God the Mass-Murderer article

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God-ordered deaths in the Bible amount to 1,862,265 (at least, those with a body count). God-personally followed a bit after with 371,186 (once again, those with a body count - the Flood, for instance, does not have a body count but must considerably inflate this number). Granted, God does not qualify to the level of a Hitler or Stalin, but he's definitely in the category of tyrants. If we count all the mass murders that God has committed through natural disasters (the Plague being a good example), he may pole-vault at the height of atrocity. 16 Cases of People Killed by God 1. ENTIRE WORLD POPULATION EXCEPT NOAH AND SEVEN RELATIVES (Genesis 6, 7) Transgression: Violence, corruption and generalised wickedness. Method of execution: Flood. 2. ENTIRE POPULATIONS OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH EXCEPT LOT, HIS WIFE, AND THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS (Genesis 19) Transgression: Widespread wickedness and lack of respect for the deity. Method of execution: Rain of fire and brimstone. 3. LOT'S WIFE (Genesis 19) Transgression: Looked back. Method of execution: Turned into a pillar of salt. 4. ER (Genesis 38) Transgression: Wickedness. Method of Execution: Unknown. 5. ONAN (Genesis 38) Transgression: Refused to make love to his brother Er's widow. Method of execution: Unknown. 6. ALL THE FIRSTBORN OF EGYPT (Exodus 12) Transgression: Egypt was cruel to the Jews. Method of execution: Unknown. 7. PHARAOH AND THE EGYPTIAN ARMY (Exodus 14) Transgression: Pursued the Jews. Method of execution: Drowned. 8. NADAB AND ABIHU (Leviticus 10) Transgression: Offered strange fire. Method of execution: Fire. 9. KORAH, DATHAN, ABIRAM AND THEIR FAMILIES (Numbers 16) Transgression: Rejected authority of Moses and started own congregation. Method of execution: Swallowed by earth. 10. 250 FOLLOWERS OF KORAH (Numbers 16) Transgression: Supported Korah. Method of execution: Fire. 11. 14,700 ISRAELITES (Numbers 16) Transgression: Murmured against Moses and his brother Aaron following execution of Korah and his supporters. Method of execution: Plague. 12. UNKNOWN NUMBER OF RETREATING AMORITE SOLDIERS (Joshua 10) Transgression: Fought the Israelites. Method of execution: Hailstones. 13. UZZAH (2 Samuel 6) Transgression: Touched the ark of God after oxen shook it while pulling it on a cart. Method of execution: Unknown. 14. 70,000 PEOPLE (2 Samuel 24) Transgression: King David ordered a census of the population. Method of execution: Plague. 15. 102 SOLDIERS OF KING AHAZIAH (2 Kings 1) Transgression: Tried to capture Elijah the Tishbite. Method of execution: Fire. 16. ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA (Acts 5) Transgression: Land fraud. Method of execution: Unknown.