The WORST Bible Stories (And other scary scriptures)

Scary Scriptures: Genesis

(All scripture is in King James Version, as it is the most widely used, although I'd be willing to take a poll to change this if enough people desire.)

Genesis:

Genesis 1:28 "28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."

This scripture is used to justify things like birth control opposition and the insignificance of animal rights.

Genesis 3:16 "16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee."

Here, God curses Eve and every woman to ever be born after her to painful childbirth. Innocent, unborn, unthought of people are being cursed here for thousands of years to come. Cursing the innocent in place of the sinner seems to be a recurring theme in the bible. In addition, this verse has been used to oppose cesarean births, and pain medicine during childbirth. It has also been used to justify men's rights to dominate women.

Genesis 5:24 "24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him." ('was not' means disappeared.)

Where did god take Enoch and why? It's obvious this isn't an euphemism for death because the bible simply says who died in previous verses. Enoch just vanishes.

Genesis 6:1-4 "1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown."

Who are the sons of god? Angels? Angels can have sex? And they like human women? Why are angel offspring "mighty" and "renowned"? Why do so many people jump to the conclusion the giants (Nephilim) were violent and bad when the bible says nothing of the sort (some translations even call them heroes)? If these creatures aren't really human, can the verses afterward be applied to them?

Genesis 6:7-8 "7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord." 8:1 "And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged."

Scary that God could decide something so severe and have it fail as well. It's hard to believe Noah and his family were the only ones in all the earth that were decent enough to save. Wouldn't an omnipotent God know this solution wasn't going to work? Why not destroy just the evil from everybody instead of destroying them entirely? Why not start again without sin entirely? What was the point of all the suffering the flood brought if God knew sin still existed within Noah? Why save animals if they were also full of sin? What was the point of the flood at all if it didn't truly cleanse the earth and God knew it would get bad again?

Genesis 8:20-21 "20 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."