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1. 2 Kings 2:23-24: 42 children are killed by two bears, for calling a prophet "baldy"
“Elisha left Jericho to go to Bethel and on the way some boys came out of a town and made fun of him. "Get out of here, Baldy!" they shouted.Elisha turned around, glared at them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys to pieces.”
2 Kings 2:23-24 [NIV]
Eli'sha was travelling to Bethel. Some children insulted him calling him "Baldy" and he cursed them, two she bears then killed 42 of them. Amazing! How is it possible that over FORTY children all insult one person - it's an entire classroom full of children. Not only that but how did TWO bears kill FORTY TWO children? Did they take them by surprise one by one? Didn't the children run away after they killed the first few of them? What are the morals of this story? Is death a suitable punishment for those who take fun of you? Of course not! What happened to the great virtue of humbleness and forgiveness? Eli'sha seems to be highly immoral for cursing them for merely calling him names, and that good OT God is even more immoral for carrying it out in such a way.
And to think they used to allow this book in schools! Good riddance!
2. 1 Samuel 6:19: 50 070 (or 70) people are killed for looking in (or at) the Ark of the Covenant
“But God struck down some of the men of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy [1] of them to death because they had looked into the ark of the LORD. The people mourned because of the heavy blow the LORD had dealt them.”
1 Samuel 6:19 [NIV]
The story is that God killed 70 people for looking inside the Ark of the Covenant. There is no further mention of this particular story (i.e., it is self contained). My question is: how did 70 people look inside the Ark and then get killed? Did they all queue up and wait their turns? Or did they all crowd round like children and then after a few minutes God decided to smite them so?
*[1] Many manuscripts including the Septuagint use the figure 50,070 people, and also some people claim it should read "looked AT the Ark" rather than "IN" it.
What morals does this teach us? That we should not show curiosity? Or what? It certainly doesn't tell us much useful information about morality or justice! Except perhaps, that God doesn't have much of either!
3. 1Kings 20:30: God makes a wall fall and kill 27 000 of an army retreating from some Israelites
“But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left.”
1 Kings 20:30
Another amazing story with a rather dubious moral foundation. A wall fell on 27000 people and killed them? Really! What an amazing, just god! What nonsense! The story is that one army was retreating from the field of battle into their city.
4. Numbers 16:16-49: Death to all those who complain (14 950 of them altogether)
Numbers 16:16-49 continues with the story of the escaped Israelites. They had been complaining to Moses about the lack of water, sustenance and food in the desert that they have been led to by Moses.
16: Moses commands that 250 of them must come to the tent and present incense at the altar. They do so.
21: God says "stand back from these people, and I will destroy them immediately."
Moses then asks an important moral question:
22: "Moses and Aaron bowed down and said, "O, God, you are the source of all life. When one man sins, do you get angry with the whole community?"
31-34 supplies the answer: "the ground under Dathan and Abiram split open and swallowed them and their families, together with all of Korah's followers and their possessions. The earth closed over them, and they vanished. All the people of Israel who were there fled when they heard their cry. They shouted, "Run! The earth might swallow us too!"
35: "Then the Lord sent a fire that blazed out and burnt up the 250 men who had presented the incense."
When told to offer incense they did, no doubt wandering what the answer to the complaints would be. They were told they were to be destroyed. The answer to Moses' important question "When one man sins, do you get angry with the whole community?" is apparently, yes. All those who offered incense, as told to by Moses, were killed by a blazing fire.
You would think that that was enough. It only really the worst kind of terrible, murderous psychopathic dictators whom react in such ways to protests. But God wasn't finished yet!
41: The next day the whole community complained against Moses and Aaron and said, "You have killed some of the Lords people" ... then the Lord appears with his customary cloud over the tent.
45: God speaks to Moses, "Stand back from these people, and I will destroy them on the spot!"
1. 2 Kings 2:23-24: 42 children are killed by two bears, for calling a prophet "baldy"
“Elisha left Jericho to go to Bethel and on the way some boys came out of a town and made fun of him. "Get out of here, Baldy!" they shouted.Elisha turned around, glared at them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys to pieces.”
2 Kings 2:23-24 [NIV]
Eli'sha was travelling to Bethel. Some children insulted him calling him "Baldy" and he cursed them, two she bears then killed 42 of them. Amazing! How is it possible that over FORTY children all insult one person - it's an entire classroom full of children. Not only that but how did TWO bears kill FORTY TWO children? Did they take them by surprise one by one? Didn't the children run away after they killed the first few of them? What are the morals of this story? Is death a suitable punishment for those who take fun of you? Of course not! What happened to the great virtue of humbleness and forgiveness? Eli'sha seems to be highly immoral for cursing them for merely calling him names, and that good OT God is even more immoral for carrying it out in such a way.
And to think they used to allow this book in schools! Good riddance!
2. 1 Samuel 6:19: 50 070 (or 70) people are killed for looking in (or at) the Ark of the Covenant
“But God struck down some of the men of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy [1] of them to death because they had looked into the ark of the LORD. The people mourned because of the heavy blow the LORD had dealt them.”
1 Samuel 6:19 [NIV]
The story is that God killed 70 people for looking inside the Ark of the Covenant. There is no further mention of this particular story (i.e., it is self contained). My question is: how did 70 people look inside the Ark and then get killed? Did they all queue up and wait their turns? Or did they all crowd round like children and then after a few minutes God decided to smite them so?
*[1] Many manuscripts including the Septuagint use the figure 50,070 people, and also some people claim it should read "looked AT the Ark" rather than "IN" it.
What morals does this teach us? That we should not show curiosity? Or what? It certainly doesn't tell us much useful information about morality or justice! Except perhaps, that God doesn't have much of either!
3. 1Kings 20:30: God makes a wall fall and kill 27 000 of an army retreating from some Israelites
“But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left.”
1 Kings 20:30
Another amazing story with a rather dubious moral foundation. A wall fell on 27000 people and killed them? Really! What an amazing, just god! What nonsense! The story is that one army was retreating from the field of battle into their city.
4. Numbers 16:16-49: Death to all those who complain (14 950 of them altogether)
Numbers 16:16-49 continues with the story of the escaped Israelites. They had been complaining to Moses about the lack of water, sustenance and food in the desert that they have been led to by Moses.
16: Moses commands that 250 of them must come to the tent and present incense at the altar. They do so.
21: God says "stand back from these people, and I will destroy them immediately."
Moses then asks an important moral question:
22: "Moses and Aaron bowed down and said, "O, God, you are the source of all life. When one man sins, do you get angry with the whole community?"
31-34 supplies the answer: "the ground under Dathan and Abiram split open and swallowed them and their families, together with all of Korah's followers and their possessions. The earth closed over them, and they vanished. All the people of Israel who were there fled when they heard their cry. They shouted, "Run! The earth might swallow us too!"
35: "Then the Lord sent a fire that blazed out and burnt up the 250 men who had presented the incense."
When told to offer incense they did, no doubt wandering what the answer to the complaints would be. They were told they were to be destroyed. The answer to Moses' important question "When one man sins, do you get angry with the whole community?" is apparently, yes. All those who offered incense, as told to by Moses, were killed by a blazing fire.
You would think that that was enough. It only really the worst kind of terrible, murderous psychopathic dictators whom react in such ways to protests. But God wasn't finished yet!
41: The next day the whole community complained against Moses and Aaron and said, "You have killed some of the Lords people" ... then the Lord appears with his customary cloud over the tent.
45: God speaks to Moses, "Stand back from these people, and I will destroy them on the spot!"
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