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ORIGINAL: Jaybeee

If He demands it, then the act isn't Murder, it's a sacrifice.

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In total God kills 371,186 people directly and orders another 1,862,265 people murdered

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Become a Eunuch for God



For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. (Matthew 19:12 ASV) {also compare to February 23 below}

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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle

I read somewhere that "God kills 371,186 people directly and orders another 1,862,265 people murdered in the Bible".*

Is that enough of an "overall gist of the Bible, tempering the actual words with an understanding of their context" for you? Are you saying I selected the wrong murder(s)?

Nor can contradictions about issues as important as murder and obeying the Lord be dismissed as "outlier" issues. They are surely central to the message of the Bible, if that text is to have any credibility or relevance.

You can read all about it here:
http://www.evilbible.com/Murder.htm

*www.evilbible.com

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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl


Second,

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In total God kills 371,186 people directly and orders another 1,862,265 people murdered

Amazingly enough, after reading through many of the passages, there is no way they can come up with that total. Too many passages give no accounting for the death total. Could have been two as easily as 2000.

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Become a Eunuch for God

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For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. (Matthew 19:12 ASV) {also compare to February 23 below}

This one was rather comical. You may want to look a bit into the web sources you utilize. Oh, and do look up the above passage. I\That isnt what was being said at all.

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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven

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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle

I read somewhere that "God kills 371,186 people directly and orders another 1,862,265 people murdered in the Bible".*

Is that enough of an "overall gist of the Bible, tempering the actual words with an understanding of their context" for you? Are you saying I selected the wrong murder(s)?

Nor can contradictions about issues as important as murder and obeying the Lord be dismissed as "outlier" issues. They are surely central to the message of the Bible, if that text is to have any credibility or relevance.

You can read all about it here:
http://www.evilbible.com/Murder.htm

*www.evilbible.com

No way.  Not only are most of the deaths not assigned a number (the Pharaoh's army in Exodus being one example, and the first born that were slain beforehand being another), but I have a sneaking suspicion that the number "forty" was used as a euphemism for "a whole lot". Examples are the Flood rain that lasted for forty days and nights, and the forty years that the Hebrews wandered in the desert.  In other words, I reject your numbers, and the fact that someone assigned such precision to arbitrary numbers makes me suspect anything else form that source.

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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle

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ORIGINAL: Jaybeee

If He demands it, then the act isn't Murder, it's a sacrifice.

The mix of intellectual gymnastics, double standards and delusional thinking contained in that single sentence is simply awesome, breath-taking.

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If you are capable of rationalising away a father murdering his son in cold blood as a "sacrifice", I wonder what delights your views on abortion might contain ......