The Skeptics Annotated Bible (180 page)

18 But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.

20 When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.

23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:

27 And
thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood
, upon the altar of the LORD thy God:
and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out
upon the altar of the LORD thy God,
and thou shalt eat the flesh.

(12.27)
“Thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood … and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out … and thou shalt eat the flesh.”
Isn’t this the sort of thing that Satanists are accused of doing?
20 Does God desire animal sacrifices?

28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.

29 When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;

30
Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

(12.30)
“Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.”
After God kills those of other faiths, be sure to reject their beliefs and do not learn about them. Otherwise God will have to kill you too.

31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

32
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

(12.32)
“What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.”
You must follow all of the Old Testament’s laws. Don’t add or take away from them. Why then don’t modern Bible-believers stone to death blasphemers, Sabbath breakers, and disobedient sons?

13
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,

(13.1-5)
“If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder … that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death.”
If someone teaches a new and different religious belief with signs and wonders, then that person must be put to death. (Then it was right to kill Jesus?)

2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;

3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams:
for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.