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User talk:Steven J. Anderson/Archive 2
That's the title of the English language book or booklet containing that Marxist text which Marxists call On the Jewish Question. But as far as I know, that the only title for that text published as a book in English - in 1959: [2]. --Ludvikus (talk) 04:37, 30 April 2008 (UTC) Check that out! --Ludvikus (talk) 04:49, 30 April 2008 (UTC) Please check the REDIRECT problem in the above. Can you solve it? --Ludvikus (talk) 12:22, 30 April 2008 (UTC) It is still orphaned - so you did not need to apologize to WP editor Mukkadart. I think he (inadvetantly) ophaned this page. --Ludvikus (talk) 18:53, 30 April 2008 (UTC) Hi again. Can you (1) fix the Move & (2) checkout the content: Jewish quesion → The Jewish question
I decided to userfy it because it may have been improved at a later date. However, the WP:ILIKEIT and WP:ITSUSEFUL zombies seem to have prevailed. Neapolitan Sixth (talk) 18:20, 12 May 2008 (UTC) Weasel WordsHi Steven J. Anderson. I would like you to weigh in on the discussion topic of "Weasel Words" on the talk page for AIPAC (talk: American Israel Public Affairs Committee). A user keeps inserting the word "controversial" in the opening paragraph, providing no sources that describe AIPAC as "controversial," only fringe sources that criticize AIPAC. I would appreciate your input when you get a chance. Many thanks. Stanley011 (talk) 17:01, 13 May 2008 (UTC) PersistentIt's hard to demonstrate that it meets the "persistent" requirement unless we give them the chance to do it again (depending on the severity of the offense). If you don't give them the chance to do it again, you also don't give them the chance to do the right thing. Even if they have persisted in the long run by doing the same thing again, it's hard to argue that we're stopping current persistent vandalism when they've only done it once this time. I actually saw someone earlier tonight vandalize after returning from a block but then stop it altogether after a warning. You don't necessarily have to go through level 1, level 2, level 3, and level 4 when it's obvious vandalism, but skipping warnings or jumping straight to level 4 can give the impression that you're trigger-happy and chomping at the bit, looking for a reason to get someone blocked. Doczilla STOMP! 07:50, 28 May 2008 (UTC) Mr. Anderson...Surprised to see me? - TLB (Tick Tock) (Contribs) 22:46, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
Nutcase revisions to talk page?What gives? http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Antisemitism&action=history Please tell me how some of these videos are nutcases? I'm seriously interested in how they are flawed! Maybe I've been seriously mislead? As for the topic--what does the section heading say? And what was the prior contributer asking about? Gee, you did not even let the added reply comment sit on the talk page for more than a few hours! Wikipedia is said not to be censored, but you seem to have proven otherwise--especially for just the talk page discussion. For reference purposes here is the information that you removed:
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This newsletter was automatically delivered by ShepBot because you are a member of the WikiProject. If you would like to opt out of future mailings, please remove your name from this list. Delivered by §hepBot (Disable) on 04:36, 4 July 2008 (UTC) hi Steven, thanks for the editings you have made to Backgammon page, I do agree that first paragraph might be unnecessary, but the text was more older than Shahnameh. Thanks for you carefull editing of the text but when editing you should just edit and you should not make a text of yourself which relatively differs from Original pahlavi text. Thank you for what you have done and I hope you could help me more checking my pages. FarzadFederico (talk) 09:59, 4 July 2008 (UTC) BarnstarThank you Steven. I really appreciate it. I also appreciate your helping out. — Malik Shabazz (talk · contribs) 21:49, 4 July 2008 (UTC) Please help with ShitufI am writing this to you because you have edited articles on Jewish subjects in the past. There is currently an RfC on the talk page of this article [3]. You can view the difference between the contending versions of the article here: [4]. The page is currently protected from editing for 5 days, but the end result of the article depends on what consensus, if any, is reached during those 5 days. Please help with this RfC. -LisaLiel (talk) 22:04, 4 July 2008 (UTC) OR on Ark of the CovenantI was about to revert it but you beat me to it. I've given him a warning about OR (template warning using Twinkle). If he ignores that and does it again today I'm around. Doug Weller (talk) 10:43, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
