Whether we believe in God or not, most of us here in the 21st century have the impression that a divine ruler watches over humanity with at least theoretical love and mercy. They forgive us, they have plans for us, they never close the door without opening the window, etc. But in the case of the Christian God, we’ve all heard that God gives and takes away, even if you’ve never opened the Bible, Old Testament, or New Testament. This line comes from the ancient Book of Job, and may surprise first-time readers with its depiction of God, especially God’s willingness to cause death. of Ochelaga The video above is “God’s Biblical Murder Number.”
If you look up the King James Version and tally up all the people God has killed in a spreadsheet (Hochelaga creator Tommy Trelawney is definitely one of the best YouTubers for this task), you’ll find that the high numbers do end up at the bottom. “Throughout the Old Testament, God is responsible for numerous natural disasters, from the extinction of life on earth in a world-destroying flood to devastating epidemics of “biblical proportions.”
The Old Testament, or Hebrew Bible, spends as much time explaining what happens to lawbreakers as it does revealing God’s law. In one verse, 50,070 people were “crushed because they looked into the Ark of the Covenant,” and in another, God sent an angel to “annihilate 185,000 soldiers in one night,” to name just two incidents.
Mr. Trelawney’s first count of the deaths that the Bible attributes to God came to 2,559,449, which sounds accurate. However, this figure only includes cases where the number of deaths is specified in the text. Sometimes this is not the case. To do so, a good Biblical body counter must rely on the most historically accurate estimates, such as the current composition of armies and cities (entities that the God of the Old Testament could destroy with a flick of the wrist), not to mention the total population of the earth at the time of the estimated flood. Trelawney numbered 20 million, giving a final count of 24,681,116 people, roughly the same as the entire population of Shanghai. It may seem ironic to compare it with cities outside the so-called Judeo-Christian world, but Chinese civilization has its own strict God. collide with RaidongFor example, you might be struck by lightning. But he’ll definitely need to get busy throwing more pitches before he can hope to approach Lord’s record.
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