Joshua 6:21
"They devoted the city to the LORD and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys."
2007-07-11 10:02:04 · 10 answers · asked by HawaiianBrian 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Faith: you're telling me God was worried his Chosen people would choose bestiality so that's why he had them kill their enemy's livestock?!
2007-07-11 12:59:39 · update #1
Siar & Fokkerball: great answers, but I could only choose one best one. Sorry.
2007-07-14 19:33:43 · update #2
Baalam's Talking Donkey will be upset to hear one of his ancestors bit the big one courtesy of "you-know-who".
2007-07-11 10:06:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
God Almighty commanded such across the boards destruction of the Canaanite people and their cattle, donkeys, & goats is that the people practiced bestiality with cattle, donkeys, & goats. The people burned their children up in sacrifice to their idol worship, and all the people within the walls of Jericho were occult believers. They were also sexually depraved. Meaning homosexuality, pedophilia, incest, and sex with animals was a daily given.
And even today, the surest and best way to destroy widespread disease is by fire. God Almighty did command that all the people and the animals to be quickly killed, so that they did not suffer slow death by fire.
God Almighty also commanded that Rahab, her brothers, father within her house to be spared, because Rahab had taken care of and had hidden Joshua's spies who had come to recon the town for its structural & military strengths & weaknesses.
2007-07-11 11:06:18 · answer #2 · answered by faith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you for my section understand the only Whom you're judging? enable me make advantageous i'm information you wisely: out of the Bible's sixty six books and 1000's of 1000's of words, your information of God boils right down to those 4, heavily chosen passages? That strikes me as an extremely imbalanced and 'loaded' thank you to realize a end! Frankly, i don't think of you're being honest in any respect. I invite you to income the full Bible with an open ideas. then you definately will locate who God quite is. he's the fashion of guy or woman who restores sight to the blind, comforts the brokenhearted, strengthens the weary, and encourages the susceptible. Many could be chuffed to have Him as a chum, if in basic terms they knew Him! do not take my observe for it, however... "flavor and spot that the Lord is sturdy." :) (Psalm 34:8)
2016-09-29 13:10:09 · answer #3 · answered by cris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that it was clear that God didn't want the Israelites to take any plunder from their enemies -- they were cursed because one of the Israelites kept a robe and some gold for himself.
2007-07-11 10:06:10 · answer #4 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God and genocide go together like a hand and a glove
2007-07-11 10:08:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
because it's likely the fallen angels had visited that area after the second influx those animals were likely poluted and abomination.
2007-07-11 10:07:18 · answer #6 · answered by pissdownsatansback 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
sounds like someone making up a story of wishful thinking
2007-07-11 10:06:07 · answer #7 · answered by Jack 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
thats getting rid of all the previous influence for sure ...
2007-07-11 10:05:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
what does god have against all living things
2007-07-11 10:06:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
there stubburn like humans. its a metaphore
2007-07-11 10:05:47 · answer #10 · answered by mike 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