Atheists, what's your favorite Bible verse and why?

"In the beginning..."

It goes downhill from there.

Gee, there are so many. Matthew 5:46-47, Matthew 7:1-5, Luke 6:31-37, Luke 18:10-14, John 8:4-7, Romans 2:1-6, Romans 14:4-22, Hebrews 10:30 and James 4:11-12, for example. Oh, and Luke 14:26, of course.

I just came across this one recently, also from 1 Corninthians

1 Corinthians 14:34-35

34 let the women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as also saith the law.

35 And if they would learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the church.

If only these folks would read their own book!!! Maybe we'd have a few less Christians around!

The book of revelations amuses me...

14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

Oh and the 666 verse

13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

There are a bunch of verses in Proverbs that I can actually appreciate, like this one,

Proverbs 4:6-7, "Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding."

It was in seeking for wisdom and knowledge in the Bible that I ended up not believing anymore.

Deuteronomy 23:1 ESV

No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the Lord.

2 Kings 2:23-24 NKJV

Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up the road, some youths came from the city and mocked him, and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” So he turned around and looked at them, and pronounced a curse on them in the name of the LORD. And two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths

[Exodus 4:24-25]

Now it came about at the lodging place on the way that the LORD met him and sought to put him to death. Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and threw it at Moses’ feet, and she said, “You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me.”

Wrong on so many levels...

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Here's another:

[Psalm 137:8-9]

O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one,

How blessed will be the one who repays you

With the recompense with which you have repaid us.

How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones

Against the rock.

Now the Bible teaches you to smash your kids' heads on rocks!

2 Kings 2:23-24

23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. "Go on up, you baldhead!" they said. "Go on up, you baldhead!" 24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.

God using bears to maul children, need I say more?

Mine is another from I Corinthians.

I Cor. 13:11

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

I used to be a Christian. Then I grew up.

The Song of Soloman gets pretty hot in places.

At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

I like that one... Pretty much says it all!!