{"id":56818,"date":"2023-12-27T11:50:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T10:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/live-without-harming\/publications\/harmful-bible-verses\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:40:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T13:40:59","slug":"harmful-bible-verses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/harmful-bible-verses\/","title":{"rendered":"Harmful Bible Verses"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"56818\" class=\"elementor elementor-56818 elementor-17411\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ac21fd elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"3ac21fd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b3a143\" data-id=\"0b3a143\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12597e4 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12597e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LIVE WITHOUT HARMING! CONTEXTUALIZE THE HARMFUL VERSES OF THE BIBLE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48b78d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48b78d6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3912638\" data-id=\"3912638\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfeeacb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfeeacb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/VERSICULOS-DANINOS-DE-LA-BIBLIA.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/VERSICULOS-DANINOS-DE-LA-BIBLIA.jpg\" alt=\"HARMFUL VERSES OF THE BIBLE\" width=\"159\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bible is composed of many different books written by different authors at very diverse historical moments, sometimes separated from each other by centuries. Experts even say that there are some books, such as Genesis, that were written by several individuals. These were <span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">children of their time, being greatly influenced by the typical mentality of those abusive and cruel societies.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">Therefore, it is not surprising that they have written texts that promote the violation of human rights, as in those times it was the norm. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/defending-human-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">Read AVOID HARM! Fight for human rights<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/reform-the-harmful-side-of-religions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read LIVE WITHOUT HARMING: See the harmful side of religions<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">Some examples of verses loaded with the typical cruelty of those historical periods are those that:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/genocide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/versiculos-da%C3%B1inos-de-la-biblia\/genocidio&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703751830121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw23OQ46BtEP3Hcz8nL_Fn16\">Advocate for <strong>GENOCIDE and WAR<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-no-harm-disavow-the-biblical-texts-that-legitimize-dictatorships-and-slavery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/versiculos-legitiman-dictaduras&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703751830121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0koDvj3gMiY9cOieu_eprZ\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Legitimize <\/span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DICTATORSHIPS and SLAVERY<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-no-harm-disapprove-the-biblical-texts-that-describe-god-as-a-cruel-despot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/versiculos-dios-despota&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703751830122000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3EdDViccdGI_AzlKJ0EFgz\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;\">Describe <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">GOD AS A CRUEL DESPOT<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/avoid-harm-question-the-passages-of-the-old-testament-that-authorize-the-rape-and-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/versiculos-da%C3%B1inos-de-la-biblia\/violaci%C3%B3n&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703751830121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2qgIYgbVSGqiTG03-5qjES\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;\">Allow the <\/span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #3366ff;\">RAPE AND MURDER OF WOMEN<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/harmful-bible-verses\/submission-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/versiculos-da%C3%B1inos-de-la-biblia\/sumision-mujeres&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703751830121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3rBZy7jXb_O0tkSJ5saHqb\">Impose <strong>FEMALE SUBMISSION<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/verses-on-murder-and-mistreatment-of-homosexuals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/vers%C3%ADculos-asesinato-y-maltrato-homosexuales&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703751830121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Cnz0uYlPzjT-yFmaiTPiA\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Order the <strong>MURDER AND MISTREATMENT OF LGTBI PEOPLE<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-no-harm-say-no-to-the-parts-of-the-bible-that-prescribe-the-murder-of\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/asesinato-personas-libres&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703751830121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3pQebC-Cb_48Pi701hD3Tp\">Prescribe the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">MURDER OF THOSE WHO DO NOT FOLLOW THEIR DOGMAS<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/do-no-harm-reject-the-christian-verses-that-victimize-sexually-free-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/vers%C3%ADculos-da%C3%B1an-honor-sexual-y-sentimentalmente-libres&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703751830121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2W-lgpnnCDbFA1jP2pCAop\">Command the <strong>VICTIMIZATION OF SEXUALLY FREE PEOPLE<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); color: #3366ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/harmful-bible-verses\/child-abuse-and-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/versiculos-da%C3%B1inos-de-la-biblia\/maltrato-y-asesinato-ni%C3%B1os&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703751830121000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1BNrkfC3UFK4K6VTxuC3so\">Impose <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">CHILD ABUSE\/MURDER, THE OBJECTIFICATION OF ANIMALS AND THE DEVALUATION OF INNOCENTS<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">Although the above constitutes an extensive (but not exhaustive) collection of a wide variety of crimes, human rights violations, and injustices, there are many more harmful verses that need to be explicitly disapproved of by Christian churches that wish to reform themselves to have a cruelty-free doctrine.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">To this end, it is necessary to consider those verses not as the word of God, but as what they are: a set of books written by different authors in different eras, often influenced by the mentality existing in each past time. In fact, <\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">different books of the Bible have inconsistencies between them (such as, for example, in the treatment that should be given to adulteresses), this being proof that not all verses are divine revelations.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Therefore, instead of following them blindly and causing harm to innocents, let&#8217;s reinterpret them in their historical context and then renounce their authority. <\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">In fact, a good part of the branches of Judaism have already carried out this reform, so we have a good precedent to follow.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/understand-every-religious-precept-within-the-historical-context-in-which-it-was-created\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT HARMING? Understand religious precepts in their historical context <\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/reform-the-harmful-aspects-of-christianity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read FOR A WORLD WITHOUT HARM: Reform the harmful side of Christianity<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">The above implies <\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">reforming <\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); text-decoration-line: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/catechism_sp\/p1s1c2a3_sp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/catechism_sp\/p1s1c2a3_sp.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1703841347774000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2HyqN_oSLDL8m868sB6EXk\">points 102 and following<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--base-2); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"> of the Catholic Catechism and the doctrines of other Christian denominations.<\/span><\/p><p>Thank you for sharing and collaborating to achieve benevolent religions, which constitutes one of the cornerstones for achieving a pleasant world in which to live.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6520767 elementor-share-buttons--view-icon elementor-share-buttons--shape-circle elementor-share-buttons--align-center elementor-share-buttons--skin-gradient elementor-grid-0 elementor-share-buttons--color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"6520767\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn 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style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #e5ac1b;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1705739656386000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0r_zOrwTRU9jKMsNGkX-Vn\">www.institutodelbienestar.com<\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">LET&#8217;S NOT HARM ANYONE, except in legitimate self-defense against an aggressor.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Read:<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #e5ac1b;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #e5ac1b; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/institutodelbienestar.com\/en\/live-without-harming\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" 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