I don't understand the issueWikipedia is so concerned with removing people deemed "not notable." I did not write about myself, some thing somewhere, or some random thing that happened yesterday; I wrote about an author that is releasing a book in December and is at the very least "notable." If people do not want to look at the pages of non-notable people, I'm not forcing them to go to this page, but people who seek information on Michael Richtner should be able to find it on Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.24.133.221 (talk) 23:22, 8 July 2008 (UTC) Wikipedia is not exactly an encyclopedia, most encyclopedia's are accurate.76.24.133.221 (talk) 23:41, 8 July 2008 (UTC) FredeeeI've looked into the history of the person behind the "Orthodox Jewish" messianic bible. Although the book seems to fit into the microcosm represented in the article, the editor is putting a lot of links into different pages, apparently advertising his work. Not sure the correct course of action here, but that website he keeps linking is problematic. I don't see any neutral scholarly material or presentation anywhere.Tim (talk) 17:05, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
History of IndianaI'm very pleased you've stepped in. Ironically, I am just off to Indiana tonight via North Carolina and won't have access to Wikipedia for over a week, so I hope you can stave off this attempt which could be used as a precedent. Thanks. Doug Weller (talk) 05:41, 29 July 2008 (UTC) IndianaI don't much care which way it reads - I think BC/AD would make more sense, but it's not that important to me. But if you're looking for FA status, you certainly want consistency of usage, which would include either BC/AD or BCE/CE in the article, but not both. I see you fixed that. However, some of the years are linked and some are not. What's up with that? Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 06:15, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
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REPLY As you venturingly reverted my edits in some of the articles, despite earlier edits were fully correct, this seems to be relatively indecent and contentious. Kindly help me educate, citing reasons for this daring act as none of your current edits seems to be arable and I expect your reply now! --Vikaszt (talk) 11:40, 21 August 2008 (UTC) Second Reply Keeping in view of your derogatory remarks, as observed in my talk page, I concluded that even you do not have fertile imaginations, who indirectly swaggers himself as an erudite of English language; remember, since "Man is a bundle of errors", so "to err is human" ( however for the word "arable", I would have to write "fertile" instead, which I admit) and since no man is perfect in this mortal world, how you can be an exception. This I expressly stress on basis of your silliness committed in the article "Wrong turn", a horror movie, in which you shot off yourself as a wiseacre and wrongly reiterated changes for "The group realize": How can it be "realize", despite knowing that group indicated here, or there in the article, is singular. Verbally known, according to the English Present Indefinite Tense, it must be instead as "The group realizes". So, in future, I request you not to judge people or things apparently from the upper level, until you discover exactly their apposite form—this I tell you on brotherly basis and I do not have any personal enmity with you. --Vikaszt (talk) 13:44, 22 August 2008 (UTC) The AfDisn't necessary. I'll tag it for a speedy delete isntead, ok? Thanks. HG | Talk 20:42, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
board game, table game, tableTOP gameSmall error in cross-matching articles, the correct reference should have been to an article called Tabletop games. Is the correct behaviour to cease contributing unless one can do so without error? Is there a way to ensure that I get notified when my entries are removed or amended ? Help gratefully received 81.156.248.136 (talk) 17:54, 25 August 2008 (UTC) questionsQUESTION - Board and Table Game Categories and Cross-references It is not clear from the board game page or any of the other sub-categories that the "top" level is tabletop game. Table game does redirect to tabletop game but the plural table gameS and tabletop gameS do not do so. There is inconsistency in the use of plurals and in the use of noun or verb and variations ie 'ing' and in the use of and / &. ? how does one ensure a viable and acceptable reidrect as well as corrections of this sort. As an example Snakes and Ladders is in Category:Children's board games; Category:Roll-and-move board games; Race games; but not as a Board game nor as a tabletop game. Is this the standard Wikipedia arrangement ? and I have just been much perplexed by the rules on Capital letters. Categories There are almost too many views on this topic. Looking at the game websites which is where many will begin to look for information it is evident that there is a 3-ply or 4-ply categorisation. That is to say by number of PLAYERS; broad CATEGORY; and by CHANCE or MECHANICS and especially for war-game by time PERIOD. Is the assessment of identifying by such a multi-variant schema within the ambit of Wikipedia or the Games Editors Group ? QUESTION How does one arrange such a stub without it being immediately rejected for not meeting existing articles and preferences? