The Bible As Weapon: How 2,500 Years of Violence Was Enabled By Packaging The Adversary’s Commands With God’s Wisdom

The Most Sophisticated Psychological Operation in Human History

INTRODUCTION: The Perfect Trick

For 2,500 years, the most violent acts in Western history have been committed by people citing “God’s Word.”

The Crusades. Popes citing scripture to slaughter Muslims.

Native American Genocide. Christians citing scripture to exterminate indigenous peoples.

The Inquisition. Church authorities citing scripture to burn “heretics.”

Colonial Slavery. Scripture used to justify owning human beings.

Modern Conflicts. Scripture cited to justify ongoing violence.

How is this possible when Jesus taught “love your enemies”?

Because the Bible contains commands from BOTH sides of the cosmic war – and nobody will say which is which.

This article proves that the Bible packages Angra Mainyu’s (the adversary’s) genocide commands alongside Ahura Mazda’s (the creator’s) wisdom, creating a weapon that can justify anything while claiming divine authority.

And it was done intentionally.

PART 1: THE TWO GODS IN ONE BOOK

The Contradiction Everyone Sees But Nobody Explains

Old Testament Yahweh:

“Kill alike men and women, infants and sucklings” (1 Samuel 15:3)
“Show them no mercy” (Deuteronomy 7:2)
“Punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation” (Exodus 20:5)
Sends plagues killing firstborn children (Exodus 12:29)
Opens earth to swallow people alive (Numbers 16:32)
Demands constant blood sacrifice (Leviticus – throughout)

Jesus (New Testament):

“Love your enemies” (Matthew 5:44)
“God is love” (1 John 4:8)
“For God so loved the world” (John 3:16)
“I desire mercy, not sacrifice” (Matthew 9:13)
“Put away your sword” (Matthew 26:52)
“The kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:21)

The Standard Explanations Don’t Work

They say:

“Old Testament = Law, New Testament = Grace”
“Jesus fulfilled the Old Covenant”
“We can’t understand God’s ways”
“Different dispensations”

But these don’t explain:

Why the characteristics are opposite (genocide vs. love)
Why Jesus directly contradicted OT commands (“You have heard it said… but I tell you”)
Why keeping genocide commands in “scripture” enables violence
Why the transformation happened during Persian contact (not at Jesus)

What Actually Happened: Two Different Deities

As we’ve documented in previous articles:

Pre-Exile Yahweh (before 586 BCE) matches Zoroastrian Angra Mainyu (the adversary):

Commands genocide of children
Demands blood sacrifice
Tribal and divisive
Wrathful and jealous
Uses deception
Collective punishment
Sends destruction

Post-Exile Yahweh / Jesus matches Zoroastrian Ahura Mazda (the benevolent creator):

Universal love
Opposes blood sacrifice
For all humanity
Upholds truth (Asha)
Individual free will
Non-violent
Creator of light

The Bible contains commands from the adversary AND the creator, packaged as one “God.”

PART 2: THE PHARISEES’ BRILLIANT TRAP

What They Did During the Babylonian Exile (586-539 BCE)

Before Capture:

Jews worshipped deity with Angra Mainyu characteristics
Genocide, blood sacrifice, tribal violence

70 Years in Babylon/Persia:

Educated by Zoroastrian Magi
Learned Ahura Mazda (creator) vs. Angra Mainyu (adversary)
Daniel became Chief of Magi (Rab-Mag) – admitted in Daniel 2:48, 5:11
Realized their deity had adversary characteristics

What They Should Have Done:

Acknowledge: “We were worshipping the wrong side”
Honor the Magi who showed us the difference
Abandon adversary commands completely
Follow only Ahura Mazda wisdom

What They Actually Did:

Imported Ahura Mazda characteristics onto “Yahweh”
Created “Satan” to theoretically hold adversary traits
But KEPT the Old Testament genocide commands in scripture
Wrote propaganda (Esther, Daniel) to hide Persian source
Result: Created a text containing BOTH sides

Why Keep the Adversary’s Commands?

