posted June 03, 2013 04:35 AM            

2. NU 25:4 (KJV) "And the Lord said unto Moses, take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun ...."
NU 25:8 "He went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly."

3. NU 31:31-40: 32,000 virgins are taken by the Israelites as booty. Thirty-two are set aside as a tribute for the Lord. (Human Sacrifice! )

4.
DT 2:33-34 The Israelites utterly destroy the men, women, and children of Sihon.

DT 3:6 The Israelites utterly destroy the men, women, and children of Og.

5.
DT 21:10-13 With the Lord's approval, the Israelites are allowed to take "beautiful women" from the enemy camp to be their captive wives. If, after sexual relations, the husband has "no delight" in his wife, he can simply let her go.
(Clearly an Immoral Priest would have written this command and attributes it to God. There is no way God can be so immoral and authorize rape)

6. Vampiric/Cannibalistic Command:
DT 28:53 "You will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you."

7. Genocide:
JS 8:22-25 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly smites the people of Ai, killing 12,000 men and women, so that there were none who escaped.

JS 10:10-27 With the help of the Lord, Joshua utterly destroys the Gibeonites.

JS 10:28 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly destroys the people of Makkedah.

JS 10:30 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly destroys the Libnahites.

JS 10:32-33 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly destroys the people of Lachish.

JS 10:34-35 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly destroys the Eglonites.

JS 10:36-37 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly destroys the Hebronites.

JS 10:38-39 With the Lord's approval, Joshua utterly destroys the Debirites.

JS 10:40 (A summary statement.) "So Joshua defeated the whole land ...; he left none remaining, but destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel commanded."

My Comments: The above facts from the Bible are the worst tribal genocide of Ancient History. No other allegedly Divine Book has such widespread documentation of genocidal violence. Joshua and the God of Joshua are clearly documented as bloodthirsty War Criminals. Since the Creator God of the Universe can never command the bloody killing of His own creation, the followers of the Old Testament could be following a False God or demented/Psychopathic Priests who would stoop so low as to inflict genocide of women and children to occupy land illegally.

posted June 03, 2013 10:50 AM            

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Originally posted by iQ:
My Comments: The above facts from the Bible are the worst tribal genocide of Ancient History. No other allegedly Divine Book has such widespread documentation of genocidal violence. Joshua and the God of Joshua are clearly documented as bloodthirsty War Criminals. Since the Creator God of the Universe can never command the bloody killing of His own creation, the followers of the Old Testament could be following a False God or demented/Psychopathic Priests who would stoop so low as to inflict genocide of women and children to occupy land illegally.

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posted June 03, 2013 10:53 AM            

Or is one just pointing to fictional horrors in a novel?

posted June 03, 2013 11:22 AM            

@LeiKuei: Pertinent point but in historical studies, the victor's version is always considered the Truth. Maybe we can question the numbers killed but not the basic acts because the horrid acts are used as psychological motivation for more horror. And these invasions are later confirmed in the Quran as having occurred. Two different religions who claim to worship the same god and preach the same dichotomoy [Merciful God who is also the Roasting God] agree on the fact that Joshua led an invasion against various Tribes.

posted June 03, 2013 12:39 PM            

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And these invasions are later confirmed in the Quran as having occurred. Two different religions who claim to worship the same god and preach the same dichotomy [Merciful God who is also the Roasting God] agree on the fact that Joshua led an invasion against various Tribes.

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However that does not prove a damn thing to me historically speaking, one novel quoting another is about as far as I'm willing to stretch it. Least I start wondering if Odysseus's adventures also really happened

In any case I find these Biblical "Pot-Shots" as it were to somewhat miss the target? Yes its good too point out to people that there are all these crazy warmongering stories in a "Holy Book", but "Human Rights Abuse and Genocide in the Old Testament"... that's quite misleading, since we DO NOT actually know for sure if such really happened

A more apt title would be : "Stories of Human Rights Abuse and Genocide in the Old Testament"

Anyhow, just something to think about -nods-