The Skeptics Annotated Bible (1020 page)
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Authors: Steve Wells
- Is God warlike or peaceful?
Warlike.
Ex 15.3,
Ps 18.34,
144.1
Peaceful.
Rom 15.33,
1 Cor 14.33,
2 Cor 13.11,
2 Th 3.16,
Heb 13.20 - Is dancing a sin?
Yes.
Ex 32.19,
31,
Mt 14.6
No.
Ex 15.20;
Jg 11.34;
2 Sam 6.14;
Ps 30.11,
140.4,
149.3,
150.4,
Ec 3.4,
Lk 15.25 - Is it necessary to keep the Sabbath?
Yes.
Ex 16.29,
20.8,
31.15,
34.21,
35.2;
Lev 19.3,
30,
23.3;
Num 15.32-36;
Dt 5.12;
Is 56.2
No.
Is 1.13,
Mt 12.1-5,
Jn 5.17,
Rom 14.5,
Col 2.16 - Where did Moses get water from a rock?
The Wilderness of Sin in Rephidim.
Ex 17.1
The desert of Zin in Kadesh.
Num 20.1,
27.14;
Dt 32.51 - Can God be tempted?
Yes.
Ex 17.2,
7,
Dt 6.16,
Mt 4.7,
Lk 4.12,
Acts 15.10
No.
Jas 1.13 - How did Moses get water out of the rock?
By smiting it.
Ex 17.6
By talking to it.
Num 20.8 - Who gave the law to Moses?
God.
Ex 19.20,
20.22
Angels.
Gal 3.19 - Is it OK to make images?
Yes.
Ex 25.18,
20;
Num 21.8
No.
Ex 20.4;
Dt 4.16,
23,
5.8,
27.15;
2 Kg 18.3-4 - How should parents be treated?
Honor your parents.
Ex 20.12;
Dt 5.16;
Pr 1.8,
23.22;
Eph 6.2;
Mal 4.6
Disrespect and hate them.
Mt 12.47-48,
23.9;
Mk 3.31-34;
Lk 9.59-60,
14.26 - Is it OK to call your father (or anyone else) father?
Yes.
Ex 20.12;
Dt 5.16;
2 Kg 2.12,
6.21;
Eph 6.2;
1 Jn 2.13
No.
Mt 23.9 - To kill or not to kill.
Kill.
Ex 32.27,
Num 15.32-36;
Dt 7.2,
1 Sam 15.2-3
Don’t kill.
Ex 20.13,
23.7;
Dt 5.17;
Mt 19.18-19;
Mk 10.19;
Lk 18.20 - Is it wrong to have sex outside of marriage?
Yes.
Ex 20.14,
Dt 5.18,
Heb 13.4
No.
Hos 1.2-3,
3.1 - Is it OK to covet?
Yes.
1 Cor 12.31,
14.39
No.
Ex 20.17,
Dt 5.21,
Rom 13.9,
Eph 5.3,
Col 3.5 - How should strangers be treated?
Be kind to them.
Ex 22.21-22,
23.9;
Lev 19.34;
Dt 10.19;
Jer 22.3;
Zech 7.9-10;
Mt 25.35
Kill them.
Num 1.51,
3.10,
38,
18.7;
Dt 7.2 - Is only God holy?
Yes.
Rev 15.4
No.
Ex 22.31;
Lev 11.44,
19.2,
20.7;
Dt 7.6;
Is 4.3;
Ps 16.10,
86.2;
Lk 2.23;
1 Cor 7.14,
Rev 22.11 - How should we treat our enemies?
Love them,
be kind to them, and treat them well.
Ex 23.4,
Pr 24.17,
25.21-22,
Mt 5.44;
Lk 6.27,
35
Hate them and wish them evil.
Ps 35.6-8,
55.15,
58.6-7,
69.23-28,
83.18,
109.6-14,
139.22;
Lam 3.65-66;
1 Cor 16.22 - How should Sabbath-breakers be punished?
They should be exiled.
Ex 31.15
They should be killed.
Ex 31.14,
35.2;
Num 15.32-36 - Does God ever tire?
