History NightmareFuel / TheBible

* The Great Flood, anyone? Once you get past all of the animals that Noah saved, '''EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING ON EARTH DIED'''. All of the animals that weren't in the Ark drowned. Everyone that Noah knew (save his immediate family) drowned. After they got off the Ark, they were ENTIRELY ALONE IN THE WORLD.

* According to the New Testament, Satan does not rule Hell, but one day, he will be imprisoned there forever and ever. Right now, he is here on Earth...''walking amongst us''.

** There is a story in Orthodox Sacred Tradition that tells that, one day, a demon came to a saint to ask if God could forgive demons. The saint prayed to God and an angel appeared. The angel rebuked the saint for asking him, as the demon was simply tempting him. Then it said that even Satan could be forgiven if they would repent...but they wouldn't. But in order to show God's mercy, God told the saint the means how the demon could save itself: If the demon repented, it would be saved. And what next? The demon ''laughed'' and mocked the saint for this advice on how to save it, as it considered itself too high and mighty to repent. In short, God gave His enemies a way out...and they refused.

** How terrible is Hell? A story goes that an angel came to an Orthodox Christian saint, who suffered greatly because of illness and prayed to the Lord for release. An angel came and told him that in order to be saved, he should endure another year in humility...or to suffer three hours in hell. It took '''one hour''' for this person to want to get out, as it was like a very long time. He chose to suffer the rest of his life on Earth.

*** But the good thing is that there are twice as many good beings that are on God's side.

* Leviathan, Behemoth, and Ziz deserve a mention, especially since a common denominator for all three of these [[EldritchAbomination things]] is that they're monstrously enormous. [[GiantFlyer Ziz]], however, may be the worst of the trio, since it's reputed to have wings large enough to ''blot out the sun''.

** The way God hardened the Pharaoh's heart (so he wouldn't free the slaves) is a point of contention: Many scholars believe it should be translated as "The Thought of God hardened his heart." Still scary.

* Let us not get started on what the [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]] [[AngelicAbomination look like]]. There is a reason why "be not afraid" is their CatchPhrase. Even the prophet Daniel nearly faints when [[ArchangelGabriel Gabriel]] appears before him!

*** This snippet of text affected FanFic writer and {{Troll}} Creator/MonicaGilbeyBieber so badly that he [[http://monicagilbey-bieber.deviantart.com/journal/I-Realized-WARNING-HI-OCTANE-NIGHTMARE-FUEL-370604759 wrote a journal]] detailing his reaction to this, and compares it to '''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaphism scaphism]]''', an execution method which in itself is NightmareFuel.

** The worst part is, as we see from other cultures in this period, it was ''common'' for men of a region to go to conquered people (or just people in the area) and rape them, just to prove that they could overpower them.

* '''''[[PlaceWorseThanDeath EVERYTHING]]. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis ABOUT]]. {{HELL}}.''''' There's a reason why it's highly popular when it comes to imaging a DeathWorld. There are plenty of theories about what hell is like - and pretty much all of them are ''utterly horrifying'' to think about.

* '''''[[red:EVERYTHING]] ABOUT {{HELL}}.''''' There's a reason why it's highly popular when it comes to imaging a DeathWorld. There are plenty of theories about what hell is like - and pretty much all of them are ''utterly horrifying'' to think about.

** The men weren't lusting after the angels. They were not homosexual men. As we see from other cultures in this period, it was common for men of a region to go to conquered people (or just people in the area) and rape them, just to prove that they could overpower them. In fact, this is where we get the term ‘Sodomy.’

*** Only problem with that is there's ''nothing'' in the Bible that indicates that angels rebelled with Satan (or that Satan even rebelled at all) except a possible interpretation of the MindScrew that is Revelation which was written decades after UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} left.
*** Luke 10:18 does have UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} say that he “saw Satan fall like lightning from Heaven.”

* Let us not get started on what the [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]] [[AngelicAbomination look like]]. There is a reason why they often have to say "be not afraid" as their CatchPhrase. Even the prophet Daniel nearly faints when [[ArchangelGabriel Gabriel]] appears before him!

* All the messed-up crap on ''Literature/BooksOfKings'' makes ''Series/GameOfThrones'' look like a picnic.

* According to a study on Leviticus 18:21, the demonic deity Molech was worshiped by heating a metal idol of him to extreme temperatures and then placing ''[[WouldHurtAChild a living infant]] on its outstretched hands'', while the poor child's screams were drowned out by drumming until [[KillItWithFire it burned to death]]. '''Yikes'''.

* The Wolverton Bible - [[http://artblogbybob.blogspot.com/2009/04/mad-prophet.html Famous ''Mad'' magazine illustrator faithfully recreates scenes from The Old Testament]]. Wolverton paid great care to the scenes from Revelation. Pleasant dreams.
* Leviathan, Behemoth, and Ziz deserve a mention, especially since a common denominator for all three of these [[EldritchAbomination things]] is that they're monstrously enormous. [[GiantFlyer Ziz]], however, may be the worst of the trio, since it's reputed to have wings large enough to ''blot out the sun''.
* The seven brothers and their mom mentioned in the Maccabeus book. FamilyUnfriendlyDeath doesn't even begin to describe it.

* '''''EVERYTHING ABOUT {{HELL}}.''''' There's a reason why it's highly popular when it comes to imaging a DeathWorld. There are plenty of theories about what hell is like - and pretty much all of them are ''utterly horrifying'' to think about.

** The men weren't lusting after the angels. They were not homosexual men. As we see from other cultures in this period, it was common for men of a region to go to conquered people (or just people in the area) and rape them, just to prove that they could overpower them.

* '''''[[red: EVERYTHING ABOUT {{HELL}}.]]''''' There's a reason why it's highly popular when it comes to imaging a DeathWorld. There are plenty of theories about what hell is like - and pretty much all of them are ''utterly horrifying'' to think about.

* '''''[[red: EVERYTHING ABOUT {{HELL}}]]'''''. There's a reason why it's highly popular when it comes to imaging a DeathWorld. There are plenty of theories about what hell is like - and pretty much all of them are ''utterly horrifying'' to think about.

** One interpretation is that Hell is just a state of shame and separation from God. Though, eternal boredom wouldn't be much fun (who wants to live forever?), even that interpretation lends itself to some less than appealing psychological trauma. Shame and guilt can be very damaging to people, so imagine what an eternity of it can do to you. Or that you are confronted with Heaven and God and perfect love and happiness are real and knowing that you're never, ever, EVER going to experience it and '''it's your own fault'''. In this interpretation, the "weeping and gnashing of teeth" describes the anguish of those who realize they've screwed themselves over. ''Forever''.

* Leviathan, Behemoth, and Ziz deserve a mention, especially since a common denominator for all three of these [[EldritchABomination things]] is that they're monstrously enormous. [[GiantFlyer Ziz]], however, may be the worst of the trio, since it's reputed to have wings large enough to ''blot out the sun''.

* '''''[[red: EVERYTHING ABOUT {{HELL}}]]'''''. There's a reason why it's a highly popular when it comes to invoking AndIMustScream. There are plenty of theories about what hell is like - and all of them are ''utterly horrifying'' to think about.

* '''EVERYTHING ABOUT {{HELL}}'''. There are plenty of theories about what hell is like - and all of them are ''utterly horrifying'' to think about.