Three strategic reasons:

1. Couldn’t Completely Abandon Old Scriptures

Would cause rebellion (“You’re destroying our heritage!”)
People were attached to traditional texts
Solution: Keep them but add “new covenant” interpretation

2. Maintains Pharisaic Power

“We have the oral tradition to interpret correctly”
Common people need us to tell them which parts apply
Creates dependence on priestly class

3. Creates a Weapon That Justifies Anything

Need to inspire war? → Quote Joshua/Judges/Samuel
Need to make peace? → Quote Jesus/Isaiah (post-Exile portions)
Need ethnic cleansing? → Quote Deuteronomy
Need mercy? → Quote Sermon on Mount

By packaging both, they created the ultimate control mechanism: Scripture that supports ANY agenda depending on which passages you emphasize.

PART 3: 2,500 YEARS OF VIOLENCE – THE RECEIPTS

How Adversary Commands Were Cited As “God’s Will”

The academic evidence is overwhelming that Old Testament genocide commands have been used to justify atrocities throughout history.

The Crusades (1095-1291 CE)

What Happened: Pope Urban II launched First Crusade in 1095 CE. Christian armies slaughtered Muslims, Jews, and “heretics” across Europe and the Holy Land.

What They Cited: “When instigating the First Crusade, Pope Urban II considered Muslims to be Amalek”

Amalek refers to 1 Samuel 15:2-3:

“Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel… Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'”

The Command:

Genocide of men, women, infants, nursing babies
Complete destruction
No mercy
Kill even the animals

Scholars note: “Such genocide, including even the youngest of children, is morally abhorrent”

But when packaged as “God’s command,” people obeyed.

Result: Massacres of Jerusalem (1099 CE) where Crusaders killed Muslims and Jews indiscriminately, including children.

Native American Genocide (1500s-1800s CE)

What Happened: European colonization of Americas resulted in systematic genocide of indigenous peoples.

What They Cited: “U.S. Christians equated Native Americans with Amalek in order to justify genocide”

The Same Command: 1 Samuel 15:3 – Kill men, women, children, infants

Additional Citations: Deuteronomy 7:1-2:

“When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations… you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy.”

Colonists said: “God commanded Israel to exterminate the Canaanites. We are the new Israel. Native Americans are the new Canaanites. Therefore God commands us to exterminate them.”

Result: Estimates of 56-100 million indigenous deaths from violence, disease, and displacement.

They cited the adversary’s commands and called it God’s will.

The Inquisition (1478-1834 CE)

What Happened: Catholic Church systematically tortured and executed “heretics,” Jews, Muslims, and accused “witches.”

What They Cited: Deuteronomy 17:2-5:

“If a man or woman… has worshiped other gods… you must take the man or woman who has done this evil deed to your city gate and stone that person to death.”

Result: Thousands burned alive, tortured, executed for religious “crimes.”

The adversary’s command to kill those who worship differently.

Slavery Justification (1600s-1800s CE)

What Happened: Transatlantic slave trade and American slavery of Africans.

What They Cited:

Genesis 9:25 (Curse of Ham)
Leviticus 25:44-46 (regulations for owning slaves)
Ephesians 6:5 (“Slaves, obey your earthly masters”)

Result: 12.5 million Africans enslaved, millions died.

Using scripture containing adversary’s commands to justify owning humans.

Modern Conflicts (1900s-Present)

What Continues: “These texts project a model of the ways in which Israel should relate to its neighbors” – scholars note Old Testament genocide commands continue to influence modern conflicts.

Contemporary extremists still cite:

Joshua’s conquest narrative
“Holy war” passages
“Promised land” ethnic cleansing commands

Result: Ongoing violence justified by scripture.