God never gets tired.
Is 40.28
Sometimes God gets tired.
Ex 31.17;
Is 1.14,
43.24;
Jer 15.6 - Where did Moses receive the Ten Commandments?
Mount Sinai.
Ex 31.18,
34.4,
32;
Lev 26.46,
27.34;
Neh 9.13
Mount Horeb.
1 Kg 8.9,
2 Chr 5.10,
Mal 4.4 - Did Moses see God face to face?
Yes.
Ex 33.11,
Dt 34.10
No.
Ex 33.20 - Who wrote the (second set of) ten commandments?
God.
Ex 34.1
Moses.
Ex 34.27 - Is God merciful?
Yes.
Ex 34.6;
Dt 4.31;
2 Sam 24.14;
1 Chr 16.34,
21.13;
Ps 25.8,
86.5,
100.5,
103.8,
106.1,
107.1,
118.1,
136.1-26,
145.8;
Jer 3.12,
33.11;
Lam 3.33;
Hos 6.6;
Joel 2.13;
Mic 7.18;
Lk 6.36;
2 Cor 1.3;
Jas 5.11;
1 Jn 4.16
No.
Ex 34.6-7;
Num 25.4;
Dt 7.16;
1 Sam 6.19,
15.2-3;
Lam 2.17,
21,
3.43;
Jer 13.12-14,
16.1-7;
Ezek 7.4,
7.9,
9.4-11,
Mic 1.12 - Who made the ark of the covenant?
Moses.
Dt 10.1-3
Bezaleel.
Ex 37.1 - Does the blood of animal sacrifices take away sin?
Yes.
Lev 4.20,
26,
31,
35,
5.10,
16,
18,
6.7,
17.11;
Num 15.27,
29.5
No.
Heb 10.4,
11 - Which flying creeping things may we eat?
None.
Dt 14.19
Some.
Lev 11.21 - How should a man who has sex with a menstruating woman be punished?
He shall be unclean for seven days.
Lev 15.24
He and the woman shall be exiled.
Lev 20.18 - Who may offer sacrifices to God?
Only Levites before the tabernacle.
Lev 17.5,
Num 18.6
Non-Levites may offer sacrifices away from the tabernacle.
1 Sam 1.2,
7.9 - To judge or not to judge
Judge not.
Mt 7.1;
Lk 6.37;
Rom 2.1,
14.10,
13;
Jas 4.12
Judge.
Lev 19.15;
Jn 7.24;
1 Cor 2.15,
5.3,
6.2 - Should we love or hate others?
We should love everyone.
Lev 19.17-18;
1 Jn 3.15,
4.20-21
We should hate some people.
Lk 14.26 - How should nonbelievers be treated?
Kill them.
Dt 13.6-10
Shun them.
2 Cor 6.14-17
Love and be kind to them.
Lev 19.18;
Mt 5.44,
7.12,
22.39;
Mk 12.31;
Lk 6.27,
31,
10.27;
Rom 13.9;
Gal 5.14;
Jas 2.8 - How should adulterers be punished?
They should be executed.
Lev 20.10
They should not be punished.
Jn 8.7 - How should homosexuals be treated?
They should be killed.
Lev 20.13
They should be exiled.
1 Kg 15.12 - Does God love everyone?
Yes.
Jn 3.16;
1 Jn 4.8,
16
No.
Lev 20.23;
Ps 5.5-6,
11.5;
Pr 6.16-19;
Hos 9.15;
Mal 1.3;
Rom 9.13 - Should we fear God?
Yes.
Lev 25.17;
Dt 4.10,
6.2,
13,
24,
10.12,
20,
14.23,
28.58,
31.12-13;
Jos 4.24,
24.14;
1 Sam 12.14,
24;
2 Kg 17.39;
1 Chr 16.25;
Neh 5.9;
Job 28.28;
Ps 19.9,
25.14,
33.8
,
18,
34.9,
96.4,
103.11-17,
111.10,
112.1,
115.13,
128.1,
147.11;
Pr 1.7,
3.7,
9.10,
10.27,
14.2,
15.33,
22.4,
23.17,
24.21;
Ec 3.14,
5.7,
7.7,
12.13;
Is 8.13;
Jer 5.22;
Hos 3.5;
Mal 2.5;
Mt 10.28;
Lk 1.50,
12.5;
Rom 3.18;
2 Cor 7.1;
Eph 5.21;
Col 3.22;
Heb 10.31;
1 Pet 2.17;
Rev 14.6-7,
15.4
No.
