More Biblical Contradictions

More Biblical Contradictions

More divinely inspired errors in the “holy book”

If you’ve spent any time in the church, or around Christians, they often will tell you about referring to God, or to the Bible for your answers.

Their faith is tempered by their ignorance of what the book actually contains. But let’s give it an attempt, let’s pose some of our questions about life to the “good book” and see what sort of answers the good book leads us to.

Let’s start off with the topic of divorce. I know in southern Baptist churches this is a hard sticking point. They’re very much against divorce, and in fact, if you have been divorced you’re banned from holding positions such as being a deacon, for life.

I once attended a church where some of the deacons were real pieces of shit, and this one older man who was a veteran and incredibly sweet and dedicated to the church, honestly one of the most “Christian” men I’ve ever met was banned from holding any sort of position of importance in the church because of being a divorcee. I guess he was forgiven of the rest of his sins, but not that one?

Meanwhile, the Catholic church bans divorce entirely and thus does not allow for remarriage of those who have been divorced.

But is it biblically banned to get divorced? Let’s consult the scriptures.

6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.-Matthew 19:6 KJV

The message seems pretty clear-cut here, no to divorces.

32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.-Matthew 5:32 KJV

9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.-Matthew 19:9 KJV

Here the book of Matthew gets a bit redundant, basically repeating the same lines, but maybe it’s to drive home the message from God that he’s against divorce.

15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.-1 Corinthians 7:15 KJV

So hold up, if one partner is an “unbeliever” then I guess it’s ok to get divorced? This is also in the New Testament, so I guess it’s not considered adultery if the divorce is based on this one specific factor.

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2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.-Deuteronomy 24:1–2 KJV

Ok, so this is from the Old Testament, so the authors of the prior verses were well aware of this “law” from the Tanakh. It seems a lot more broad-reaching than just that one partner is a non-believer… “some uncleanness” is translated from “עֶרְוַ֣ת דָּבָ֔ר ervat davar” which means “some indecency” or “something shameful”, which is incredibly vague.

It does not mean adultery, because this same “law” required the death penalty for that particular “indecency”. So historically this was basically a blanket reason for a man to be able to divorce a wife if he just felt like it.

So our biblical verdict? Pick your verse, you can justify either stance, as with most things in the Bible.