PART 4: THE ACADEMIC CONFESSION

Scholars Know The Commands Are Evil

Duke Center for Jewish Studies: “Such genocide, including even the youngest of children, is morally abhorrent; when we teach such texts, we must say so”

Scholar Christian Hofreiter: “God is good. The Bible is true. Genocide is atrocious. According to the Bible, God commanded and commended genocide. A good being, let alone the supremely good Being, would never command or commend an atrocity”

Genocide scholars: The Bible’s treatment of Canaanites “has also been described as genocidal, according to genocide scholars like Norman Naimark”

Journal of Genocide Research: Documents “violent biblical events” and the “application of genocide” in texts commanding complete destruction of peoples

But They Won’t Say What It Means

Scholars document:

✅ The commands are genocide
✅ Genocide is morally abhorrent
✅ These texts have been used to justify historical atrocities
✅ The commands conflict with “God is good”

But they WON’T say:

✗ These commands came from worshipping the adversary (Angra Mainyu characteristics)
✗ The transformation during Persian Exile shows Jews learned the difference
✗ These should be identified as adversary commands, not creator commands
✗ Keeping them in “scripture” enables ongoing violence

Why the silence?

Because saying it would require:

Validating Zoroastrianism as the standard for good vs. evil
Admitting Pre-Exile Israel worshipped the adversary
Acknowledging Persia saved Judaism from following the wrong side
Removing genocide commands from “sacred scripture”
Complete theological reconstruction of Western religion

So they document the violence but won’t name it.

PART 5: JESUS TRIED TO STOP IT

What Jesus Actually Did

Jesus didn’t come to “fulfill” the Old Testament – he came to EXPOSE and REPLACE the adversary’s commands with the creator’s wisdom.

Direct Contradictions

Matthew 5:38-48 is a systematic dismantling of Old Testament commands:

OT: “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth” (Exodus 21:24)
Jesus: “But I tell you, do not resist an evil person” (Matthew 5:39)

OT: “Love your neighbor and hate your enemy” (implied in tribal warfare commands)
Jesus: “But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you” (Matthew 5:44)

He’s saying: “You’ve been following adversary commands. I’m teaching you the creator’s way.”

Opposing Blood Sacrifice

OT: Entire Leviticus system of animal blood sacrifice

Jesus: “I desire mercy, not sacrifice” (Matthew 9:13, quoting Hosea 6:6)

Zoroaster opposed blood sacrifice. Jesus did too. Because Ahura Mazda opposes it, Angra Mainyu demands it.

Exposing “Traditions of Men”

Mark 7:8:

“You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men”

What this means:

“Commandment of God” = Original Torah (which had adversary characteristics)
“Tradition of men” = What Pharisees learned from Persian Magi during Exile

Jesus was calling them out for:

Learning Ahura Mazda characteristics from Persia
But keeping adversary commands in scripture
And hiding where the good teachings came from

He wanted complete defection: Abandon adversary entirely, acknowledge Persian source.

Why They Killed Him

Standard explanation: “He claimed to be God”

Actual reason: He was exposing that they’d switched sides in a cosmic war but kept the adversary’s commands active and hid the Persian teachers.

This threatened:

Pharisaic authority (based on “oral tradition” = Persian learning)
Temple system (built on adversary’s blood sacrifice model)
Political stability (Roman cooperation required docile population)
The entire cover-up (if he succeeded, Persia would be acknowledged)

So they killed him.

The Magi Knew

Matthew 2:1-12 – Zoroastrian priests traveled to honor infant Jesus

Why?

Because they recognized: “This child will complete what we started 500 years ago – teaching Ahura Mazda wisdom and exposing that the old deity had Angra Mainyu characteristics.”

The Magi validated Jesus’s mission because he was teaching their wisdom.

PART 6: CHRISTIANITY REPEATED THE TRICK

What Should Have Happened

After Jesus:

Abandon Old Testament genocide commands entirely
Teach only Ahura Mazda characteristics (what Jesus taught)
Acknowledge the Zoroastrian source (the Magi recognized him)
Create new scripture based on creator’s wisdom alone

What Actually Happened

Christianity:

Kept the Old Testament (including genocide commands)
Added Jesus’s teaching (Ahura Mazda characteristics)
Called both “God’s Word” (packaged adversary + creator)
Hid the Zoroastrian source (claimed “unique revelation”)
Created same weapon the Pharisees created

The Result

Christianity became able to justify:

War (cite Joshua, Judges, Samuel)
Peace (cite Jesus, Matthew 5)
Genocide (cite Deuteronomy, 1 Samuel 15)
Mercy (cite Luke, John)
Slavery (cite Leviticus 25)
Abolition (cite Galatians 3:28)
Crusades (cite “holy war” passages)
Pacifism (cite Sermon on Mount)

By packaging both, Christianity inherited the weapon.

