What are some of the most gruesome stories in the Bible?
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the one I find most disturbing?\nThe Rebellious Son\nDeuteronomy 21:18-21\n\n18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: \n\n 19Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; \n\n 20And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. \n\n 21And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
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Hmm.  Is groping mentioned in the Bible?
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NONE of them!\n\nThe Bible is explicit. We are taught in our Torah that no one can die for the sins of another. In Deuteronomy 24:16 it specifically says this:\n\nDeuteronomy 24:16 The fathers shall not \nbe put to death for the children, neither \nshall the children be put to death for\nthe fathers: \nevery man shall be put to death for his \nown sin.(eesh b'chet-o yumatu)\n\nIn Exodus 32:30-35, Moses tries to offer himself to atone for the sins of the people. To be written out of Gd's book, means to be written out of the Book of Life, which means Moses was asking to die for the sins of the People. Gd's response is No, it does not work that way, each man dies for his own sin:\n\nExodus 32:30-35 And it came to pass on the \nmorrow, that Moses said unto the people, \nYe have sinned a great sin: and now I will \ngo up unto the Etrnl; perhaps I shall make \nan atonement for your sin. And Moses \nreturned unto the Etrnl, and said, Oh, \nthis people have sinned a great sin, and \nhave made them gods of gold. Yet now, if \nthou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, \nblot me, I pray thee, out of thy book \nwhich thou hast written. \nAnd the Etrnl said unto Moses, Whosoever \nhath sinned against me, him will I blot \nout of my book. \n\nThe whole of chapter 18 of the book of Ezekiel is about this idea, that no one can die for someone else's sin. Further, this chapter of Ezekiel teaches us that all we have to do for Gd's forgiveness is to stop doing the Bad and start doing the Good, and Gd will forgive us.\n\n               Ezekiel 18:4,20  Behold, all souls are mine; \n               as the soul of the father, so also the soul \n               of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, \n               it shall die. 20  The soul that sinneth, it \n               shall die. The son shall not bear the \n               iniquity of the father, neither shall the \n               father bear the iniquity of the son: the \n               righteousness of the righteous shall be upon \n               him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall \n               be upon him. \n\nSo, the Bible is clear, no one can die for the sins of another, and this means that Jesus cannot die for anyone else's sins.
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well the best example of emotion in the bible is psalms the love chapter. http://www.biblemaster.com/studies/ this link seems good havent tried it yet but it looks promising. \nand you might need this one too not sure http://www.iwannaknow.org/brain2/index.html
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Anything Biblical...\nMary, Martha, Michael, Malachi...
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One of my favorite Bible stories involves a prophet gone wrong and a talking mule.\n\nIt's funny when the mule asks the prophet why he is beating his poor defenseless mule.\n\nWhat's even funnier though, is that he answers the mule like it talks to him all of the time :)\n\nThe moral of the story?  Don't beat yer mule.\n\nOkay, there is more to it than this, but when you are teaching little kids, he does make em giggle.
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Gruesome Gertie.\n\nhttp://experts.about.com/e/g/gr/gruesome_gertie.htm\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruesome_Gertie
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Who said He would endlessly torture you?  Someone is perverting what the Bible does say, don't believe them.
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There is only one hell. The bible tells us that God wishes that none of us would perish.
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This is an interesting question!\n\nThere were many people in the OT that were very evil.  Read the books of Kings and Chronicles if you want examples.  However, I think people like Moses, Jacob (who wrestled with Jesus), Abraham, Daniel, Isaiah, Jeramiah, etc. would have accepted Christ because their heart was with God.
