The Skeptics Annotated Bible (1019 page)
Read The Skeptics Annotated Bible Online
Authors: Steve Wells
- Does God approve of slavery?
Yes.
Gen 9.24,
14.14,
16.9,
17.12-13,
24.35,
26.12;
Ex 12.44,
20.17,
21.2,
16,
32,
22.3;
Lev 19.20,
22.11,
25.39,
45-46;
Dt 5.21,
15.12,
20.10-11,
14;
Jos 9.23;
Mt 8.7;
Lk 7.2-10,
12.46-47,
17.7-9;
1 Cor 7.21-23;
Eph 6.5;
Col 3.22,
4.1;
1 Tim 6.1-4;
Tit 2.9-10;
1 Pet 2.18
No.
Ex 21.16;
Lev 19.13,
18,
33-34,
25.10,
17;
Dt 15.9-10,
23.15-16,
24.7,
14;
Pr 22.22;
Is 58.6;
Jer 22.13;
Mal 3.5;
Mt 23.10;
Mk 10.42-43;
1 Cor 7.23;
Gal 3.28,
Phil 2.3-4;
1 Tim 1.9-10;
Philem 10-12;
Heb 13.3;
Jas 5.4 - How many languages were there before the Tower of Babel was built?
One.
Gen 11.1,
9
Many.
Gen 10.5,
20,
31 - Who was Salah’s father?
Arphaxad.
Gen 10.24,
11.12
Cainan.
Lk 3.35-36 - Is God the author of confusion?
Yes.
Gen 11.7,
1 Cor 1.27
No.
1 Cor 14.33 - How old was Terah when he died?
145.
Gen 11.26,
12.4
205.
Gen 11.32 - How old was Abraham when he left Haran?
75.
Gen 12.4
At least 135.
Gen 11.26,
32;
Acts 7.4 - How old was Abram when Ishmael was born?
86.
Gen 16.16
At least 135.
Gen 11.32;
Acts 7.4 - Can God be seen?
Yes.
Gen 12.7,
17.1,
18.1,
26.2,
24,
32.30,
35.9,
48.3;
Ex 3.16,
4.5,
6.3,
24.10,
33.11,
20;
Num 14.14;
Dt 5.4,
34.10;
Jg 13.22;
1 Kg 22.19;
Job 42.5;
Ps 63.2;
Is 6.1-7;
Ezek 1.27,
8.2,
20.35;
Amos 7.7,
9.1;
Hab 3.3-5;
Mt 18.10,
Jn 14.9
No.
Ex 33.20;
Jn 1.18;
6.46;
Col 1.15;
1 Tim 1.17,
6.16;
1 Jn 4.12 - When was the city of Dan named?
In the time of Abraham.
Gen 14.14
After the massacre of Laish.
Jg 18.29 - Who owns the earth?
God.
Gen 14.19,
22;
Ex 9.29,
19.5;
Dt 10.14;
1 Chr 29.11;
Ps 24.1,
50.11-12,
89.11;
1 Cor 10.26
Satan.
Mt 4.9,
Lk 4.5-6
Humans.
Ps 115.16 - How long was the Egyptian Captivity?
400 years.
Gen 15.13,
Acts 7.6
430 years.
Ex 12.40,
Gal 3.17 - How many sons did Abraham have?
One.
Gen 22.2,
Heb 11.17
More than one.
Gen 16.15,
21.2-3,
25.1-2;
Gal 4.22 - Is circumcision required?
Yes.
Gen 17.11,
Lev 12.3,
Acts 16.1-3
No.
Gal 5.2,
Col 2.11 - Is incest forbidden?
Yes.
Lev 18.6,
12,
20.17,
19.1;
Dt 27.22
No.
Gen 17.16,
20.12;
Ex 6.20 - Are the laws of the Old Testament still binding?
Yes.
Gen 17.19;
Ex 12.14,
17,
24;
Lev 23.14,
21,
31,
41;
Dt 4.8-9,
7.9,
11.1,
28;
1 Chr 16.15-17;
Ps 119
,
151-2,
160;
Ec 12.13;
Mal 4.4;
Mt 5.18-19;
Lk 16.17
No.
