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What is the most racist passage in the Bible?

There are supposed to be 23,145 verses in the Old Testament and 7,957 verses in the New Testament for a total of 31,102. There is some variability depending on the version because some versions omit some verses.

The interesting thing is the thousands of verses that are racist in context so it is almost impossible to read a page that does not contain a racist thought or deed.

The question is: What is the most racist verse or passage in the Bible?
Racism is not just about skin color. Here is how the United Nations describes it:

The term “racial discrimination” shall mean any distinction, exclusion, restriction, or preference based on race, color, descent, or national or ethnic origin that has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life. (UN International Convention on the Elimination of All of Racial Discrimination, New York, 7 March 1966)

Racism includes prejudice against “national or ethnic origin,” such as the diverse tribes of the Canaanites living within the “holy land” and other groups bordering the targeted territory of the so-called “chosen people” during Old Testament times. The God of the Old Testament is therefore a racist, since he denigrates all ethnic groups except the privileged people whom he considers his “treasured possession.

When the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are about to enter and occupy, and he clears away many nations before you—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations mightier and more numerous than you—and when the Lord your God gives them over to you and you defeat them, then you must utterly destroy them. Make no covenant with them and show them no mercy. Do not intermarry with them, giving your daughters to their sons or taking their daughters for your sons, for that would turn away your children from following me, to serve other gods. Then the anger of the Lord would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly. But this is how you must deal with them: break down their altars, smash their pillars, hew down their sacred poles, and burn their idols with fire. For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession. (Deuteronomy 7:1–6)

"God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction", by Dan Barker
@BlueSkyKing do voters elect U.N. representatives, since our Constitution clearly states we are a Republic?
@checkoutanytime No, and we don’t elect other federal employees either. The UN representative is appointed by the president and confirmed by Congress, same as federal judges are. The Supreme Court would be very different if they were elected. All of this is spelled out in the Constitution if you’re interested.
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@checkoutanytime All UN treaties the US has ratified are the law of America, second only to the federal constitution. Of course, politicians routinely violate both on a daily basis.
Carissimi · F
I can tell you are a racist. Racist’s never stop talking about race, and call everyone not like them a racist. Take your hateful racist rhetoric somewhere else.
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Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@Davado Who is your comment directed to?
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Diotrephes · 70-79, M
A top contender for the most racist book in the Bible has to be Revelation.

In Revelation chapter 7, there are 144,000 guys from the twelve tribes of Israel who are designated as being the most special people in all of humanity. That leaves out all of the Christians because they didn't make the racial cut.

And then the heaven turns out to be a giant bejeweled golden golden cube called New Jerusalem, with twelve gates, each one dedicated to one of the twelve tribes. There is no mention of how non-Jews will enter the golden cube called New Jerusalem since they don't seem to have an entry point. But there are all kinds of people who are kept outside of the tall wall around the golden cube. They just can't enter the cube. That's the ultimate gated-community.
MasterLee · 56-60, M
All of them
Carissimi · F
You are a nasty piece of work. You misrepresent faith in Jesus for racism. I think you know very well it’s not racism, but because you yourself are racist, you have to twist and skew the meaning of others into a racist comment. Get some help. @Diotrephes
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@Carissimi
You are a nasty piece of work. You misrepresent faith in Jesus for racism. I think you know very well it’s not racism, but because you yourself are racist, you have to twist and skew the meaning of others into a racist comment. Get some help.

Are you willing to help?

If you are, please cite some applicable Bible verses where the Jesus character is speaking (that is in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) and he says that he came to save all of humanity, and not just the twelve tribes of Israel.

It's possible that I have missed such passages but I'm sure that you haven't because of your limitless faith in the Jewish lich.
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Carazaa · F
God made us all, and he loves us all. But if we mock him we are in trouble regardless of who we are.
Carazaa · F
@Diotrephes We don't know if the torture goes on forever for the ungodly. This is what it says about Satan, and the beast.

The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are [or were cast, as many acknowledge this should be rendered]. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever" (Revelation 20:10).
Carazaa · F
@Diotrephes
King James Bible
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.Rev 14:11
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@Carazaa Things change on Judgment Day =
Revelation 20:14-15 (NLV) = "14 Then death and hell were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15 If anyone’s name was not written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire."
Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other gods before Me.
THIS SOUNDS RACIST against other gods..
You shall have no other gods before Me. ... Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
CestManan · 46-50, F
@Carazaa What is he going to do? Keep creating creatures who sin but then wipe out the entire planet over and over?
Carazaa · F
@Diotrephes

So, Jesus was his own father and son and he abandoned himself.

