It always amazes me how many times this God orders the killing of innocent people even after the Ten Commandments said “Thou shall not kill”. For example, God kills 70,000 innocent people because David ordered a census of the people (1 Chronicles 21). God also orders the destruction of 60 cities so that the Israelites can live there. He orders the killing of all the men, women, and children of each city, and the looting of all of value (Deuteronomy 3). He orders another attack and the killing of “all the living creatures of the city: men and women, young, and old, as well as oxen sheep, and asses” (Joshua 6). In Judges 21, He orders the murder of all the people of Jabesh-gilead, except for the virgin girls who were taken to be forcibly raped and married. When they wanted more virgins, God told them to hide alongside the road and when they saw a girl they liked, kidnap her and forcibly rape her and make her your wife! Just about every other page in the Old Testament has God killing somebody! In 2 Kings 10:18-27, God orders the murder of all the worshipers of a different god in their very own church! In total God kills 371,186 people directly and orders another 1,862,265 people murdered.
I am convinced that if Christians really read the Bible, they would abandon their Christianity.
How the writer of the above came up with such exact numbers, I can't say. But the point is that the God of the Old Testament is steeped in blood and gore.
What does it mean to align oneself with such a tyrant? One cannot plead ignorance. For here it is plainly laid out for all to see.
One has to decide if one is going to continue to worship such a tyrant, or if one is going to switch one's loyalty to humanity, even with its own flaws and failings.
Don't forget: The God of the Old Testament is the same as the God of the New Testament.
1 comment:
Great commentary, the tribal god Yahweh sure seemed a bit aggressive when his tribesmen had a need for land or virgins. Odd how a god who is allegedly fair and just seemed so predatory when his believers had a need or want.
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