who ordered the genicide of all Jewish babies under the age of 2, or Saddam who gased the Kirds?
2007-02-14 05:59:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why compare atrocities?
2007-02-14 06:01:56 · answer #1 · answered by Love Shepherd 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As somebody else said, why compare atrocities? I suppose you could do the math on the respective body counts - if the numbers were available in the mythological case of Herod - but what the hell would that prove? Who was "worse," Hitler or Stalin? It's like asking whether you'd prefer to be burned at the stake or drawn and quartered.
Incidentally, though, the story of Herod's massacre of the innocents was only inserted into Matthew's account because he was trying to show how the life of Jesus symbolically recapitulated the history of the Hebrews. It was a retelling of Pharaoh's slaughter of the Hebrew firstborn on the birth of Moses. Joseph and Mary fled into Egypt with Jesus to escape the Jewish King Herod's judgement, just as Moses' mother, upon hearing of Pharaoh's decree, placed him among the reeds in the Nile to be found by Pharaoh's daughter. That Herod's massacre is pure mythology is bourne out by the fact that absolutely no records of it exist anywhere outside of Matthew's gospel. Hard to imagine that such an episode would fail to provoke comment!
2007-02-14 14:05:28 · answer #2 · answered by jonjon418 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe they were related.
Historically, Saddam was much worse.
Many Historians think that Herod was a Great king and got a bad rap from the Jews because he kissed up to Rome.
2007-02-14 14:13:41 · answer #3 · answered by Fatima 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
King Herod, Saddam, Hitler, GW Jr. honestly there are too many nasty rulers in our history. A shorter list would be of the great peace keepers in our history.
2007-02-14 14:10:44 · answer #4 · answered by rezany 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since there isn't any historical evidence of the so-called 'Slaughter of Innocents', I'd have to say Saddam is worse.
We have more than enough proof that Saddam did participate in atrocities of which he is accused.
2007-02-14 14:03:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Given modern days technology, I say Saddam.
2007-02-14 14:05:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both are equally deplorable people, the world is a much better place without them.
2007-02-14 14:06:09 · answer #7 · answered by sophia's mommy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Herod. But they r both pretty bad.
2007-02-14 14:02:50 · answer #8 · answered by Miss Momma 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
neither one was particularly pleasant and the world is a better place without them.
2007-02-14 14:02:21 · answer #9 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
they are both the same
2007-02-14 14:05:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