The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one God. They have different roles. It is difficult understanding God but it is clear that the Father talks about his Son being the lamb who was sacrificed for the world, and being our judge when he comes back at the end of time, and The Holy Spirit comforts people who love Jesus.
Carazaa · F
@CestManan Nope, Jesus will come back to judge the world very soon and those who love him will live in heaven forever with God. Those who don't know him will answer for their sins, and be punished.
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
If you are a Gentile, Christians don't want your money or your help =

3 John 5-8 (EHV) = "5 Dear friend, you are being faithful in what you are doing for the brothers even though they are strangers. 6 They have testified before the church about your love. You will do well to send them off in a manner worthy of God. 7 They went out for the sake of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. 8 Therefore, we have an obligation to support such men, so that we may be coworkers for the truth."
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@LeopoldBloom Joel Osteen may call himself a Christian but I would use another term to describe him.
CestManan · 46-50, F
@Diotrephes Isn't he one of those false prophets? Jesus done warned people about them.

Osteen is basically the newest incarnation of Robert Tilton.
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Diotrephes · 70-79, M
Jeremiah 13:23 (ERV) = "A black man cannot change the color of his skin, and a leopard cannot change its spots. In the same way, Jerusalem, you cannot change and do good. You always do bad things."

Notice the association of the color black with being evil.
Carissimi · F
You Leftists really stretch things to fit your hateful narrative. @Diotrephes
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@Carissimi
You Leftists really stretch things to fit your hateful narrative.

Have I been mistaken? I thought you believed in the Bible. It says what it says but if you have a different interpretation of what a passage means please share it.

The Jesus character spoke in parables so that outsiders wouldn't understand what he was saying. He wanted them to remain ignorant so that they would end up in the lake of fire.

https://thebricktestament.com/the_parables_of_jesus/use_of_parables_explained/mk04_33-34.html 5 pictures
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@checkoutanytime Don't you know that the Israelites invaded the land and stole Jerusalem from the Jebusites? Read the fairytale.
Funlov · M
Which Bible there’s so many
Carazaa · F
@Funlov No need to be confused 🙂, There is one Bible, One Jesus, He is Lord of Lords and King of Kings. He created everything, and he is coming again to make a new heaven and a new earth where there are no tears, Praise God!
SW-User
I don't consider the bible rascist one bit. People want to pick at any dumb shit they find, and make it rascist. Stupid, and hurtful to some. Leave it alone..
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Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@SW-User
no my point was people pick at the stupid bible for anything they can find, to validate their fucked up beliefs.. I like Jesus, but he was not magic, and all of you that think he was are living a lie..

The Bible is a very complex book. IMO, the story tellers and writers did a wonderful job in basing all of the stories in the Old and New Testaments on one or more of the real Ten Commandments, Exodus 34:11-28. That's why the stories themselves don't always make logical sense. That's not their true purpose. Their true purpose is to teach complete obedience and total loyalty to the Boss (God, the chief priest, the emperor, the king, the family father). Disobedience to any of them warrants the death penalty.

The more secular books, such as Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Wisdom, and Sirach, contain lots of good timeless advice that everyone, regardless of race, nationality, or religious belief, might find to be beneficial in coping with life's problems. For instance, the best advice a parent can ever give a child is found in Proverbs 1:8-19 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+1%3A8-19&version=CEB

How much tragedy could be avoided if parents drilled that message into their kids?

But, the focus here is on biblical racism so let's discuss it for a while.
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@Diotrephes o♧Okay. At friends house. Thanks for good texts, will text later..
TheOrionbeltseeker · 36-40, M
You too are racist and anyone talking about racism is A racist. There is no colour. Everything is colorless, just pure colorless. Leaves, they are colorless. Everything is. Racism is in your mind that's why you feel it. A Racist always find racism in every text he reads. I am ready to be called Racist by you.
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
The Jews killed one million Black Africans so why don't they get castigated for committing a "holocaust" against the Africans?
https://thebricktestament.com/king_solomon/one_million_africans_killed/2ch14_09.html 9 pictures
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@LeopoldBloom Start a thread on the Arab slave trade. It is sure to be educational. I wonder if they got their racism from the Jews and the Christians?
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@LeopoldBloom
WTF? You're confusing them with Christians. The slave trade and the Native American genocide were both perpetrated mostly by Christians. That being said, they didn't do it in the name of Christianity, it was just something they did and the people doing it happened to be Christians. There was an element of "saving" Black people, but let's be honest, the slave trade existed for free labor.

The Arab slave trade went on much longer and was far more brutal, but you never hear about that.

Did you know that about 30% of the Black Africans imported as slaves in America were Muslims?
https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/10455/a-muslim-roots-of-american-slaves-part-1/

https://www.islamreligion.com/articles/10461/muslim-roots-of-american-slaves-part-2/
@Diotrephes Yes, I'm aware of that. I used to live in West Africa. I would have expected an even higher percentage, but back then, more Africans practiced traditional religions. Where I lived in Mali, people told me that Islam didn't really take hold in the south of the country until after independence in 1960 when Muslims were able to reach more people by radio.

