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Is That Really in the Bible?
Try to guess whether these things appear in the Bible or don't.
Nitpickers who don't provide exact Biblical citations may experience wailing and gnashing of teeth
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Last updated: August 6, 2023
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1.
The angel Lucifer is cast out of heaven for the sin of pride
In the Bible
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While Lucifer (the morning star) is mentioned once in the Bible (Isaiah 14:12), the rest of the story is fanciful interpretation
2.
God makes the walls of Jericho fall after people march around it blowing trumpets
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3.
Jewish people should not eat pork
In the Bible
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Leviticus 11:7-8
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Jesus brings Lazarus back from the dead
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John 11
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People who die will have their souls cleansed in purgatory before ascending to heaven
In the Bible
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6.
Adam and Eve are kicked out of the Garden of Eden after eating the forbidden fruit
In the Bible
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7.
The baby Jesus is visited by three wise men whose names are Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior
In the Bible
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The names of the three wise men are never mentioned
8.
Lot's wife is turned into a pillar of salt
In the Bible
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Genesis 19:26
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The unicorn becomes extinct after failing to make it onto Noah's ark
In the Bible
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Unicorns do not appear in the Bible, although Daniel 8:5 mentions a curious goat with a horn between its eyes
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Adam has a first wife named Lilith
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11.
After wrestling with a mysterious person, Jacob becomes known as Israel, meaning "he who struggles with God"
In the Bible
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12.
If a person commits one of the seven deadly sins, he must confess them or risk being sent to hell
In the Bible
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13.
Ham sees his father Noah naked and passed out drunk. When Ham doesn't avert his eyes, Noah curses his family line.
In the Bible
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14.
St. Peter sits at the "pearly gates" of heaven
In the Bible
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15.
Jesus befriends Mary Magdalene, a former prostitute
In the Bible
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Nowhere does it say that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute, although she did have demons cast out of her
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Purgatory, however, has almost no basis in the Bible. The single verse that "supports" it, 2 Maccabees 12:45, isn't even found in most translations.
But to view it from the Catholic perspective, I still think they get it wrong. Maccabees occurs roughly 200 years before Christ. Dead believers had not yet been absolved of their sins through His work. It is a prayer for the Redeemer, not something we are to continue doing after the arrival of same.
Ah yes, the innerant word of an omnipotent being, that still needs to be edited by humans to be correct.
Where it gets nigh on heretical is that it challenges the very nature of Christ's sacrifice and God's holy justice. The purpose of Christ's work was to pay the price for sinners who could not live up to divine standards on their own. To then make those sinners pay AGAIN for something Christ already paid for amounts to a form of double jeopardy. God's just nature precludes unjust actions. Forcing a penalty to be paid twice (i.e. by Jesus and then again by you or me) is necessarily unjust and beneath God. Purgatory is bunkum.
As someone already mentioned, the concept of praying for the dead is present in 2 Maccabees. Whether you recognize this book as being part of Sacred Scripture, this still demonstrates that the concept of purgatory existed, though unnamed, far before the Middle Ages.
God bless :)
Because they wouldn't be able to find three wise men and a virgin.
Whether or not you believe it, you must admit it is indeed very cool.
"The seven deadly sins" is an explicitly Catholic doctrine which holds that certain sins can cause the revocation of salvation until and unless penance is done. Any sin not on this list falls into the venal sin category which they believe send you to purgatory if you die without doing your penance for.
Protestants argue that God does not take away something once given. That would make Him either capricious or capable of error, neither of which is true.
Enjoyed the quiz, though.
Not only that, but it doesn't say that there were three wise men! There were three types of gift (gold, frankincense, and myrrh). The idea that there were three wise men is derived from that.
Since the Bible doesn't say otherwise, I choose to believe that there were three wise men who each gave a gift of gold, seven wise men who each gave a gift of frankincense, and nine wise men who each gave a gift of myrrh. Three gifts of gold from the wise men under the sky, seven gifts of frankincense from the wise men in their halls of stone, nine gifts of myrrh from the wise men doomed to die. One type of gift to rule them all, one type of gift to find them, one type of gift to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
Formal rules that implement basic teachings are likely to be developed by people. Narratives are likely to be from the book itself.
Questions could be worded much better so it’s clear what you’re after and you’re actually testing knowledge, rather than trying to catch people out.
Another great one would be "God will never give you more than you can handle." Which is commonly believed to be in the Bible, but actually isn't.
(Misremembered wording of "God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear")
I laughed out loud at no. 9.! Seems like somebody watched Good Omens and appreciated that scene as much as I did.
Nice Quiz!
12How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Yes given the ambiguity I'd personally be inclined to change the question, but from my rather cursory check on t'Intarweb it seems that the weight of scholarly opinion (including the Ampified Bible, indeed) is behind it referring to that king...
Judasim does not have a concept of heaven and hell nor do we have lucifer.
Just something for you to keep in mind.
On a quiz like this, based on interpretations (interpretations of translations, in fact, and in a context where there's not even such a thing as "The Bible"), you should probably avoid edge cases; or at least, misleading phrasing in the question. If you want to ask if "Lucifer was an angel" in the Bible, then ask that.
Moreover, both purgatory and paradise are outside of time, so technically after his death, which was "today" on that day, he both was in purgatory and paradise. This doesn't really make sense, but that's expected as both are outside of time.
Once again, God bless! Let's say a prayer for one another.