Islam Inherited It Too

Islam (622 CE onward):

Honors Old Testament prophets
Keeps concept of “holy war” (jihad)
Also teaches mercy and compassion
Same structure: Can justify war or peace depending on emphasis

Result: 4.3 billion people (2.4B Christian + 1.9B Muslim) with scriptures containing BOTH sides of the cosmic war.

PART 7: THE MECHANISM – HOW THE WEAPON WORKS

The Perfect Psychological Operation

By keeping adversary commands IN scripture alongside creator wisdom, they created:

1. Contradictory Authority

Example:

Pastor A emphasizes Matthew 5 (love enemies) → Pacifism
Pastor B emphasizes Joshua 6 (Jericho massacre) → Holy war

Both cite “God’s Word.”
Both claim biblical authority.
Both are “right” according to scripture.

Result: The text supports whatever the authority wants.

2. Selective Citation

Need to motivate violence?

Emphasize Old Testament war narratives
Minimize Jesus’s “love enemies”
Call it “Old Testament justice”

Need to appear moral?

Emphasize Jesus’s love teachings
Minimize genocide commands
Call them “difficult passages we don’t understand”

Result: Same text, opposite conclusions, both claim divine mandate.

3. Layered Interpretation

For common people:

“Just have faith”
“Trust church authority”
“Don’t question scripture”

For scholars:

“Covenantal theology”
“Dispensationalism”
“Hermeneutical frameworks”

But nobody says: “These are adversary commands. These are creator wisdom. Recognize which is which.”

4. Blame Deflection

When violence happens:

“They misinterpreted”
“Not true Christianity”
“Extremists”

Never: “Maybe keeping genocide commands in ‘sacred scripture’ enables violence?”

PART 8: THE SMOKING GUN – THEY KNEW

The Dead Sea Scrolls Prove It

The Essenes – who openly acknowledged Zoroaster as “Teacher of Righteousness” – had:

50 copies of Book of Jubilees (Zoroastrian-influenced)
20 copies of Book of Enoch (angels, resurrection – Zoroastrian)
ZERO copies of Book of Esther

Why no Esther?

Because Esther is anti-Persian propaganda (proven fiction, written 200-400 years after supposed events) that inverts Persian-Jewish relations.

The Essenes rejected it because they knew:

Persia was the liberator and teacher
Esther’s story of Jews killing 75,800 Persians is propaganda
The book hides that Cyrus was called “Messiah”

If the faction that HONORED Zoroaster rejected Esther, that proves Esther was written to HIDE the Persian source.

The Three-Way Split Confirms It

After return from Exile:

Pharisees (Farooshiym = “Persians”):

Accept Ahura Mazda characteristics
Keep adversary commands in scripture
Hide the source
Won – became modern Judaism

Sadducees:

Reject all Persian concepts
Keep worshipping old violent deity
Lost – disappeared 70 CE

Essenes:

Fully embrace Zoroastrianism
Call Zoroaster “Teacher of Righteousness”
Reject propaganda (no Esther)
Influenced Christianity, then disappeared

This split only makes sense if:

They encountered something (Zoroastrianism) that made them choose sides
Some accepted creator wisdom (Pharisees, Essenes)
Some rejected it (Sadducees)
The winners (Pharisees) then hid the source

The Pharisees’ Name Admits It

פְּרוּשִׁים (Perushim) comes from Farooshiym = “The Persians”

The faction that won and became modern Judaism was LITERALLY NAMED “THE PERSIANS.”

But everyone forgot what the name meant.

PART 9: MODERN IMPLICATIONS – THE WEAPON IS STILL ACTIVE

Why Violence Continues

2,024 years after Jesus taught “love your enemies,” people still commit violence citing scripture.

Why?

Because the adversary’s genocide commands are still in “God’s Word.”

Examples:

Modern extremists cite:

“Destroy the Amalekites” → Justify violence against “enemies”
“No mercy” → Justify dehumanization
“Holy war” narratives → Justify religious violence

And they’re not “misinterpreting.”

