Now if only the Isrealites had gotten the God ordered genocide right the first time we wouldn't have these problems today right?
Numbers 33:55 " 'But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live. 56 And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them.' "
If you're planning on saying God didn't say "kill them" my answer is, they did and he didn't seem to have much of a problem with it.
Also, I do not condone genocide, or any killings.
2006-12-27 10:13:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Actually, this bit of scripture also contains a threat.
"And then I will do to you what I plan to do to them."
In other words, get them out of there or you go too.
What a great God. Glad I don't believe in him.
Lisa
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/secularhumanism/
2006-12-27 10:16:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Assuming you're actually asking:
The verse you are speaking about refers to the Canaanites, not to the Arabs. The Arabs came later, right before the Second Temple period, from the Arabian penninsula, and the Bible doesn't say to kill the inhabitants of the Arabian peninsula, but the then inhabitants of Canaan. In fact, regarding Arabs, the BIble mentions a time when G-d will look on the region and say, "Behold Egypt my beloved, Assyria my treasure, and Israel my very own;"
As fun as it is to blame things on religion, the ZIonists are not religious, they are the Jews who abandoned religion for Nationalism. Religious Jews believe Jewish sovereignty is forbidden in the Holy Land until the Messiah comes based on the verse, "If you repent with all your heart, I will bring you back to your land." That was always taken to mean G-d would do it through a mandate from a prophet, once the Jewish people had freed itself completely from the two sins the Talmud said caused them to be expelled: Baseless hatred, and love of wars.
2006-12-27 18:40:30 · answer #2 · answered by 0 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
interesting. almost sounds like the palestinians in Israel, today. The israelites were constantly punished for not doing what was commanded of them. You people seem to live alot in the now. no wonder your confused. The Jews have been through alot and it's not over yet. But, God forgives and the next time there will be no need for such commands and it will be eternal.
those commands were for his people, in the past. All he asks today is to give your life to his son. not as bad, right?
Ever watch Schindler's list where the young college educated girl says "it will not be enough?"
2006-12-27 18:22:48 · answer #3 · answered by ConstElation 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are numerous god-sponsored genocides in the old testament.
I don't think it is an explaination for the violence caused by religion; it is just another example of it.
2006-12-27 18:21:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Numbers 33:55 sounds like sound politics....not godly words.
The very fact that they were not successful in murdering their enemies proves that God was against it.
2006-12-27 18:19:19 · answer #5 · answered by Fatima 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Part of the problem is, they did not kill all of them.
They only killed those who made war with them.
Some even intermarried with Canaanite women.
And you wonder why they have problems today?
2006-12-27 18:20:03 · answer #6 · answered by Theophilus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our wars of man cannot be explained.
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2006-12-27 18:15:53 · answer #7 · answered by twowords 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the bible doesn't explain any of it.
Use your mind without consulting the bible for once.
2006-12-27 18:15:18 · answer #8 · answered by Zhukov 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What do you think?
2006-12-27 18:15:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2006-12-27 18:15:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