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We start with this first trivia question. The first person to get it right, makes up the next trivia question. And so on...

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Who was the King of Assyria during the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign?
 
Rose of Sharon said:
The Rules:

We start with this first trivia question. The first person to get it right, makes up the next trivia question. And so on...

READY?


Who was the King of Assyria during the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign?

King Sennacherib?
 
Saurasenas said:
Rose of Sharon said:
The Rules:

We start with this first trivia question. The first person to get it right, makes up the next trivia question. And so on...

READY?


Who was the King of Assyria during the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign?

King Sennacherib?

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Yeah!!!!!!!! You got it. Now your turn. :biggrin
 
No one wants to play the game? okay, I'll try again.

How about this question.


Who was it that put the idea in David's head to take a census of all the fighting men of Israel? The census that upset God so much that he punished David by killing 70,000 innocent bystanders.
 
Rose of Sharon said:
No one wants to play the game? okay, I'll try again.

How about this question.


Who was it that put the idea in David's head to take a census of all the fighting men of Israel? The census that upset God so much that he punished David by killing 70,000 innocent bystanders.

I suppose this is refering to 2 Samuel 24:1 and 1 Chronicles 21:1. In 2 Sam. 24:1 is it said that the Lord caused David to number Israel "And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah." However in 1 Chron. 21:1 is it said that "... Satan ... provoked David to number Israel." Charles C. Ryrie writes, "One account says the Lord did while the other says Satan did. But why does this have to be a conflict? Could not both the Lord and Satan have been involved? They have been in other matters. Paul said that the Lord sent a messenger from Satan to keep Paul from exalting himself (2 Cor. 12:7). Certainly the Lord and Satan are involved in activities that lead to Armageddon. Why not here also? Such a simple solution makes even the suggestion of a contradiction seem incredible. "

This is a trick question, but I guess the answer would be both God and Satan?
 
Rose of Sharon said:
Heathen said:
In the Bible, who kills more people - God or Satan?


I don't know, but God's plague kills 24,000 - Num 25:9
God's plague kills 23,000 - 1 Cor 10:8.

And the rest! :angel:

Killed by God

? -- Drowned everyone in the whole world except for Noah and his family (Genesis 7)
1 -- Saltified Lot's wife (Genesis 19:26)
? -- Burned all of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah (except for "good" Lot who offered his virgin daughters to a mob of men and then slept with both of them himself later)
1 -- Slew Er, Judah's firstborn son (Genesis 38:7)
1 -- Killed Er's brother, Onan because he spilled semen on the ground so as not to conceive offspring for his brother's wife whom he was forced to marry (Genesis 38:9-10)
? -- The firstborn in all of Egypt (Exodus 12:29)
? -- Drowned the pharoah and all of his gang in the Red Sea (Exodus 14:26-28)
2 -- Nadab and Abihu for making a fire
? -- Burned some Jews for complaining
? -- Sent a plague against Jews for being greedy
11 -- Sent a plague on Jews who gave the chosen land a bad report
? -- Korah and other Jews who didn't like Moses
? -- The Lord causes the earth to open and swallow up the men and
their families because they had been rebellious (Numbers 16:27-33)
250 -- A fire from the Lord consumes 250 men (Numbers 16:35)
14,700 -- Sent a plague on Jews apparently for the hell of it (Numbers 16:49)
"many" -- Sent serpents on Jews (Numbers 21:6)
24,000 -- Plague killed Jews who followed Baal (Numbers 25:9)
? -- Philistines
50,070 -- Jews who looked in the ark of the covenant (1 Samuel 6:19)
1 -- Nabal for scorning David
1 -- Uzzah for touching the ark when trying to keep it from falling
1 -- David and Bathsheba's child
70,000 -- Sent a pestilence because David sinned (2 Samuel 24:15)
51 -- Fire from heaven consumes the prophets of Baal (2 Kings 1:10-12)
102 -- Sent fire down on Ahaziah's men
42 -- Sent bears to kill children who mocked Elisha (2 Kings 2:23-24)
? -- Sent lions to kill invaders
185,000 -- Assyrians (2 Kings 19:35)
80,000 -- Lots of bad Israelites
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399,933 + ? -- Total killed by God!


