How much violence is in the New Testament of the Bible?

Why does it matter? How do you quantify it? Life contains violence. The New Testament was a document of history. Not containing the violence would make it less a document of history and more a whitewashing. The inclusion of violence points toward... read more

Some. The New Testament starts with the four Gospels. Among the Gospels, we find various descriptions of the beheading of John the Baptist, and the crucifixion of Christ. By the standards we see in some of today's novels and films, the detail is not particularly graphic. read more

Let’s take this seriously by quoting a few verses that seem repugnant to us. For example, Deuteronomy 20 contains Yahweh’s instructions about war. read more