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Old Testament -> Psalms

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Psalm 137:9

Psalms for Skeptics

The thing that stands out about the psalms is how violent, vengeful, and vindictive they are. “Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth ... let them be cut pieces.” Such prayers fill the psalms along with statements like this: “The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.”

Here are some highlights:

• God will hit the heathens with a rod of iron and “dash them in pieces.” 2:9

• God hates sinners. 5:5

• Dead people neither remember God nor give him thanks. 6:5

• God hides from those who need him the most. 10:1

• God will rain fire and brimstone upon “wicked” people. 11:6

• Atheists are fools who never do anything good. 14:1, 53:1

• Smoke comes out of God’s nose and fire comes out of his mouth. 18:8

• God rides upon cherubs and can fly. 18:10

• The God of Peace teaches us to kill our neighbors in war. 18:34, 144:1

• If God doesn’t like you, he’ll burn you to death. 21:9

• If you forget God, he will tear you in pieces. 50:22

• If you don’t trust God, he’ll kill you, and while you’re dying the “righteous” will laugh at you. 52:5-6

• Bad people are bad from birth—God made them that way. 58:3

• “Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth, ... let them be cut pieces.” 58:6-8

• “The righteous” will rejoice when they see “the wicked” being dismembered by God. They’ll “wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.” 58:10

• The heathen “make a noise like a dog ... Behold, they belch out with their mouths.” 59:5

• God will “wound the head of his enemies” and the righteous will dip their feet in their blood. 68:21, 23

• “Let their eyes be darkened ... and make their loins continually to shake.” 69:22-23

• The earth is stationary and does not move. 93:1, 104:5

• God will “fill the places with dead bodies.” 110:6

• God is praised for slaughtering little babies. 135:8, 136:10

• Happiness is smashing your little children against rocks. 137:9

• God is in hell. 139:8

• “Do not I hate them, O Lord? ... I hate them with a perfect hatred.” 139:19-22

• A prayer that God will burn people to death. 140:10

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