Lk 16.16-17;
Rom 6.14,
7.4,
6,
10.4;
2 Cor 3.14;
Gal 3.13,
24-25,
5.18;
Eph 2.15;
Col 2.14 - How old was Ishmael when he was abandoned by Abraham?
He was an infant.
Gen 21.15,
18
He was a young man.
Gen 17.25,
21.5,
8 - Did Sarah have faith that she would conceive?
Yes.
Heb 11.11
No,
she laughed at God.
Gen 18.12 - Can God do anything?
Yes.
Gen 18.14;
Job 42.2;
Jer 32.17,
27;
Mt 19.26;
Mk 10.27;
Lk 1.37,
18.27;
Rev 19.6
No.
Jg 1.19,
Mk 6.3-5,
Heb 6.18 - Was Lot a righteous man?
Yes.
2 Pet 2.7-8
No.
Gen 19.8,
36 - Who destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah?
Angels.
Gen 19.13
God.
Gen 19.24 - Did Lot’s daughters think God had killed every man except Lot?
Yes.
Gen 19.31
No.
Gen 19.21-22,
30 - Is it OK to swear?
Yes.
Gen 21.23,
24.2,
9,
31.53,
47.29;
Lev 27.2,
10;
Num 30.2;
Dt 6.13,
10.20,
23.21;
Ps 63.11;
Is 45.23,
48.1,
65.16;
Jer 4.2,
12.16;
Dan 12.7;
Heb 6.13;
Rev 10.5-6
No.
Mt 5.34-37;
Jas 5.12 - Who named Beersheba?
Abraham.
Gen 21.31
Isaac.
Gen 26.33 - Has God ever tempted anyone?
Yes.
Gen 22.1,
2 Sam 24.1,
Mt 6.13
No.
Jas 1.13 - Does God approve of human sacrifice?
Yes.
Gen 22.2;
Ex 22.29;
Lev 27.28-29;
Num 31.26-29;
Jg 11.29-39;
2 Sam 21.1,
9,
14;
1 Kg 13.2;
2 Kg 23.20;
2 Chr 34.5
No.
Lev 18.21,
20.2;
Dt 18.10-12;
2 Kg 21.6 - Did Abraham know God’s name?
Yes.
Gen 22.14
No.
Ex 6.3 - Was Keturah Abraham’s wife or concubine?
Wife.
Gen 25.1
Concubine.
1 Chr 1.32 - Will there be many Jews?
Yes.
Gen 26.4
No.
Dt 4.27 - Who was Bashemath’s father?
Elon the Hittite.
Gen 26.34
Ishmael.
Gen 36.3 - Is it OK to drink alcohol?
Yes.
Gen 27.28;
Jg 9.13;
1 Chr 16.3;
Ps 104.15;
Pr 3.9-10,
31.6-7;
Ec 9.7;
SofS 5.1;
Zech 9.17;
Mt 26.29;
Jn 2.3-10;
1 Tim 5.23
No.
Num 6.3;
Jg 13.4,
7;
Pr 20.1,
23.20,
29-32;
Is 5.11,
22,
28.1,
7;
Dan 1.8;
Hab 2.15;
Lk 1.15;
Rom 13.13,
14.21;
Gal 5.20-21;
Eph 5.18 - Who was Laban’s father?
Bethuel.
Gen 28.5
Nahor.
Gen 29.5 - When did Jacob rename Luz to Bethel?
Before visiting the land of Padanaram.
Gen 28.19
After visiting the land of Padanaram.
Gen 33.18,
35.6-7 - Who was Anah?
The daughter of Zibeon.
Gen 36.2
,
14
The brother of Zibeon.
Gen 36.20,
1 Chr 1.38
The son of Zebeon.
Gen 36.24,
1 Chr 1.40 - Who was Korah’s father?
Esau.
Gen 36.14
Eliphaz.
Gen 36.15-16 - Who brought Joseph into Egypt?
The Midianites.
Gen 37.36
The Ishmaelites.
Gen 37.28,
39.1 - Where did Joseph’s brothers find the hidden money?
At home.
Gen 42.29-35
At the inn.
Gen 42.27,
43.21 - How old was Benjamin when his clan migrated to Egypt?
He was an infant.
Gen 44.20
He was a grown man with ten sons.
Gen 46.8,
21 - Was Mahli the son of Levi?
Yes.
Ezra 8.18
No.
