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Absurdities in Romans

  1. Atheists have dark and foolish hearts. 1:21

  2. Paul asks the very good question: "Is there unrighteousness who taketh vengeance [upon innocent people]?" The obvious answer to this is, yes. Paul then quickly adds, "I speak as a man." What else could he speak as? A donkey or a god, perhaps? 3:5

  3. Paul says that Abraham needed God's help to father Isaac when he was 100 years old. But Abraham, when he was even older, managed to father six more children with a new wife without any divine assistance (Gen.21:2, 25:1-2). 4:19

  4. The guilty are "justified" and "saved from wrath" by the blood of an innocent victim. 5:9

  5. God punishes everyone for someone else's sin; then he saves them by killing an innocent victim. 5:12

  6. God gave the law so "that the offence might abound." 5:20

  7. There is nothing good about Paul. 7:18

  8. God intercedes with God by talking to, and sometimes even arguing with, himself. 8:27

  9. "All things work together for good to them that love God."
    One of the greatest and most absurd lies in all of scripture. 8:28

  10. Paul says that everyone, even in his day, had the gospel preached to them. Even the Native Americans, Asians, Pacific Islanders? 10:18

  11. "Rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil."
    If you behave yourself, no king or government will mistreat you. 13:3

  12. It is wrong to borrow money. 13:8

  13. Only wimps are vegetarians. 14:2