Killed on God's orders by his followers

? -- Jacob's sons killed every man in Shechem
3,000 -- Jews worshipping the golden calf (Exodus 32:27-29)
1 -- Man gathering wood on the Sabbath Day (Numbers 15:32-36)
? -- Canaan (Numbers 21:3)
? -- The Lord commands Moses to kill the people and expose them in broad daylight so that the Lord's anger may be turned away from Israel (Numbers 25:4)
? -- Took the city of Heshbon from the Amorites
? -- All of the people of Bashan
? -- All Midianites except for the virgin girls (Numbers 31:17-18)
? -- The Israelites destroy the men, women, and children of Sihon leaving no survivors after the Lord gave them over to them (Deuteronomy 2:33-34)
? -- The Israelites destroy the men, women, and children of Og after the Lord gave them over to them (Deuteronomy 3:6)
? -- Everyone in Jericho but Rahab, a hooker who betrayed her city (Joshua 6:21-27)
? -- Achan and his family (who had nothing to do with it) for stealing (Joshua 7:19-26)
12,000 -- Joshua utterly smites the people of Ai with the God's approval (Joshua 8:22-25)
? -- Everyone in the cities of Ai, Amalek, Makkedah, Libnath, Lachish, Egnolites,
Jarmuth, Geder, Hebronites, Debirites, Hormah, Arad, Addellam, Bethel,
Tappuah, Hepher, Apheh, Lasheron, Madon, Tasnach, Megiddo, Kedesh,
Jokneam, Dor, Goiim, Terzah, Gibeonites and all of the Amorites.
10,000 -- Canaanites of Bezek (Judges 1:4)
10,000 -- The Israelites kill the Moabites with the help of the Lord (Judges 3:29)
? -- The people of Jerusalem, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai
? -- The people of Zephath, Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and the king of Moab, Eglon.
? -- The army of Sisera and the men of Karkor
? -- Jephthah destroyed 20 cities
30 -- The Spirit of the Lord comes Samson and causes him to slay thirty men
(Judges 14:19)
1000 -- Under the Spirit of the Lord, Samson slays 1000 men with the jawbone of an ass (Judges 15:15)
3000 -- Samson, with the help of the Lord, pulls down the pillars of the Philistine house and causes his own death and that of 3000 other men and women (Judges 16: 27-30)
50,100 -- The men of the tribe of Benjamin (Judges 20:35, 43-48)
? -- The tribe of Jabesh-gilead
? -- The Ammonites, the Philistines and the Amelekites
331,269 -- David killed a whole bunch of people
3 -- Solomon killed a few people too
? -- All of Jeroboam's extended family
? -- All of Baasha's extended family
450 -- Prophets of Baal
793,000 -- All Jewish Baal-followers
127,000 -- Arameans slain by the Israelites with the help of the Lord (1 Kings 20:28-30)
1 -- Man who wouldn't strike a prophet
? -- Moabites
172 -- Jezebel, Ahab's sons, Joram, their priests, and their friends
142 -- Ahaziah's relatives
? -- The sacrifice of the firstborn of Israel so that the Lord might horrify them.
? -- All of Baal's followers
1 -- Athaliah for killing sons
1 -- Mattan the Baal priest
10,002 -- Edomites and two servents
? -- All of the pregnant women in Tirzah
20,000 -- Hezekiah killed a bunch of people
500,000 -- Israelites killed each other
50,000 -- Ethiopians
23,000 -- Seerites
510 -- Haman's army
75,300 -- More of the army
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2,017,956 + ? -- Total killed by God's followers under his orders!

So the grand total comes to:

399,933 Killed by God
+ 2,017,956 Killed by God’s followers
= 2,417,889 + ? people killed by God and his followers under his orders PLUS an unknown amount which probably number into the millions, including the whole world at the time of Noah, and over 60 whole cities!


Now let's have a little look at who Satan killed.

Umm...

? -- Satan killed Job's children (after God gave him permission to.)

:fadein:

Thanks to http://www.angelfire.com/ky/nogod/deathtoll.html for those stats! :B-fly:
 
So, because God created us, he can do whatever he damn well wants? Isn't that somewhat abusing his power? Isn't that slightly corrupt? Futhermore, doesn't that directly contradict the all-loving God statement?
 
So, because God created us, he can do whatever he damn well wants?
Yes He can but He lets us have free will and make our own choices.
Isn't that somewhat abusing his power?
No He doesn't abuse His power...you are still breathing aren't ya?
Did God create your problems or did you? Do you think God has been unmerciful to you in some way? Most of our problems we bring on our self by not living according to the standards God gave us to live by. Then when we self destruct we blame God.
Futhermore, doesn't that directly contradict the all-loving God statement?
Actually no. The bible clearly tells us that God does NOT love everything. He hates corrupt, depraved, arrogent , prideful, rebellious, disobediant, charateristics in humanity. I think the one thing that will stir God to wrath faster than anything else is for man to think he has no need for God..."pride". Even still he is slow to anger....it's His will that all of us would know Him, love Him and fellowship with Him, if only we would.
 
destiny said:
So, because God created us, he can do whatever he damn well wants?
Yes He can but He lets us have free will and make our own choices.
[quote:1f9d5] Isn't that somewhat abusing his power?
No He doesn't abuse His power...you are still breathing aren't ya?
Did God create your problems or did you? Do you think God has been unmerciful to you in some way? Most of our problems we bring on our self by not living according to the standards God gave us to live by. Then when we self destruct we blame God.
Futhermore, doesn't that directly contradict the all-loving God statement?
Actually no. The bible clearly tells us that God does NOT love everything. He hates corrupt, depraved, arrogent , prideful, rebellious, disobediant, charateristics in humanity. I think the one thing that will stir God to wrath faster than anything else is for man to think he has no need for God..."pride". Even still he is slow to anger....it's His will that all of us would know Him, love Him and fellowship with Him, if only we would.[/quote:1f9d5]

First of all, if it wasn't clear enough from my name, I do not believe in the Judeo-Christian God, so my argument is hypothetical.

