Chrisitans, have you really fully read the bible?

[Leonardd]

I emplore that you not be ignorant, the God of Moses is the serpent as revealed in John 1:17-18, John 3:14, John 4:6-26, John 5:37, John 6:32, John 10:8, Luke 4:5-7, Luke 24:25 and Revelation 13:11-17

[lend322]

Read Thessalonians in the New Testament. Jesus tells us how to be good Christians. Jesus would never hurt us. He loves his children very much. Read the New Testament and get to know him. As you read, he will touch your heart and you will know the truth.

[leo080561]

Apparently you know nothing about what you speak of. The Bible is a record of historical events and does not promote the things that wicked human beings have done and still do. Read the book of John and then maybe we can talk.

[Lenora2]

The Bible is also a couple of other things, for one it is a history book that records the history of a family, it will include items that do not look good in retrospect and, more importantly, God does not approve of. Second, the Bible is also a practical book of instruction for people, man is imperfect and so rules must be established for them. As to the specific examples:The first verse you use is describing what will happen in judgment, it is not an endorsement so much as a warning of what will happen once the city is sacked because that is how things worked back then.The second verse is not just about sex before marriage and how apparently that is someones "right" but also about breaking contracts and trust and doing what they know is wrong. If they find the man she had sex with they stone him as well because they are called to be pure and this was not a pure action.The third verse is a personal favorite of mine for people who try and say the Bible is bad. People do not seem to realize that the young men were in the equivalent of a gang and were threatening someone with death. This group was going to kill Elisha and God protected him from that.To answer the top question, yes I have read the Bible all the way through in multiple translations including NIV, NASB, KJV, NKJV, and I am now reading it in the HCSB.

[Leonardd]

The Bible does not promote these actions and events. But simply reports them. The Bible is a book of truth, and not all truth is pretty. So grow up. Secondly what of those things God himself orders like the death of of liars who say they were virgin, or children who mocked Gods holy prophets. as would the delinquents of today. They are what they are. Examples that God does not tolerate evil from any source.