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New Testament Morality

Slavery:

  • Eph 6:5 - Paul says slaves must obey their masters "with fear and trembling."
  • Titus 2:9 - Paul says slaves must obey and please their masters.
  • 1 Tim 6:1 - Paul says slaves must "count their masters worthy of all honor."​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Jesus:

  • Matt 5:28-32 - Jesus says marriage to a divorcee is adultery; and a man who ogles a woman has already committed adultery; and that you must cut off your hand or pluck out your eye if it offends.
  • Matt 6:19-34 - Jesus says don't save any money and don't plan ahead.
  • Matt 8:32 - Having no regard for private property, Jesus destroys a herd of someone else's pigs.
  • Matt 10:34 - Jesus says he brings not peace on earth but "a sword."
  • Matt 19:12 - Jesus says the best way for a man to be sure of getting into heaven is to have himself castrated.
  • Mark 11:13 - Jesus destroys a fig tree for not bearing figs out of season.
  • Mark 14:4-7 - Jesus says it is more important to anoint him with precious ointment than to give to the poor, who will always be here. (Why not just get rid of poverty?)
  • Mark 16:18 - Jesus says anyone who believes in him can play with venomous snakes or drink poison without harm. (This act has been often tried, with rather unsatisfactory results.)
  • Luke 12:47-48 - Jesus says it is permissible to whip slaves.
  • Luke 14:26 - Jesus says no man can be his disciple unless he hates his parents, siblings, wife, children, and himself as well.
  • Luke 19:27 - In telling a parable, Jesus insinuates that anyone who denies his rulership must be killed.
  • John 15:6 - Jesus says anyone who doesn't believe in him must be burned. 
  • Acts 5:5-10 -  Ananias and his wife Sapphira were killed for withholding money from the church.
  • 2 John 1:10-11 - A Christian is forbidden to offer hospitality to a non-Christian, not even to wish him "Godspeed" on parting.

​​​​​​​Women:

  • 1 Cor 11:3-10 - Women are inferior "because man was not created for woman, but woman was created for man."  Every woman "while praying or prophesying" must have her head covered "because of the angels," meaning the spirits (it used to be believed that women's hair attracts spirits).
  • 1 Cor 14:34-35 - Women must not speak in church, which is a shame for them to do. If they want to ask questions, they must learn from their husbands at home.
  • Eph 5:22 - Wives must submit to their husbands as they would to God.
  • 1 Tim 2:11-15 - A woman must not teach, or hold authority over a man, but must "learn in silence with all subjection," because "Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression."  (So, being gullible is the original sin.)
  • 1 Tim 5:9 - Paul says the only women acceptable by the council of elders are devout, monogamous women over the age of sixty
  • Matt 5:22 - Jesus says anyone who calls another "fool" will go to hell, but then he does it himself (Matt 23:17).
  • 1 Tim 2:9 - Christian women are forbidden to braid their hair or wear jewelry.​​​​​​​
  • James 5:14-15 - Prayer by the elders of the church is the only sure cure for sickness.  (Christian Science, anyone?)