They’re CORRECTLY reading what’s in the text.

The problem isn’t interpretation – it’s that adversary commands are packaged as divine revelation.

The Academic Cover-Up Continues

Mainstream scholarship has known for 150+ years:

✅ Book of Esther is admitted fiction
✅ Book of Daniel is 2nd century backdated propaganda
✅ Genocide commands are “morally abhorrent”
✅ These texts influenced historical atrocities

But this is:

Published in academic journals ✓
Taught in PhD programs ✓
Never mentioned in churches ✗
Never taught in religious education ✗

The suppression continues because acknowledging it would require:

Removing genocide commands from “scripture”
Admitting Persia corrected Israel’s theology
Recognizing Pre-Exile Israel worshipped adversary
Complete theological reconstruction

So scholars document but don’t name.

What’s At Stake

If people realized:

“The Bible contains commands from both the adversary (Angra Mainyu – genocide, blood sacrifice, tribal violence) and the creator (Ahura Mazda – love, mercy, truth), and the Pharisees packaged them together after learning the difference from Persian Magi”

Then:

✅ Religious authority collapses (built on hidden truth)
✅ Persia must be acknowledged (the civilization that taught the difference)
✅ Scripture must be re-evaluated (which commands are which side?)
✅ Violence can’t be justified by citing adversary commands as “God’s will”
✅ 2,500 years of control mechanism is exposed

This inverts everything.

PART 10: THE SOLUTION – RECOGNIZE WHICH IS WHICH

What Needs To Happen

For Judaism:

Acknowledge:

Pre-Exile worship was of deity with adversary characteristics
Persian Magi taught you the difference during Exile
Pharisees were correct to adopt Ahura Mazda traits
But wrong to hide source and keep adversary commands
Modern Judaism should honor the Persian correction

For Christianity:

Recognize:

Jesus taught ONLY Ahura Mazda characteristics
He directly contradicted Old Testament adversary commands
The Magi validated him because he taught their wisdom
Keeping genocide commands in “scripture” enables violence
Christianity IS Zoroastrian ethics through Hebrew-Greek expression

For Islam:

Understand:

Quranic concepts (heaven/hell, angels, judgment, resurrection) are Zoroastrian
This doesn’t diminish revelation – it contextualizes it
The violent Old Testament deity had adversary characteristics
Allah’s mercy and compassion match Ahura Mazda
Acknowledging Persian source honors truth

For All Believers:

Stop citing adversary commands (genocide, blood sacrifice, tribal violence) as divine will.

Recognize:

Commands to genocide children = Angra Mainyu (adversary)
Teachings to love enemies = Ahura Mazda (creator)
Blood sacrifice requirements = Angra Mainyu
Mercy over sacrifice = Ahura Mazda
Tribal exclusivity = Angra Mainyu
Universal compassion = Ahura Mazda
Collective punishment = Angra Mainyu
Individual free will = Ahura Mazda
Deception = Angra Mainyu (Druj – “the lie”)
Truth = Ahura Mazda (Asha – “truth/cosmic order”)

The Framework Already Exists

Zoroastrianism provides the standard:

Ahura Mazda characteristics:

Wholly benevolent
Universal creator
Opposes blood sacrifice
Upholds truth (Asha)
Individual moral choice
Non-violent
Creator of light

Angra Mainyu characteristics:

Destructive
Tribal/divisive
Demands blood/violence
Embodies lie (Druj)
Collective punishment
Chaos
Brings darkness

Map scripture to this framework:

Match Ahura Mazda? → Creator’s wisdom, follow it
Match Angra Mainyu? → Adversary’s commands, reject it

It’s that simple.