2 Tim 1.7;
1 Jn 4.8,
18 - Is it OK for men to have long hair?
Yes.
Num 6.5,
Jg 13.5,
1 Sam 1.11
No.
1 Cor 11.14-15 - Was Moses meek?
Yes, he was the meekest man who ever lived
.
Num 12.3
No, he was vicious and cruel
.
Num 31.15 - Who wrote the Pentateuch?
Moses.
Dt 1.1,
31.9
Other authors.
Num 12.3,
Dt 34.5,
10 - Should we follow our own hearts?
Yes.
Ec 11.9
No.
Num 15.39,
Pr 28.26 - Did God bury alive all of Korah’s children?
Yes.
Num 16.32-33
No,
some of them survived.
Num 26.10-11 - Where did Aaron die?
Mount Hor.
Num 20.27-28,
33.38
Mosera.
Dt 10.6 - Does God lie?
No.
Num 23.19,
1 Sam 15.29,
2 Sam 7.28,
Tit 1.2,
Heb 6.18
Yes.
1 Kg 22.22,
2 Chr 18.22,
Jer 4.10,
20.7,
Ezek 14.9,
2 Th 2.11-12 - How many did God kill for “committing whoredom with the daughters of Moab”?
23,000.
1 Cor 10.8
24,000.
Num 25.9 - Does the Bible condemn gambling?
Yes.
Pr 28.22,
Jn 19.24
No.
Num 26.55,
33.54,
34.13;
Jos 14.2,
18.6,
19.51,
21.8;
1 Sam 10.19-21;
1 Chr 26.13;
Neh 10.34;
Acts 1.26 - What is the correct recipe for the new moon sacrifice?
Two bullocks,
one ram, and seven lambs.
Num 28.11
One bullock,
one ram, and six lambs.
Ezek 46.6 - Did the Israelites kill every male in Midian?
Yes.
Num 31.7,
16.17
No.
(A couple hundred years later the Midianites were “without number.”)
Jg 6.5 - How long does God’s anger last?
Just a moment.
Ps 30.5,
Jer 3.12,
Mic 7.18
A long time.
Num 32.13;
Jer 17.4;
Mal 1.4;
Mt 25.41,
46 - How should the Moabites be treated?
Don’t fight with them or take their land.
Dt 2.9
Kill them and take their land.
Jg 3.28-29,
Jer 48.2 - How should the Ammonites be treated?
Don’t fight with them or take their land.
Dt 2.19,
37
Kill them and take their land.
Jg 11.32-33,
Jer 49.2 - Will the earth last forever?
Yes.
Dt 4.40;
Ps 37.29,
78.69,
104.5;
Ec 1.4
No.
Ps 102.25-26;
Is 65.17;
Mt 5.18-19,
24.35;
Mk 13.31;
Lk 21.33;
Heb 1.11;
2 Pet 3.10
,
13;
Rev 21.1 - Is it OK to test (or tempt) God?
Yes.
Jg 6.37-40,
1 Kg 18.36,
2 Kg 10.8-11,
20.8
No.
Dt 6.16,
Mt 4.7,
Lk 4.12 - Does God know what is in everyone’s heart?
Yes.
Acts 1.24;
Ps 44.21,
139.2
No.
Dt 8.2,
13.3;
2 Chr 32.31 - Who made the ark of the covenant?
Moses.
Dt 10.3
Bezaleel.
Ex 37.1 - Were the Israelites to spare the trees in the countries they invaded?
Yes.
2 Kg 3.19
No.
Dt 20.19 - Did any Moabite enter the congregation of the Lord?
Yes.
Ruth 1.4,
4.17
No.
Dt 23.3,
Neh 13.1
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