What many people may not be aware of is North Africa was Christian until Islam took over. Today, the Cross of Agadez is still a commonly produced piece of jewelry even if the significance has been lost.
Cool. Now do the Quran and the Book of Mormon.
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@LeopoldBloom You might be missing the subtle points.

https://thebricktestament.com/the_law/racial%20tolerance/dt23_03b.html 5 pictures.

Jesus said that he had been sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. He didn't give a damn about anyone else. Paul is the guy who created Christianity and expanded it to the Gentiles. Christianity is a user-friendly religion. Anyone can claim to be a Christian simply by saying he is one. But suppose the Jesus character is real and his rules apply. What good would it do for you to be a Christian when he only cares for the Jews? Sure, you might gain eternal life but would you want to be a slave to a Jew for eternity as it says in the Jewish Babylonian Talmud and in Isaiah 14:1-2?

Muslims require certain specific rituals so it's harder to fake being one but it has always been open to all ethnic groups. Some branches of Judaism require special clothes.

Focus on the racist aspects of the religions.
@Diotrephes You can't go by the Jesus story in the gospels as those were written between 30 and 80 years later, well after Paul was spreading the religion. I've met Evangelical Christians who say that they are the "real Jews" and that Jesus was referring to Christians when he made those statements. Hence the "New Testament." Most Christians other than a few Messianic ones will tell you that the rules changed with Jesus.

Maybe being a Christian in a Muslim country in the Middle Ages was better than being a Jew in a Christian country in the same period, but it wasn't much better. The Quran does give special consideration to Jews and Christians, but other religions are given no consideration at all.

And as I said, it isn't easy to convert to Judaism but it is possible. Of course it's easier to convert to Christianity and Islam as those are proselytizing religions. Jews haven't forced anyone to convert to Judaism since the days of Alexander Jannaeus, and Jewish proselytizing today is limited to Orthodox trying to get non-practicing Jews to be more religious.
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@LeopoldBloom Interesting points.
Entwistle · 56-60, M
When Jesus said 'i rode into town on an ass'..Your Momma's ass'!
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@Entwistle
When Jesus said 'i rode into town on an ass'..Your Momma's ass'!
Well, a lot of his ancestors were whores.
Entwistle · 56-60, M
@Diotrephes In theory yes.
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@Entwistle According to the Bible, such offspring will never amount to anything. Maybe that is why he got nailed.

Wisdom 3:16-19 (CEB) = "16 The children of adulterers, however, will come to nothing. The seed of people who have sex with others in violation of the Law will dry up. 17 Even if they live to old age, their lives won’t amount to anything. In their old age they will have no honor. 18 If they die young, they will have no hope or comfort on Judgment Day. 19 The family line of those who don’t do what is right will come to a bad end."
Men shall not lay with men as if they are a woman? Idk, its your fantasy.
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@checkoutanytime
Men shall not lay with men as if they are a woman? Idk, its your fantasy.

On what basis do you regard that verse as being racist?
@Diotrephes i dont, find it racist, i was lol at the question and its incompetence.
Holidaze · 18-21, F
This question is unnecessary because the Bible isn't a truthful source for what happened and what was said.
revenant · F
The Jewish Bible ? which Bible ?
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@revenant The question is applicable to all of the Bible versions
Beware the Tasmanian.. they have 2x heads
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Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@SW-User Your link doesn't work. Can you post it again?
Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M
Applying the term to the Bible seems pointless.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
I don't know that the verse itself is racist, but it has historically been interpreted in a very racist manner. The Mark of Cain mentioned in the book of Genesis has been interpreted by the Mormons as dark skin.
Carazaa · F
@Diotrephes That is not how it ends. In the end every knee will bow and declare Jesus as Lord of Lords, and King of Kings!
Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@Carazaa
That is not how it ends. In the end every knee will bow and declare Jesus as Lord of Lords, and King of Kings!

Sorry, but I have no intent on doing that.
Carazaa · F
@Diotrephes
God says when he comes back every knee will bow. Do you know that in the book of Revelation the 6th angel pours out his bowl and a great earthquake is over Euphrates river, and the river is right where Turkey and Syria meet, right where the earthquake was last week! Here are the verses in Rev 16. God gives us warnings to repent!

Rev 16
12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East. 13 Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.

15 “Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.”

16 Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

17 The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, “It is done!” 18 Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake.

And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible.
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Diotrephes · 70-79, M
@Davado Per the Bible, the Israelites/Hebrews/Jews couldn't go five minutes without worshiping something or doing some kind of sacrifice such as breaking a new born donkey's neck, gutting an animal, eating a child, or collecting foreskins.
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