Some Family Values From The Bible KJV

Genesis.19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes.

Genesis 19:32-36 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

Genesis 22:2,10 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and ... offer him there for a burnt offering.... And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

The Bible Teaches Not So Valuable Family Values

Christians are pretty quick to say they have the perfect family values and that they are firmly based on biblical teachings, but what sort of family values are in the Bible? Is this book really a good source on how to raise a family?

Child Disciple

Many Christians today feel that spanking is wrong but the Bible shows us how to handle our children. Have a look at: Exodus 21:15 and 17. Both say that if a child hits or curses his father or mother, he is to be killed:

21:15: And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
21:17: And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

This is repeated in Leviticus 20:9 which says that if a child curses his mother or father he is to be put to death.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21 requires stoning to death any child who is stubborn or rebellious.

21:18: If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
21:19:Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
21:20: And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
21:21: And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Proverbs 22:15 says you should beat your foolish children with a rod.

22:15: Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Many modern Christians say that those are Old Testament laws that no longer apply but they should bear in mind the words of Mark in the New Testament:

7:9: And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 7:10:
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Who so curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
7:11: But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
7:12: And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
7:13: Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.

Marriage

First rule is to keep your daughter pure for her wedding because if she is not a virgin on the night she will be stoned to death.

Sadly, this barbaric punishment is still being followed in some parts of the Moslem world, which share some of the teachings of the Hebrew bible. There is no such penalty, needless to say, for a groom who is not a virgin. The fact that Christian women who have engaged in premarital sex are not being stoned to death today shows that even believers recognize cruelty and absurdity in their own "Good Book."

"If any man take a wife, and go in unto her . . . and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid . . . and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die . . ." Deuteronomy 22:13-21

In most Christian countries having more than one wife is a crime and having sex with a woman who isn't your wife is grounds for divorce. Monogamy is considered the desirable standard, although Mormons will give you some debate on the matter. But many Christians consider that sex should only be allowed inside marriage.

However, the Bible is pro-polygamy...

There are many instances in the bible showing men having multiple wives, or to have slept with their slaves, servants or anyone else they could get thier hands on.

Here's a few of them...

Genesis 4:19: And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

King David had lots of wives, apparently not enough though,

4:3: And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.
14:4: Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
14:5: And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
14:6: And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
14:7: And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.

Let's not forget about Gideon and his views on monogomy: he fathered 71 sons through many wives plus a mistress in Shechem. So much for monogamy and fidelity. Is this how the hotel-bible Gideon Society expects us to demonstrate family values to our children?

Judges 8:30-31: And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.

Let's also mention Soloman, king of polygamists. At least one thousand sexual partners. Another fine example of family values from one of God's favourites.

But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites . . . And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. ~ I Kings 11:1-3

Notice that this lifestyle is never denounced by God, Jesus, or the biblical writers. Solomon, supposedly an ancestor of Jesus, was praised by Jesus: "all his glory" (Matthew 6:29), "wisdom of Solomon" (Matthew 12:42). Jesus compared himself (not so humbly) to Solomon's greatness: "a greater than Solomon is here." (Luke 11:31)

If polygamy is condoned and even encouraged throughout the Bible why is it that modern Christians condemn those who want more than one woman?

Perhaps they think we should follow some of the other rules concerning marriage given in Leviticus:

21:7: "you shall not marry a woman divorced from her husband.
20:10: "If a man commits adultery, both the adulterer and adulteress shall be put to death."

Abortion

Abortion and homosexuality are hot topics for Christians but what does the Bible really say about being pro-life and against abortion?

Nothing, as it turns out...

"O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." Psalm 137:8-9
2 King.15:16 "Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up."

Is this "pro-life"? No, this is one of numerous examples of god-ordained genocide. Even if you feel there is justice in killing the innocent infants of people deemed "evil" by your religion, would you be happy to do it, as the bible declares? If this is not evil and against any sort of civilised values, then what is?

Numbers 5:20-31 says that if a woman cheats on her husband, he is to take her to the priest and he will give her "bitter water". If the woman didn't cheat on her husband her pregnancy will continue as it should. But if she did cheat on him, then her belly will swell, her thigh will rot, the baby will be lost and she will be a curse among her people. No value is placed on the fetus.

