What the Bible Says a Christian Must Believe (in a nutshell)
#, Topic, and what the Bible says about the Topic
1 Sexism
Not condemned - it is good.
2 Slavery
Not condemned - it is expected.
3 Inerrancy
Not one iota of the Bible is false.- must believe and obey all of it.
4 Science
Flat earth, inertia does not always matter, can drink any deadly thing and not die.
5 God of the Bible
God of Bible not nice - created evil, deceived, killed, unjust, hypocritical, causes adultery, plays favorites, condones slavery, supports human sacrifice, condones cannibalism, promotes gambling (http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/spirituality-connect-your-center/31166-what-bible-says-christian-must-believe-nutshell.html#), etc. The bible says that Jesus and this God are the same.
6 Christian Poverty
Must give all possessions to poor - otherwise not Christian
7 Divorce
Condemned - definitely not allowed - a sin
8 Public Prayer
Prayer must be in private, not public - woman covered, man not covered
9 Other Injunctions
A number of New Testament injunctions are generally ignored and should not be if the Bible is inerrant -- hate parents, not to oppose evil, not to plan ahead, not judge others; women not speak in church, not wear pants, not wear gold,etc,; men not have long hair, not use non-Christian Judges, no repetition in prayer, not call anyone father (Catholics!), must obey all old testament laws, etc.
10 Intellectualism
Pro-intellectual and anti-intellectual - you can take your choice. For anti-intellectual -- must not welcome an unbeliever into your house.
11 Jesus believed
Jesus believed the old testament word for word
12 Homosexuality
Condemned - a sin
13 Human + animal sacrifice
205 verses to do with animal and drink sacrifices and some human sacrifice. Sacrificing must be important -- to be done because the law of the old testament are not to be omitted according to Jesus.
14 Old Law remembered
15 Old Law ignored
Many old testament laws not obeyed should be obeyed -- e.g. eye for an eye, no interest charges to poor or brother, tassels for cloak, can eat out of someone else's field if passing through it, no pork, newly married man not go to war for 1 year.
16 Anti-semitism
Jews are Jesus killers
17 Death Penalty
Definitely for death penalty for many activities such as: For working on the Sabbath (Saturday), for cursing or striking father or mother, stubborn or rebellious son, for serving any other God, for not being a virgin on wedding night if you are woman, for adultery, for homosexual act, for being a wizard or medium, for being a witch, lies with daughter or mother-in-law, betrothed virgin and another man.
18 Children degraded
God lets (even promotes at times) children and fetuses be destroyed.
19 Cannibalism
God condones cannibalism, Jesus seems to promote it symbolically.
20 Contradictions - 4 PARTS--
Must believe many contradictions in numbers,sequences, commandments, etc.
21 Jesus-Resurrection
Many rose before Jesus did, but their and anyone else's rising from the dead depends on Jesus rising from the dead. Contradictions in description of resurrection in the Bible -- there are different versions in the gospels and also Paul's writings.
22 Jesus-Crucifixion
There are several variations of the crucifixion story in the Bible
23 Jesus- Ascension
Ascension took place in several different places depending on source.
24 Jesus-Genealogy
Jesus physically not descendent of David or Solomon. Joseph's genealogy is different in Matthew and Luke.
25 Jesus-no Messiah
Jesus is the Messiah of the Jews although the Bible shows that Jesus could not have been the awaited Messiah.
26 Jesus-false
Many inconsistencies between what is said of Jesus and what Jesus says. Jesus ignores a number of laws and he says all laws must be obeyed. Jesus lies. When Christianity took over in society about 350 A.D. the Dark Ages began -- not good fruit?
27 Jesus-virgin birth
Jesus was of virgin birth and Joseph was his nominal father-- if Joseph not physically Jesus' father then Jesus was not of the seed of David which Jesus must be or he is not the savior. Genealogy of Luke and Mark say Joseph (not Mary) is of the seed of David. Therefore there cannot have been a virgin birth -- this contradicts verses saying Jesus had a virgin birth. Anyone born of a woman is unclean -- Jesus also! Virgin should have been translated "maiden". If Mary was a virgin when Jesus was the first born, she was not a Virgin Mary for long -- Jesus had brothers and sisters (Roman Catholics wrong here) Holy Ghost (God) violated moral law by impregnating Mary.
28 Jesus-trinity
One God
, Jesus is God (2 beings are same), or Jesus is not God (2 beings are different), trinity seems vague [new test.] -- you can choose which one you believe, depending on which part of the Bible you read.
