1 Samuel 15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and @$$.
Seems like he might be Pro-genocide to me.
2007-08-13 04:10:48 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God does not exist ergo he doesn't think about anything.
2007-08-13 04:14:13 · answer #1 · answered by scheidemann2007 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, the first thing you have to understand before reading that passage is that the God of the Jews, also worshiped by Christians like me, is said to have created everything and everyone. As the creator of the universe it wouldn't be genocide to kill one man and his people, as genocide is the extermination of an ethnic or national group. To us that would mean the total destruction of all of Russians or Kenyans. That would be the genocide of Russians or Kenyans. But for God, the only "genocide" would be a total extermination of all human, plant, and animal life, since to him the nationality or ethnic race is "my creation". So, destroying Amalek doesn't make God pro genocide, because he wasn't committing or commanding genocide. He spoke through his prophet Samuel to order the destruction of a wicked man and his people. That would liken more to the idea of the keeper of a vineyard pruning his vines so that they will continue grow and produce good fruits for his wines. It would not be genocide because he burned the north 40 of his vineyard because it was infested. It would be protection for the rest of the vineyard. In that same way, God was pruning his creation. Amalek had been given his opportunities to recognize the lordship of God and chosen to continue in his own way, and there were consequences for his choices.
2007-08-13 04:29:47 · answer #2 · answered by Choose Life 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The revelation of God in the Scriptures is progressive. In the Old Testament, God revealed his Holy character. God and sin are not compatible. Amalek was sinful. God gave Amalek over to destruction.
2007-08-13 04:15:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may be improvising a little more than needed here. God created us to tend to the land and cultivate it in order to keep the crops, livestock and human population thriving. So, it is our responsibility to maintain order and prosperity. If you need the exact scripture reference that supports this perspective:
Genesis 2
15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it
then,
19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field.
No mention of genocide, but I don't think God wants any of us to kill or destroy anyone on earth...
Exodus 20
13 "You shall not murder.
2007-08-13 04:26:51 · answer #4 · answered by joe_on_drums 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
How could desire to a basically God not punish human beings for his or her collective sins and debauchery? a number of their toddlers they could sacrifice in spite of the shown fact that a brutal technique the place the toddlers have been burned alive, inflicting a terrible loss of life. The Israelites have been commanded to kill those human beings as a punishment for those human beings's sins, and as a warning to the Israelites what their destiny could be ought to they too stray from God and include the demonic religious practices of those human beings they displaced. it is likewise a warning to all mankind, ought to human beings deny God, and swap their backs on Him. Their punishment is "basically". God calls all adult adult males to repent; to teach to Him. you appear to be greater involved in judging God. You seem to have not have been given any pastime in turning to God. you could the two heed the warning, or go through an identical destiny. the alternative is yours. .
2016-12-15 13:45:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup, he is the reason that we have religious fanatics. To elmjunburke, if you claimed that Sam said it and god did not say anything then god must have endorsed it.
2007-08-13 04:19:42 · answer #6 · answered by steve 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God didn't say that, Sam did. God doesn't say anything.
2007-08-13 04:16:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From that passage, sounds like it to me too
2007-08-13 04:15:08 · answer #8 · answered by Katrina 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
who cares what you think. Repent and get to know GOD.
2007-08-13 04:24:38 · answer #9 · answered by morgan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is perfectly just and so is his punishment.
2007-08-13 04:21:10 · answer #10 · answered by Gui 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