5:20: But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:
5:21: Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
5:22: And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
5:23: And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
5:24: And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
5:25: Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar:
5:26: And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
5:27: And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
5:28: And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
5:29: This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;
5:30: Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.
5:31: Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.

Many Christians claim and define a fertilized egg as a living child even though this is not backed up by medical science or the bible. The bible says that life is only in the blood, (Leviticus 17:11 and Deuteronomy 12:23). However, there is no blood until the second week after conception, so as far as abortion is concerned, the Christians are hypocrites.

But the fact that they oppose many avenues of medical research causes great harm to such potential life savers as stem cell research. which interferes with the very rights of the individual to health and happiness. Millions of people suffer from many diseases, and without this research, the chances of finding cures for these horrible diseases become very low.

Although the bible contains hundreds of laws and thousands of rules there is not one single word about abortion. But if we are to examine the bible to see if it supports the Christian and religious viewpoint on what constitutes life and what does not, we will find that the bible is pro abortion and anti-life. One of the so called "laws of god" sheds much light on the value of a fetus. Look at how the bible values a fetus.

21:22: If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
21:23: And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
21:24: Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
21:25: Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

As you can see, the bible commands the death penalty for the killing of a human being, but not for the expulsion of a fetus.

Hosea 13:16 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.

The Beginning Of Life?

Here is another point which many Christians misunderstand or misinterperate their very own "word of god". The bible states that life begins at birth and not at conception. In fact, god defines life as "breath" and the evidence for this starts in Genesis where God "breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."

Many anti-abortionists, in their desperation for biblical support of their beliefs, cite irrelevant verses such as:

"Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me." Psalm 51:5

Verses such as this do not support their beliefs even remotely they and use this verse out of complete desperation. The verse just quoted invokes original sin and shows how sexist bible believers really are but the verse has absolutely nothing to do with abortion.

Paul, Jesus and all the biblical figures ignored every chance to condemn abortion. Since these 'holy' people went out of their ways to invent rules for virtually every aspect of people’s lives, why is it that they did not make a ruling on abortion and the fetus? How is it that these godly and supposedly inspired men failed to make an issue out of abortion? They ignored the subject because they did not value a fetus at all.

Thou Shalt Not Kill

The anti abortion hypocrites are quick to quote the sixth commandment, "Thou shalt not kill" ~ Ex. 20:13 ~ and claim that this commandment of god shows that god is pro-life and anti abortion. Oddly enough, this doesn't stop some anti-abortionist from killing medical staff.

Exodus 21:22-25 states clearly that a fetus is not a living breathing human being. Furthermore, a critical and honest analysis shows that "Thou shalt not kill" does not apply to all living, breathing human beings. We know this because children are routinely massacred in the bible at the commandment of god, Moses and other holy men. Take for example, some of the verses above where the bible commands the killing of a child for being a "stubborn son" or for cursing one’s father or mother, or being a homosexual Leviticus. 20:13 or for doing working on the Sabbath, such as picking up sticks, Numbers 15:32-35.

God can not be considered pro-life, and certainly not anti-abortion as the Christians claim. Some Christians believe that the Ten Commandments were part of "The Law" Jesus supposedly "nailed to the cross" so it seems pointless for them to quote this rule their own god did away with.

Women's Rights

They don't have any. None at all...they are not even allowed to speak in church.

• ~ Genesis 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
• ~ 1 Corinthians.11:3 "But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God."
• ~ 1 Corinthians.14:34-36 "Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church."
• ~ Ephesians.5:22-24 "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing."
• ~ Colossians.3:18 "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord."
• ~ 1 Timothy.2:11-15 "Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing.
• ~ 1 Peter.3:1 "Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands."

So when we hear Christians talking about family values, we should remember these things they hold dear are the exact opposite of what's meantioned in the Bible, especially when they say that the Bible backs them up. It's just proof that these people don't even know what they believe, or they have never read the bible, or are only exposed to it once a week in church and have it explained to them what the verses "really mean".