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This is a story about a prophet who dared to tell the truth. At the time of this story the Jewish people were divided into 2 kingdoms.  These kingdoms were Judah and Israel. Ahab was the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat was the king of Judah.\n\nJehoshaphat had gone to see Ahab.  Ahab was complaining to Jehoshaphat that the kingdom of Syria had taken some of his land.  The land in question Ramoath at Gilead. Ahab wanted Jehoshaphat to go with him to fight Syria and take back this land.\n\nJehoshaphat said he would go after they asked the advice from a prophet of God.  Ahab was ready with 400 prophets, only these prophets were not true prophets of God.  They were "yes men", that is men who said "yes" to anything the king wanted.  They also took part in idol worship, so they were not doing what God wanted them to do. When these prophets were asked if they, Ahab and Jehoshaphat, would win this battle they said that they would win, but Jehoshaphat wasn't satisfied and asked Ahab if there was another prophet of God.\n\nAhab told him that yes there was one named Micaiah, the son of Imlah.  King Ahab said, "I hate him!" he said he hated Micaiah because he never had anything good to say about him or what he wanted to do.  He said that all that Micaiah had to say about him was evil.  But King Jehoshaphat insisted that Ahab send for Macaiah.\n\nThe men that King Ahab had sent to get Macaiah even told Macaiah what to answer when the king asked for his advice.  When he was asked Micaiah answered what he was told to answer, but he said it in a way that every one would know that he was not telling the truth. This made Ahab angry and he ask him to tell the truth. Then Machaiah answered and told them the truth. He said if they went into this battle Israel would be scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd.\n\nAhab said, "Didn't I tell you that he wouldn't prophecy anything good about me, but evil? Another one of Ahab's men got so mad that he slapped Macaiah. Then Ahab order the Macaiah be put in prison and fed only BREAD and WATER until he got back.  Macaiah told Ahab that if he came back at all that what he had just told the them was not from God.\n\nWe know that Macaiah was telling the truth and what he said was from God because he was right. What he said would happen happened.    Even though Ahab had disguised himself for the battle he was killed in that battle.\nAs for Jehoshapaht? Some of the Syrian army saw Jehoshaphat in his chariot and chased him mistaking him for Ahab.  Jehoshaphat had to yell out that he was Jehoshaphat and not Ahab or he might have been killed, too.\n\nSometimes it might be hard to tell the truth but we should always tell the truth.
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There are too many versions of the Bible!!
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Hell isn't really discussed in Genesis, or given that much information in the Bible in general. Most of what we think of Hell comes from Dante's Inferno.
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I can't think of a story where a father kills his son for disobedience; however, there is an order to kill children for disobedience:\n\nDeuteronomy 21:18-21\n\nIf a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not heed them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city, to the gate of his city. And they shall say to the elders of his city, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.' Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones; so you shall put away the evil from among you, and all Israel shall hear and fear.\n\nThere are various other verses along similar lines: \n\nExodus 21:15\nHe that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.\n\nExodus 21:17\nHe that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.\n\nProverbs 30:17\nThe eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.\n\n2 Kings 2:23-24 tells us that God himself killed children for calling a prophet names:\n\nAnd he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.\n\nHope that helps. :)
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"Then I heard the LORD say to the other men, "Follow him through the city and kill everyone whose forehead is not marked.  Show no mercy; have no pity!  Kill them all – old and young, girls and women and little children.  But do not touch anyone with the mark.  Begin your task right here at the Temple."  So they began by killing the seventy leaders.  "Defile the Temple!" the LORD commanded.  "Fill its courtyards with the bodies of those you kill!  Go!"  So they went throughout the city and did as they were told."  (Ezekiel 9:5-7 NLT)\n\n\n If even then you remain hostile toward me and refuse to obey, I will inflict you with seven more disasters for your sins.  I will release wild animals that will kill your children and destroy your cattle, so your numbers will dwindle and your roads will be deserted.  (Leviticus 26:21-22 NLT)\n\n\n(Moses) stood at the entrance to the camp and shouted, "All of you who are on the LORD's side, come over here and join me." And all the Levites came.  He told them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Strap on your swords! Go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other, killing even your brothers, friends, and neighbors."  The Levites obeyed Moses, and about three thousand people died that day.  Then Moses told the Levites, "Today you have been ordained for the service of the LORD, for you obeyed him even though it meant killing your own sons and brothers. Because of this, he will now give you a great blessing."  (Exodus 32:26-29 NLT)\n\n\n "Go up, my warriors, against the land of Merathaim and against the people of Pekod. Yes, march against Babylon, the land of rebels, a land that I will judge!  Pursue, kill, and completely destroy them, as I have commanded you," says the LORD.  "Let the battle cry be heard in the land, a shout of great destruction".   (Jeremiah 50:21-22 NLT)\n\n\n As you approach a town to attack it, first offer its people terms for peace.  If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all the people inside will serve you in forced labor.  But if they refuse to make peace and prepare to fight, you must attack the town.  When the LORD your God hands it over to you, kill every man in the town.  But you may keep for yourselves all the women, children, livestock, and other plunder.  You may enjoy the spoils of your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.(Deuteronomy 20:10-14)\n\nand maaannnyyy more if u interesting, but i think i already made a very good point...
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The bible says: god,spouse,child then whoever.\nPersonally: I choose based on who I would be the most traumatized if something happened to.\n1.child\n2.spouse\n3.parent\n4.sibling/close friend
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The bible is a book of stories passed down thro generations. Don't take it seriously