The standard of "indecency" pays little attention to context -- whether a description of sexual functions, homosexuality, incest, rape, urination, or nudity is in a pornographic novel, a medical dictionary, an academic treatise, a work of art, or the Bible, makes little difference.
Taken literally, the Bible justifies slavery, gang rape, incest, and the subjugation of women, among other none-too-pretty things. It well meets the standard of "indecency" as applied by a growing number of school boards and Chritian Fundamentalists working to ban books and TV shows.
Plus, just which Bible is it that we are supposed to take literally? Every version/translation of the Bible is different in fundamental ways, and it would be impossible to follow all of them "literally"! And why are some parts of the Bible taken literally by fundamentalists, while others are not?
These sites quote many of the Bible's "indecent" passages, and offer scenerios on just how difficult it would be to take the Bible literally.
- NC-17 Bible (my favorite)
You might want to check out all of this
informative, thoughtful and very funny site,
sponsored by Post Fundamentalists Press - Bible Belts - some odd items relating to Christendom's "Good Book".
- Censor this page! And hurry!
- Compendium of Indecent Biblical Passages
- Saving our Children from the Bible - the V-Chip applied to the Scriptures; by Brian McKinley.
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Bible quotes where Jesus advocates child abuse and murder, amongst many other cruelties, and
Bible contradictions
NOTE: What I don't like about this site is that it is so hostile to Christianity, putting all Christians in one book. They aren't all fundamentalists. - The Old Testament Adventure, allowing you to talk to God!
- Yahoo Index of such sites.
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Read the King James Version of the Bible (the one Jesus used, right?), searchable by key words and phrases
Actually, the aforementioned isn't the "whole" Bible -- in 400 A.D. there was 28 gospels in the Christian bible. So, what happened to the rest of the Bible? What do these other books of the Bible say? See:
The Whole Bible: Analysis of the Canonical and Apocryphal New Testament Scriptures. If you would like to see why these books were dropped, and how the New Testament as known today came into being, see
A Brief History of the New Testament.
For more about the misuse of the Christian religion, as a tool of oppression, see The Dark Side of Christian History
- Chapter 8: The Witch Hunts
For a list of "serious" Christian Web sites that are seriously demented, and a list of not-so-serious Christian-focused Web sites that are seriously hilarious, see The List by Oddities, Inc., an organization founded by two guys who were expelled from Jerry Falwell's Liberty University once upon a time.
Want to fight religious extremists? Want to find Christian societies, Christian-based communities or Christian-inclusive associations that are much more concerned with living the true fundamentals of the teachings of Christ rather than trying to keep your kids from reading Harry Potter? I have these resources for you.
