syed mohammad ali, tell the whole story

Submitted by Infidel (Canada), Jan 31, 2007 at 01:05

Your statement; "In the largest single god-inspired massacre in the Bible, one million Ethiopians are slaughtered! (2 Chronicles 14), that is sad but true".

Your version certainly does cast a bad reflection on the Israelites, but Mr. Ali, you did not tell the whole story. 2 Chron 14:8 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin that bare shields and drew bows two hundred and fourscore thousand. OK, lets do the math; total Israelite soldiers, five hundred and eighty thousand. 2 Chron 14:9 And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with a host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and come unto Mareshah.

So looking at the complete Biblical version, we have 1 million Ethiopians attacking 580 thousand Israelites and the Israelites win. By the way, why are you blaming god for inspiring this conflict, after all it was the Ethiopians that started the war, and if so then maybe allah was to blame. Your version of the story is so similar to the conflict between the Muslims and the Jews since 1948, except of course the Muslims out number the Jews by millions. Muslim nations attack Israel, (1948, 1956, 1967, 1970, 1973), Israel wins and the world blames Israel.

peace and blessing to the man of caliphate

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