The Bible: The Bad Parts

A friend asked recently about which Bible verses are used to justify evil. I first met this friend, more than twenty years ago, in the Christian cult in which we were both living at the time. He left long before me and provided a home to my wife and I when we first moved out of the cult, who left us with nothing. I have in the past written about some of the good things hidden in the Bible: The Bible: The Good Parts This is a selection of some favourite verses of mine in response to his question about the parts of the Bible used for evil. I ignored much of the genocidal parts of the Bible to focus on the parts I see used for evil in modern Christianity. Psalm 139:13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. This verse has been used to deny abortions to women, to deny them control of their own bodies and lives, and to abuse women using women's health centres. Even used to justify the murder of doctors. Exodus 22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to l