You said that God gives us free-will, yet doesn't that directly contradict the idea of an omniscient and omnipotent God? If every thing is God's will, as in a divine plan, then everything is already planned out and we cannot have free-will after all.

To address your second paragraph I want to reiterate that my argument was hypothetical, and I do not accept the Judeo-Christian God. With this in mind your point is pretty much nada because I don't believe God created me in the first place. Yes, I think a lot of the problems today are caused by man, but not because man is 'sinful'.

You then say "Most of our problems we bring on our self by not living according to the standards God gave us to live by." which goes back to the original point of my posting that list. Firstly, if God has hate as you say, then he cannot be perfect because hate is an imperfection. Furthermore, to address the line I quoted you on earlier and your final paragraph; are you sure we don't live by God's standards? God espouses, condones and commits genocide, homophobia, murder, infanticide, slavery, racism, rape and kidnapping. If God can do all this, shouldn't we be emulating him? The Bible may say Thou Shalt Not Kill - but He certainly doesn't practise this!
 
First of all, if it wasn't clear enough from my name, I do not believe in the Judeo-Christian God, so my argument is hypothetical.
Then I take it when you say my God .....
" espouses, condones and commits genocide, homophobia, murder, infanticide, slavery, racism, rape and kidnapping," that you are just being hypothetical.
So because your argument is a "supposed" argument (which is obvious) then I would have to tell you that concerning my God you dont have a clue as to what you are talking about because you dont know my God or understand His reasoning.
Firstly, if God has hate as you say, then he cannot be perfect because hate is an imperfection.
Say you know a person who is extrememly arrogant and you hate this characteristic about them....would you consider that to be something that would make you imperfect? I would think not.
You said that God gives us free-will, yet doesn't that directly contradict the idea of an omniscient and omnipotent God? If every thing is God's will, as in a divine plan, then everything is already planned out and we cannot have free-will after all.
God gives us free will to make our own choices although he knows the ultimate outcome of those choices he doesn't manipulate us like puppets, he lets us make them. A lot of the choices we make are not His will but he always lets us choose. We map out our own life, either with Him(allowing his will in it) or apart from Him(following our own will).
To address your second paragraph I want to reiterate that my argument was hypothetical, and I do not accept the Judeo-Christian God. With this in mind your point is pretty much nada because I don't believe God created me in the first place.
If my points are nada then what are yours? :-?
 
destiny said:
First of all, if it wasn't clear enough from my name, I do not believe in the Judeo-Christian God, so my argument is hypothetical.
Then I take it when you say my God .....
" espouses, condones and commits genocide, homophobia, murder, infanticide, slavery, racism, rape and kidnapping," that you are just being hypothetical.
So because your argument is a "supposed" argument (which is obvious) then I would have to tell you that concerning my God you dont have a clue as to what you are talking about because you dont know my God or understand His reasoning.

I have to admit I have no idea what you're talking about but I'm going to try and address your point anyway. Basically you're getting off on the fact I used the word 'hypothetical'. When using it I was refering to the stats I posted on the numbers of people God's killed. Obviously I was being hypothetical, and assuming God did exist for the sake of argument. If you like, I was temporarily assuming the Christian stance. When I say your God espouses, condones and commits genocide, homophobia, murder, infanticide, slavery, racism, rape and kidnapping, I am of course talking about what is quoted in the Bible, after all, it is the only record of the Christian God. So as for your "because you dont know my God or understand His reasoning" I don't need to, as I got all the 'facts' from the Bible and haven't even stated my opinions.

I would deem any form of 'hate' as an 'imperfection'.
 
I edited my post while you were responding...I addressed the "hate" comment already, if you go back and look.
 
You can't say humans have free-will and at the same time believe in an omnipotent, omniscient God. They are relative contradictions and cannot both be correct.
 
Heathen said:
You can't say humans have free-will and at the same time believe in an omnipotent, omniscient God. They are relative contradictions and cannot both be correct.
God can do whatever He wants to do and if He wants to give free will then He can. Isn't that what some of being omnipotent is all about?
He chooses not to intervene with our will!!
 
destiny said:
Heathen said:
You can't say humans have free-will and at the same time believe in an omnipotent, omniscient God. They are relative contradictions and cannot both be correct.
God can do whatever He wants to do and if He wants to give free will then He can. Isn't that what some of being omnipotent is all about?
He chooses not to intervene with our will!!

You missed my point entirely. To be omniscient means to be all-knowing - correct? If God is all-knowing then he already knows what's going to happen. He knows who is going to convert and who is not. Therefore it must already be planned - it's 'God's divine plan'. God's will and free will cannot possibly exist together. Please don't make me repeat it again. :fadein:
 
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