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How Many People Did God Murder in the Bible? Genesis & Exodus

How many people and animals did God kill in the Bible? Let's try to count. In the book of Genesis, God promises Adam and Eve that if they eat fruit from the "Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil" they will die. They don't die that same day, but theologians say that it causes their spiritual death and/or that it causes their eventual physical death. I am not going to count this as it would include every human that was created. It could be argued that God created every human on earth and planned their deaths. That could be considered murder, but for the sake of this list, I will only include the deaths that are recorded as being a direct result of God in the storytelling of the Bible. The worldwide flood is the first example of godly genocide in the Bible. But while the Bible mentions the number of people who were saved in the flood, it doesn't mention the number of people that God drowned. If you search around for apologists' calculations (people who actually...
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Bible Verses that Say it All: Women

Bible Verses that Say it All: Regarding Women 1 Corinthians 11:3 NIV "But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God." 1 Corinthians 11:8-10 NIV "For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; neither was man created for woman, but woman for man." 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 NIV "Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church." Ephesians 5:22-24 NIV "Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything." 1 Timothy 2:11-15 NIV "A...
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Jesus Was a Racist

There was a time in my life where I loved Jesus. I believed he was the best, most divine person ever to walk the earth. I believed he is 100% God and 100% man. So, the way I read the scripture was based on this belief. Every word that I read was through the lens of "Jesus is perfect. He is perfect love in action." Therefore, he can do nothing wrong.  Now, when I read the Bible. I read it through the lens of curiosity. What can I learn now that I would not have let myself learn then? I take the stories at face value, at their true value (within the context of the ancient time period and the rest of scripture).  Let's read a story together with fresh eyes.  Matthew 15:21-28 NIV  Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.” Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged hi...
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