A Religious Rant

I consider myself to be a very tolerant woman. I have over the course of many years, lived, studied, learned, and been immersed in a religious setting. Most of my formative teen years (11-18) took place socially within my church youth groups. I believe in God. I believe in organized religion. I believe in the opiate of the masses. All of it. I do NOT believe in the bible. It is a book. A book written by men who felt close to God, thousands of years ago. So there should NOT be one single thing in the bible that is enforced in anyway with any kind of strict regimen.


Many activists (femininism, LGBTQ allies, etc.) want to go ahead and fight the bible. I am not speaking to them. As much as it is your right to believe in it – it is their right not to. But to any and all parties out there who might be reading it – here are a list of “common” things we do every day that are listed in the bible and the punishment and things that are abhorrent to think that we put on the same level as “gay marriage”.



 - Being the victim of rape, if one is an engaged female virgin and the rape occurs in a city. If it takes place in a field, the victim is spared because nobody would have heard her screams. (Deuteronomy 22:23-27)

-  Eating fat (Leviticus 3:17).

-Eating pork (Leviticus 11:7-8).

-Eating aquatic creatures lacking fins or scales (Deuteronomy 14:9-10). (No shrimp, crab, lobster, etc)

- Eating any meat not killed according to the kosher practice (Deuteronomy 12:21). (Anything you order at any restaurant and most grocery store meets)

- Performing any work on the sabbath (Exodus 20:10). (Anyone ever have a job that they had to work on Sundays. Pretty much ANY blue collar or part time job. Both at the information desk and Giant did I have to break this rule.)

- Wearing clothing woven of more than one kind of cloth (Leviticus 19:19) (So any poly-blend shirts that are SO MUCH easier to put through a modern washing machine. This also includes bras, leggings, tights, any kind of athletic wear, North Face jackets, etc.)

-Women may not speak in church. (1 Corinthians 14:34-35)

- Getting a tattoo or any other permanent mark. (Leviticus 19:28)

- Getting remarried after a divorce Mark 10:11-12

- Apostasy - If most people in a town come to believe in a different god. (Kill everybody, including animals, and burn the town.) (Deuteronomy 13:12-15)

-Sexual activity with a woman who is menstruating: (Leviticus 20:18)

- A male who is not circumcised. (Genesis 17:14)

- Not standing in the presence of the elderly (Leviticus 19:32)



And where do they really draw the line between miracles and witch craft? The fact that a 33 year old carpenter can walk on water, heal wounds, and RESURRECT HIMSELF FROM THE DEAD is perfectly okay – but anyone else can be stoned or burned to death for exactly the same behavior seems like a bit of a double standard.


No one is using a book of medicine published a thousand years ago to treat wounds, heal diseases, or anything to that matter. Why are we letting a different book guide our laws and our behavior that has clearly evolved and changed? We don’t stone women anymore. We drink wine in church. We all wear mixed fabric clothes.


I appreciate and understand people finding comfort and guidance in the bible. It has a lot of comforting and timeless ideals of love and family and consistency and hope. It offers rest to the weary and promise to the forlorn. It offers solace in times of grieving and structure when all seems lost. As my dear Gary Jules once said, it is a mad mad world and the bible offers a never changing symbolic presence in the face of ever tilting change. I truly understand this. I just cannot accept people who use the bible to scapegoat their own intolerances.



There was some annoying post on Facebook today that made me want to rant about this. Well I have effectively killed an hour worth of work time.



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