29 Jesus-character
Jesus was deceptive, hypocritical, contradictory, not courageous the way he says others should be. Jesus owned house -- he told anyone wanting to be his follower must sell all and give to the poor, prayers not always answered -- but Jesus says they will be, disrespect for mother, says one must hate parents, wives, children and siblings, interested in power rather than humanism -- inhumane, misquotes scripture, anti-peace and peace (pro-gun and anti-gun), promotes division of people, reward and punishment oriented.
30 Polygamy
Polygamy is definitely allowed and not condemned.
31 Sabbath
The day of rest is definitely on Saturday - sin otherwise. The bible says anyone not observing the Sabbath on Saturday must be put to death.
32 Creationism
About 6000 years when man began and creation occurred, trees and grasses came before Sun and stars, earth before Sun and stars.
33 Lending
Taking interest on money, etc. is a sin
34 Abortion
Not definitely against. The bible says nothing on this topic.
35 Alcohol
Generally pro-alcohol (alcohol is good in moderation), also somewhat anti-alcohol.
36 Gambling
Gambling is not wrong - not a sin
37 Patriarchs
38 Matriarchs
The Patriarchs, especially King David {and matriarchs} were unsavory people and not good examples for children or anyone else.
39 Faith,Works,Grace
One can be saved by Faith (belief) only, or saved through Works {what you do} and NOT Faith, or Faith is dead and Works is necessary to be saved, or saved by Grace (whim of God) only, or all people are saved anyway. Take your choice.
40 Predestination
Predestination is true -- some are chosen, others are not.
41 Heaven
In Heaven there is war, suffering, violence, inequality. Heaven is not eternal.
42 Hell
There is a Hell for unbelievers (people that do not believe Jesus is God). It is an eternal fire and unbelievers will suffer eternally and be tormented eternally in it. According to the Lazarus story people in Heaven can watch the people suffer in Hell (Luke 16:19-31).
43 Exclusivism
Accepting Jesus as savior is an absolute requirement or be condemned and not see life. Other religious people are condemned if they do not accept Jesus as their savior. This contradicts Universalism in # 47.
44 Nationalism
Foreigners must be distrusted and separated.
45 Innocents
God of the Bible orders killing women and children and babies and fetuses.
46 Atonement
Atonement for sins can be done by blood sacrifice, money sacrifice, jewelry sacrifice, or by prayer alone.
47 Universalism
All men are saved, especially those that believe, but believing is not necessary. This contradicts Exclusivism # 43
48 False teaching
Must believe in some things that just are not true.-- nothing new under the sun, money answers everything, body exercise is worth little, physical discipline can never kill children or slaves and is good for them, sorrow is better than laughter, death better than birth, nothing better than to eat, drink and be merry, curse not the rich.
49 Mathematics
Numbers do not work out to what is said in many verses.
75 % of Canadians believe in the Divinity of Jesus
50 Baptism
The Bible talks about immersion in a large body of water. There is no mention of sprinkling (for baptism) or of infant baptism.
51 Jesus Return
Jesus was to return in his generation, about 2000 years ago. The Bible does not mention the return of Jesus was to happen many years later.
52 Money
Money answers all things. Money is used to make more money for the master. There is only one verse in the Bible that indicates that money has a negative connotation -- 1Timothy 6:10. Otherwise money is looked upon favourably.
53 God murders
I have documented 68 examples of the God of the Bible ordering mass murders, committing mass murders, and a few mass murders approved by God of the Bible. These mass murders by God of the Bible are often in the hundreds, thounited snakesnds, and hundreds of thounited snakesnds -- God of the Bible is very vicious and does not obey his own commandment "Thou shalt not kill". According to the bible Jesus is this God.
54 Old Testament fallacies
There are number of contradictions, history and Science, etc.
55 New Testament fallacies
Again, there are number of contradictions, history and Science, etc.
56 Population
There are a number errors in population numbers.
57 Geography
There are a number of geographical errors in the Bible
58 Non-quotes
In the NT there are a number of quotes that are not in the OT. There also a number of misquotes that I have not covered in non-quotes document.
59 Jesus and Paul
There are quite a number of conflicting beliefs between what Jesus says and what Paul says.
60 Jesus and Peter
There are quite a number of conflicting beliefs between what Jesus says and what Peter says.
61 Other
There are also some strange verses in the bible -- you must obey government, no matter what -- a man must not touch a woman and so on.