Things I find i stupid, objectionable, offensive and just plain wrong on the bible. Genesis 1-5

I'll use the King James Version cause it seems to be the most common one use here in the US.
Genesis 1:26

26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

"Us"? I though there was only one.

Genesis 1:31

31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

God finds a world full of needles suffer and death good? (And the fall doesn't explain it, I'm talking about animals)

Genesis 2:21-22

21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

So God creates woman from man? Why not just create Eve like he created Adam?

Genesis 3:1-4

1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

A a talking serpent? A snake that can talk? Snakes can't talk.

Genesis 3:5

5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Why would God want to keep the knowledges of good and evil from humans? Perhaps he was abrade that they would see him as evil which will be supported we go along.

Genesis 3-11

9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
<10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

Why doesn't God know where they are and what they have done?

Genesis 3:14

14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Serpents don't eat dust.

Genesis 3:16

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.

So all woman has to suffer and are subjects of men cause of one womans actions?

Genesis 3:17

17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

So men have to work there ass's off cause one man listened to a woman?
Tree of knowledge Tree of life? This is sounding more and more like a pagan creation myth.

Genesis 3:24

24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

That sounds more like a pagan creation myth.

Genesis 4:3-5

3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

So God like Ables animal sacrifice over Kain's sacrifice of fruits and vegetables?

Genesis 4:8-9

8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

More thins a supposedly omniscient doesn't know.

Genesis 4:12

12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

No real problems with this (he did kill a man), yet.

Genesis 4:14

14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

Who are these other people? Where did they come from?

Genesis 4:17

17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

And where dose this wife of his come from? The bible doesn't mention any other children till after this. Who are the people in this city of his? And I though he was supposed to be a "fugitive and a vagabond"?

Genesis 4:19

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

Polygamy.

Genesis 5:3-5

3And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth:
4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

Adam lived 930 years far longer than is passable for a human to live or any known species for that matter.

Genesis 5:8

8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

More impossibly long lives.

I'm going to have to split this up cause its getting very long.

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3 Responses to “Things I find i stupid, objectionable, offensive and just plain wrong on the bible. Genesis 1-5”

  1. avatar truthbear says:

    Lone Wolf;

    Because you do not understand the true meaning of the scriptures, you cannot understand what the word of God is saying…Remember, the bible was not written in English, the Old Testament was written in Hebrew and Aramic, the New Testament was written in Greek, therefore, when it was translated into English they translated that we could understand…It would be good if you would study these other languages to get the full understanding of what the word of God is really saying to you…There is only one God just as the scriptures say…Kings and Majesty’s often spoke of them selfs in a plural sense, therefore the word us confuses a lot of people into believing that God was talking with someone else, God was consenting with His own will…

    Isa 44:8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

    Isa 44:24 Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

    Do you believe God is real?
    And if so, do you believe that God can do anything?
    Is there nothing God cannot do?

  2. avatar Lone Wolf says:

    For some reason you comment was marked as spam, it doesn’t look like spam to me.
    The fast that the bible has been translated and retranslated dose not take away from the vast majority if of what I say on it.
    The punishment of all of humanity cause of the actions of 2 people, countless people killed by God, countless people in the name of God absurdity’s like talking animals, rules that just plain wrong.

    No I don’t believe in the Christan god or any other gods.I see them and holy scriptures (bible quran, blah, blah, blah)all as outdated mythology.

  3. avatar Cameron says:

    So if we were “created” and come from Adam and Eve, what kind of animal incest went on for us to come from their two sons? Not only once did we come from such a “holy soup”, but did it again with Noah and his family. Get over it. The Bible is nothing more than an embellished story handed down from generation to generation and even in the very beginnings was a verbal story or account, so go figure.

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