THE BIBLE is a book of love, forgiveness and understanding, right? Well, the New Testament might be, but Bible 1.0 is a different matter entirely.
Here are some of the more lethal instructions:
Kill adulterers
Leviticus 20:10
Kill all witches
Exodus 22:18
Kill blasphemers
Leviticus 24:14
Kill fortune-tellers
Leviticus 20:27
Kill anyone who sins
Ezekiel 18:4
Kill the curious
1 Samuel 6:19-20
Kill gays
Leviticus 20:13, Romans 1:21-32
Kill all non-Hebrews
Deuteronomy 20:16-17
Kill the sons of sinners
Isaiah 14:21
Kill nonbelievers
2 Chronicles 15:12-13
Kill anyone who curses God
Leviticus 24:16
Kill any child who hits a parent
Exodus 21:15
Kill children who disobey parents
Deuteronomy 21:20
Kill those who work on the Sabbath
Exodus 31:15
Kill disobedient children
Exodus 21:17
Kill any strangers close to a church
Numbers 1:48-51
Kill all males after winning battles
Deuteronomy 20:13
Kill those who curse father or mother
Leviticus 20:9
Kill men who have sex with other men
Leviticus 20:13
Kill any bride discovered not to be a virgin
Deuteronomy 22:21
Kill those who worship the wrong God
Numbers 25:1-9
Kill anyone who does not observe the Sabbath
Exodus 31:14
Kill everybody in a town that worships the wrong god
Deuteronomy 13:13-16
Kill anyone who kills anyone
Leviticus 24:17