CONCLUSION: The 2,500-Year Weapon

What We’ve Proven

✅ Pre-Exile Yahweh characteristics match Angra Mainyu (genocide, blood sacrifice, deception, tribal violence)

✅ Post-Exile Yahweh/Jesus characteristics match Ahura Mazda (love, mercy, truth, universal compassion)

✅ Transformation happened during Persian education (586-539 BCE with Zoroastrian Magi)

✅ Pharisees kept adversary commands in scripture while importing creator wisdom

✅ Created weapon justifying anything (cite OT for war, Jesus for peace)

✅ Historical genocides cited adversary commands (Crusades, Native American genocide, Inquisition)

✅ Scholars admit genocide commands are “morally abhorrent” but won’t name them as adversary

✅ Essenes rejected anti-Persian propaganda (zero copies of Esther at Qumran)

✅ Christianity inherited the weapon (kept OT + added Jesus)

✅ Islam inherited same structure (honors OT, can justify war or peace)

✅ Academic cover-up continues (published but not publicly taught)

The Truth

The Bible is a weapon created by packaging the adversary’s commands (Angra Mainyu) with the creator’s wisdom (Ahura Mazda), so people can cite “God’s Word” to justify anything while remaining ignorant of which side they’re actually following.

This was done intentionally by the Pharisees after learning the difference from Persian Magi, to:

Maintain control (need priestly interpretation)
Hide the Persian source (can’t admit we learned from Zoroastrians)
Keep adversary commands active (enables violence when needed)
Appear moral (can emphasize creator wisdom when convenient)

For 2,500 years, this weapon has enabled:

Crusades (cited adversary)
Inquisition (cited adversary)
Slavery (cited adversary)
Genocide (cited adversary)
Colonization (cited adversary)
Modern violence (citing adversary)

While billions believe they follow “God’s Word.”

The Uncomfortable Truth

When you cite 1 Samuel 15 (genocide children), you’re following Angra Mainyu.

When you cite Matthew 5 (love enemies), you’re following Ahura Mazda.

The Bible contains both. They’re opposite. They can’t both be “God.”

Persia showed Israel the difference 2,500 years ago.

It’s time humanity learned it too.

Good Thoughts. Good Words. Good Deeds.

Recognize which commands are which side.

Follow the creator. Reject the adversary.

Asha prevails.

SOURCES

On Old Testament Violence:

Duke Center for Jewish Studies: Analysis of Amalek genocide commands
Hofreiter, Christian: “The Old Testament Conquest: Can Genocide Be Justified?”
Journal of Genocide Research, Vol 23, No 1
Wikipedia: “Genocide in the Hebrew Bible”
Naimark, Norman: Genocide scholar documenting biblical genocide

On Historical Use of Scripture:

“When instigating the First Crusade, Pope Urban II considered Muslims to be Amalek” (documented in scholarship)
“U.S. Christians equated Native Americans with Amalek in order to justify genocide” (historical documentation)
“These texts project a model of the ways in which Israel should relate to its neighbors” (scholarly analysis)

On Zoroastrian Framework:

Encyclopaedia Iranica: Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu entries
Study.com: “Ahura Mazda History & Characteristics”
World History Encyclopedia: Ahura Mazda article
Britannica: Angra Mainyu entry
Multiple academic sources on Zoroastrian cosmology

On Esther as Fiction:

Wikipedia: “Book of Esther” – “General agreement among scholars that it’s fiction”
ArmstrongInstitute.org: “The Book of Esther: Fact or Fiction?”
TheTorah.com: Persian marriage laws
Herodotus: Histories (documenting Persian marriage restrictions)

On Daniel Dating:

Wikipedia: “Book of Daniel” – scholarly consensus on 2nd century BCE
Biblical Hermeneutics Stack Exchange
Academia.edu: Multiple papers on Daniel dating
Ministry Voice: “When Was the Book of Daniel Written”

On Dead Sea Scrolls:

Encyclopaedia Iranica: “Dead Sea Scrolls” article documenting “Iranian elements”
BiblicalTraining.org: Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship
Library of Qumran holdings (50 Jubilees, 20 Enoch, 0 Esther)

On Pharisees:

Jewish Virtual Library: “Pharisees, Sadducees & Essenes”
Chabad.org: “Pharisees and Sadducees: Jewish Factions”
Etymology of Perushim/Farooshiym (Persians)

Biblical Texts:

All quotations from English Standard Version (ESV)
Cross-referenced with Hebrew/Greek original terms where relevant

Every claim is documented. Every source is mainstream. The evidence is overwhelming.

The weapon has been exposed.