If your House is made of Glass!

Submitted by Eli Mosa (United States), Oct 16, 2007 at 23:33

Let me add some bits and bites ...You seem to be a smart guy, and I hate to let you live without knowing what your house is made of or built upon!

The foundation of your faith is build on massacring people following the command of your God.

21:11 And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

21:12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

21:13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

21:14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.

21:15 If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

In other word, from the same source, let me tell you how many god has killed:

So far I come up with a total of 2,270,971 (not including, at least in some cases, women and children). SAB, Brick Testament Number Killed Cumulative Total Lot's wife for looking back Gen.19:26, BT 1 1 Er who was "wicked in the sight of the Lord" Gen.38:7, BT 1 2 Onan for spilling his seed Gen.38:10, BT 1 3 Pharaoh and 600 chariot captains (plus his entire army) Ex.14:8-26 601+ 604+ For dancing naked around Aaron's golden calf Ex.32:27-28, 35, BT 3000 3604+ Aaron's sons for offering strange fire before the Lord Lev.10:1-3, Num.3:4, 26:61, BT 2 3606+ A blasphemer Lev.24:10-23, BT 1 3607+ A man who picked up sticks on the Sabbath Num.15:32-36, BT 1 3608+ Korah, Dathan, and Abiram (and their families) Num.16:27, BT 12+ 3620+ Burned to death for offering incense Num.16:35, 26:10, BT 250 3870+ For complaining Num.16:49, BT 14,700 18,570+ For "committing whoredom with the daughters of Moab" Num.25:9, BT 24,000 42,570+ Midianite massacre (32,000 virgins were kept alive) Num.31:1-35, BT 90,000+ 132,570+ God tells Joshua to stoned to death Achan (and his family) for taking the accursed thing. Joshua 7:10-12, 24-26, BT 5+ 132,575+ God tells Joshua to attack Ai and do what he did to Jericho (kill everyone). Joshua 8:1-25, BT 12,000 144,575+ Joshua kills 5 kings and hangs their dead bodies on trees Joshua 10:24-26, BT 5 144,580+ God delivered Canaanites and Perizzites Judges 1:4, BT 10,000 154,580+ Ehud delivers a message from God: a knife into the king's belly Jg.3:15-22, BT 1 154,581+ God delivered Moabites Jg.3:28-29, BT 10,000 164,581+ God forces Midianite soldiers to kill each other. Jg.7:2-22, 8:10, BT 120,000 284,581+ The Spirit of the Lord comes on Samson Jg.14:19, BT 30 284,611+ The Spirit of the Lord comes mightily on Samson Jg.15:14-15, BT 1000 285,611+ Samson's God-assisted act of terrorism Jg.16:27-30, BT 3000 288,611+ "The Lord smote Benjamin" Jg.20:35-37, BT 25,100 313,711+ More Benjamites Jg.20:44-46 25,000 338,711+ For looking into the ark of the Lord 1 Sam.6:19 50,070 388,781+ God delivered Philistines 1 Sam.14:12 20 388,801+ Samuel (at God's command) hacks Agag to death 1 Sam.15:32-33 1 388,802+ "The Lord smote Nabal." 1 Sam.25:38 1 388,803+ Uzzah for trying to keep the ark from falling 2 Sam.6:6-7, 1 Chr.13:9-10 1 388,804+ David and Bathsheba's baby boy 2 Sam.12:14-18 1 388,805+ Seven sons of Saul hung up before the Lord 2 Sam.21:6-9 7 388,812+ From plague as punishment for David's census (men only; probably 200,000 if including women and children) 2 Sam.24:13, 1 Chr.21:7 70,000+ 458,812+ A prophet for believing another prophet's lie 1 Kg.13:1-24 1 458,813+ God delivers the Syrians into the Israelites' hands 1 Kg.20:28-29 100,000 558,813+ God makes a wall fall on Syrian soldiers 1 Kg.20:30 27,000 585,813+ God sent a lion to eat a man for not killing a prophet 1 Kg.20:35-36 1 585,814+ Ahaziah is killed for talking to the wrong god. 2 Kg.1:2-4, 17, 2 Chr.22:7-9 1 585,815+ Burned to death by God 2 Kg.1:9-12 102 585,917+ God sends two bears to kill children for making fun of Elisha's bald head 2 Kg.2:23-24 42 585,959+ Trampled to death for disbelieving Elijah 2 Kg.7:17-20 1 585,960+ Jezebel 2 Kg.9:33-37 1 585,961+ God sent lions to kill "some" foreigners 2 Kg.17:25-26 3+ 585,964+ Sleeping Assyrian soldiers 2 Kg.19:35, 2 Chr.32:21, Is.37:36 185,000 770,964+ Saul 1 Chr.10:14 1 770,965+ God delivers Israel into the hands of Judah 2 Chr.13:15-17 500,000 1,270,965+ Jeroboam 2 Chr.13:20 1 1,270,966+ "The Lord smote the Ethiopians." 2 Chr.14:9-14 1,000,000 2,270,966+ God kills Jehoram by making his bowels fall out 2 Chr.21:14-19 1 2,270,967+ Ezekiel's wife Ezek.24:15-18 1 2,270,968+ Ananias and Sapphira Acts 5:1-10 2 2,270,970+ Herod Acts 12:23, BT 1 2,270,971+

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