Gen 46.11;
1 Chr 6.1,
16,
23.6 - Will God destroy those who intermarry?
Yes.
Ex 34.16,
Dt 7.2,
1 Kg 11.1-2
No.
Gen 46.20,
Num 12.1,
9.10 - Who were the sons of Benjamin?
Four lists are given in the Bible. None of them agree.
Gen 46.21
;
Num 26.38;
1 Chr 7.6,
8.1-2 - Were Naaman and Ard the sons or the grandsons of Benjamin?
They were the sons of Benjamin.
Gen 46.21
They were the grandsons of Benjamin.
Num 26.40 - How many were in Jacob’s family when they came into Egypt?
70.
Gen 46.27,
Ex 1.5
75.
Acts 7.14 - What were the 12 tribes of Israel?
There are six contradictory lists.
Gen 49.2;
Num 1.5,
13.4;
Dt 33.6;
Ezek 48.1-32;
Rev 7.6 - Where was Jacob buried?
Machpelah.
Gen 50.13
Shechem.
Acts 7.15 - Is it wrong to lie?
Yes.
Ex 20.16,
23.1,
23.7;
Lev 6.2-5,
19.11;
Dt 5.20;
1 Sam 21.2;
Pr 12.22,
13.5;
Lk 3.14;
Eph 4.25;
Col 3.9;
Jas 3.14;
Rev 21.8,
27
No.
Ex 1.20,
Jos 2.4,
1 Kg 22.22,
2 Kg 8.10;
Pr 24.28;
Col 3.9,
Jas 2.25 - Did Moses fear the Pharaoh?
Yes.
Ex 2.14-15
No.
Heb 11.27 - Who was Moses’ father-in-law?
Jethro.
Ex 3.1,
4.18,
18.1,
5
Hobab.
Jg 4.11,
Num 10.29
Reuel.
Ex 2.18 - Who appeared to Moses in the burning bush?
God.
Ex 3.4
,
Mk 12.26
An angel.
Ex 3.2,
Acts 7.35 - What is God’s name?
Jealous.
Ex 34.14
Jehovah.
Ex 6.3
I am.
Ex 3.14 - Is it OK to steal?
Yes.
Ex 11.2,
12.35;
Ezek 39.10,
Nah 2.9
No.
Ex 20.15;
Lev 6.2-5,
19.11,
13;
Dt 5.19;
Ps 37.21;
Mt 19.18-19;
Mk 10.19;
Lk 18.20;
Rom 2.21;
Eph 4.28;
1 Th 4.6 - Is magic OK?
Yes.
Ex 4.2;
Num 5.27,
21.8
No.
Ex 11.2,
22.18;
Lev 19.26,
31;
Dt 18.10-12;
2 Kg 18.3-4,
21.6 - Was Moses a good speaker?
Yes.
Acts 7.22
No.
Ex 4.10,
4.14-16,
6.12,
30 - Who makes people deaf and blind?
God.
Ex 4.11,
Jn 9.1-3
Foul spirits.
Mk 9.25-26 - Who hardened the Pharaoh’s heart?
God.
Ex 4.21,
7.3,
13,
9.12,
10.1,
20,
27,
11.10,
14.4,
8,
17
The Pharaoh.
Ex 8.32,
9.34;
1 Sam 6.6 - Did God command the Israelites to make him burnt offerings?
Yes.
Ex 8.27,
10.25,
20.24,
29.16-17
No.
Jer 7.22 - Did God kill all the Egyptian cattle in the sixth plague?
Yes.
Ex 9.3-6
No.
Ex 9.19,
12.29 - How many days is unleavened bread to be eaten during the Passover?
Six days.
Dt 16.8
Seven days.
Ex 12.15,
23.15;
Dt 16.3
Other books
09 The Clue at Black Creek Farm by Carolyn Keene
Whispers by Rosie Goodwin
The Ninth by Benjamin Schramm
Evening Gentleman by AnDerecco
1808: The Flight of the Emperor by Laurentino Gomes
The Aztec Code by Stephen Cole
Handsome Brute: The True Story of a Ladykiller by O'Connor, Sean
Bet on Ecstasy by Kennedy, Stacey
A Book of Silence by Sara Maitland
Emergency Delivery (Love Emergency) by Samanthe Beck