many will however be shocked by some verses of scripture in the Bible that they have not come across before. Here they are:

1. Deuteronomy 25:11

This Bible verse is weird, funny and kind of scary. Deuteronomy 25:11 says:

“When two men are fighting and the wife of one of them intervenes to drag her husband clear of his opponent, if she puts out her hand and catches hold of the man by his privates, you must cut off her hand and show her no mercy.”

2. Psalms 137:9

This Bible verse is confusing and scary at the same time. It says: “Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.”

3. 2 Kings 2: 23 – 24

Elijah was obviously in a bad mood here, no other way to explain it. 2 Kings 2: 23 – 24 says: “And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

“And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.”

4. Leviticus 18:22

Homosexuality is spelled out as a sin clearly in this Bible verse: Leviticus 18:22 “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.”

5. There was a nudist here, why he was running around remains unclear. Mark 14: 51,52 has this to say: “And a young man followed [Jesus], with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him, but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.” Many believe the naked man was Mark.

6. 1 Peter 2:18

On the matter of slavery, the Bible had these to say, at 1 Peter 2: 18: “Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.”

7. Jeremiah 19:9

Cannibalism? This Bible verse proclaims some scary things. Jeremiah 19:9 says: “I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh because their enemies will press the siege so hard against them to destroy them.”

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Only people who don't read the bible that will be shocked, its not about what is written only, but also having a good undstanding and its application is d ultimate. Or have u seen where any church is asking/ordering some one's arm amputerate?

amerimex:
Only people who don't read the bible that will be shocked, its not about what is written only, but also having a good undstanding and its application is d ultimate. Or have u seen where any church is asking/ordering some one's arm amputerate?

For quick understanding read from KJV

Well, this go to show that only those who open the scripture with sincerely pure mind have the blessing of it's full understanding, not the gullible ones always looking into it for a verse to support their argument especially those who find it hard to accept and promote religious tolerance.

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@OP - Number 3 was credited to Elisha - and not Elijah.

That story was invented to frighten & discourage kids from mocking bald men in that age.

Tissue paper is more valuable than - not only the Bible but all the religious books.

These barely scratch the surface of obscenity and perverseness filled in that storybook.
The average christian: Yeah Elisha was really angry.Those kids totally deserved being torn apart by bears for being...kids.Absolutely necessary.

:It's not cannibalism.It's a metaphor.u wouldn't understand u need spiritual guidance,grace,pure mind,the supernatural strength and all those other words our pastors overuse in order to understand.----Said the Christian
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Food for thought.
Someone asked if all this time,Leviticus was saying a man shall not lie with another man in the traditional"baby making missionary position"and this fools have being misinterpreting for ages.
It never says "A man shall never lie with another man" but adds the extra " as with a woman" .I believe it's the same book that's super crazy about"spewing seed". Something our pathetic christian defenders do every day.Oh,y'all are going to your hellfire .

Audray:
These barely scratch the surface of obscenity and perverseness filled in that storybook.
The average christian: Yeah Elisha was really angry.Those kids totally deserved being torn apart by bears for being...kids.Absolutely necessary.

:It's not cannibalism.It's a metaphor.u wouldn't understand u need spiritual guidance,grace,pure mind,the supernatural strength and all those other words our pastors overuse in order to understand.----Said the Christian
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Food for thought.
Someone asked if all this time,Leviticus was saying a man shall not lie with another man in the traditional"baby making missionary position"and this fools have being misinterpreting for ages.
It never says "A man shall never lie with another man" but adds the extra " as with a woman" .I believe it's the same book that's super crazy about"spewing seed". Something our pathetic christian defenders do every day.Oh,y'all are going to your hellfire .

I hope u know trying to suppress your God-given conscience is one load of a daunting task?
Threads like these, dont help matters either.
If u like come up with a thousand more.

felixomor:


I hope u know trying to suppress your God-given conscience is one load of a daunting task?
Threads like these, dont help matters either.
If u like come up with a thousand more.

Whatever.

Someone once said, if anyone is to obey every single command in the bible, you'd be in jail.

There is obvious lunacy in some of the things that this books contain. But leave it to christains to come up with thousands of holy spirit explanations of these verses.

Christains(and theists generally) are one hypocritical and/or confused set of humans.

Your No1 weird example is like Bokoharam in Nigeria. When you catch any of them, don't spare them, kill them all. Udi Formula should be applied now to Sambisa Forest. 2, Babylon means Prostitution in the highest. All children of Prostitution and corruption shall perish. 3, God was on a mission in Elijah. Those children were unnecessary attraction. Just a hire and fire rules, God made the children, destroyed them to make a point in discipline and will replace them in other circumstances. 4, Since you, a Nigerian, brings out this point, God is warning Nigerians never to copy abominable ways and races. 5, God made humans naked and He's never ashamed of human's unclothedness. 6, Obedience, Respect and Honour are always necessary in all relationships. 7, This is further stressing the punishment from God for abominable Sodom and Gomorrah actions of Babylon and Corruption. God bless you to understand His ways.

orunto27:
Your No1 weird example is like Bokoharam in Nigeria. When you catch any of them, don't spare them, kill them all. Udi Formula should be applied now to Sambisa Forest. 2, Babylon means Prostitution in the highest. All children of Prostitution and corruption shall perish. 3, God was on a mission in Elijah. Those children were unnecessary attraction. Just a hire and fire rules, God made the children, destroyed them to make a point in discipline and will replace them in other circumstances. 4, Since you, a Nigerian, brings out this point, God is warning Nigerians never to copy abominable ways and races. 5, God made humans naked and He's never ashamed of human's unclothedness. 6, Obedience, Respect and Honour are always necessary in all relationships. 7, This is further stressing the punishment from God for abominable Sodom and Gomorrah actions of Babylon and Corruption. God bless you to understand His ways.

lol true talk

orunto27:
Your No1 weird example is like Bokoharam in Nigeria. When you catch any of them, don't spare them, kill them all. Udi Formula should be applied now to Sambisa Forest. 2, Babylon means Prostitution in the highest. All children of Prostitution and corruption shall perish. 3, God was on a mission in Elijah. Those children were unnecessary attraction. Just a hire and fire rules, God made the children, destroyed them to make a point in discipline and will replace them in other circumstances. 4, Since you, a Nigerian, brings out this point, God is warning Nigerians never to copy abominable ways and races. 5, God made humans naked and He's never ashamed of human's unclothedness. 6, Obedience, Respect and Honour are always necessary in all relationships. 7, This is further stressing the punishment from God for abominable Sodom and Gomorrah actions of Babylon and Corruption. God bless you to understand His ways.

Go ahead you'll say anything to defend your God who can't speak for himself.

He is actually talking through me.

orunto27:
He is actually talking through me.

But not through himself, why use you?

God is Wholly Spirit. He talks in Spirit through Dreams, Visions, Spirit Angels, Human Angels, Winds, Fire, Light etcetera. That's why He's Omnipotent, Omnipresent and Omniscient. You can only compare yourself with God when your Faith is sufficient to do so.

all i will say for now is CONTEXT, CONTEXT CONTEXT. majority of the scriptures you qouted are taken out of context.

as for the prophet, will you blame GOD for his actions? whats your point?