I'm not joking. In Deuteronomy 20:10 - 20, God tells the people of Israel to kill everything that breathes, in some cases, or to just kill all able-bodied males in the cities he gives to "his people" - then steal all the women, kids, animals, Ouija boards, and Vicodin.
Then, in verse 19, god says, "don't cut down the trees that bear fruit". What is the reason? Because you are not besieging the freaking trees...just the peeps. Kill the peeps, keep the trees - unless of course, the trees don't bear fruit. Then slice and dice 'em.
There is so much here that is wrong. But, suffice it to say that God cares more about trees than he does you, once you get on his bad side. And getting on his bad side is pretty much up to his interpretation. In this case, the people were merely in the wrong because they were squatting on land that that god wanted for "his people".
God is a god of love - if you're a fruit-bearing tree.
Then, in verse 19, god says, "don't cut down the trees that bear fruit". What is the reason? Because you are not besieging the freaking trees...just the peeps. Kill the peeps, keep the trees - unless of course, the trees don't bear fruit. Then slice and dice 'em.
There is so much here that is wrong. But, suffice it to say that God cares more about trees than he does you, once you get on his bad side. And getting on his bad side is pretty much up to his interpretation. In this case, the people were merely in the wrong because they were squatting on land that that god wanted for "his people".
God is a god of love - if you're a fruit-bearing tree.