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Should these be set up as Stubs? STUB? Board & Table Games - this should be a ?stub making it clear that the Wikipedia arrangement is for Tabletop game from which Board games from which many sub-categories. STUB? Computer games This should be a ?stub making it clear that there are -i- computerised reconstructions of games with the computer as opponent examples - Mah-Jongg, Chess, -ii- computer games ie games which would not exist without the computer examples - Shoot-em-Ups, Pinball, Tetris, Lemmings, Super Mario and others -iii- games where the computer assists by keeping score or acting as dungeon-master examples - Star Wars, Civilization, many wargames. -iv- online games where the computer assists by keeping score and maintaining visuals, characters and scenes. examples Myst and many wargames. -v- STUB? Puzzles are a variety of game primarily for the solo player. There are examples where the puzzler and the puzzlee alternate and some scoring method identifies a winner. The play-action is for a person working on their own. OOPS Recreational mathematics **for which I see there is as yet no article - ooops wrong capitals **is a branch of mathematics which has been massively publicised by Henry Dudeny, Martin Gardner, Sam Loyd and others. A significant number of puzzles have a strong mathematical basis and can be found within the mathematical literature under the Recreational heading. Those puzzles which most strongly have a mathematical basis should be categorised as mathematical puzzles. I do have a very comprehensive list under several sub-categories of this topic. Salisbury-99 (talk) 14:49, 26 August 2008 (UTC) HolocaustThe user is a Holocaust denier. I did the right thing and deleted the post. Please note well, I am one person who can't be bullied--Woogie10w (talk) 23:40, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
RickYou nixed my definition of "rick" citing it wasn't used in any of the articles mentioned. See the description for the second image in the Bourbon whiskey article. I'm going to add back the definition under rick and use just one link this time, as mandated. I'll point to the Bourbon article as a reference. As a favor, instead of nuking a change because you don't like it, perhaps put a mention in my talk or in the discussion for the article so we can hash it out. Thanks. Kaplansa (talk) 03:24, 30 August 2008 (UTC) FPAS RFCAs a participant in the recent discussion at WP:ANI, I thought you should be informed of the new RFC that another user has started regarding FPAS's behavior. Jerry talk ¤ count/logs 15:38, 30 August 2008 (UTC) The Judaism Newsletter
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American Dissident VoicesI think American Dissident Voices is a G10 and have tagged it as such. Now the AfD's started we might have to wait though. WikiScrubber (talk) 05:20, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Worst person bookYour suggestion is fine by me, Steve. Badmintonhist (talk) 01:16, 6 September 2008 (UTC) PalinHey Steven, I noticed your post just now at talk. I'm a bit undecided on the protection issue, and I'm wondering if you've considered how even the talk page is nearly unmanageable at the current level of activity. The article will be extraordinarily difficult to police for outright vandalism, let alone POV-pushing. I can see how the protection level runs counter to the philosophy of the wiki, but I'm concerned that in practice the article would end up totally locked after about 2 min. I'm genuinely curious as to your view. Kaisershatner (talk) 21:44, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Battle of LatrunGreetings, Steven, and thanks for your cleanup edits on the Battle of Latrun page. As you may have gathered or read in past edit summaries and on the discussion page, the article is being translated in stages by Ceedjee, the author of the featured article on this topic in the French Wikipedia. I've undertaken to copyedit the English (including, to some extent, the nomenclature and wikifying). However, it's turned out that my availability to do so in a timely fashion is inadequate, so your help is certainly welcome! May I suggest: if you have content-based queries about unclear wording, please note these on the article's discussion page, which will make others' follow-up easier than searching among edit versions. (I've found it sometimes helps to read the French article in tandem; many of the terms are cognates or faux amis.) Thanks for your help! -- Deborahjay (talk) 05:47, 13 September 2008 (UTC) Hi. I just wanted to let you know that I moved the "Bewitched" section that you removed to the talk page of this article. I don't disagree with your deletion -- I almost did it myself a few months ago -- but I think that if someone comes up with a citation to show the existence of the "common belief" it would probably be sufficient to reinsert the material, and I didn't want it to be lost in the article's history. Just wanted to say that no criticism of your edit is intended. Ed Fitzgerald t / c 22:28, 16 September 2008 (UTC) You were Right About The Template AddFirst, I re-read your reply and you were right about the Template add. That was back in May when I had no idea what a Template was and I almost assuredly thought I was adding to a category or see also list. I would certainly not have added them to the Template had I even known what a Template was then: Mondale had only one brief meeting with Jones, after which he said some nice things, and Carter and Jones met only a few times and exchanged letters thereafter. I would have added an apology to you on the ANI page, but Cirt suggested that I stop continuing the argument on that page section because it was not constructive. I certainly agree with his assessment. Second, I really wish to stop sniping about all of these issues. I'm referring to myself as much as anyone. I was drawn into a nasty battle on the Milk page for which I am partly responsible. The end point being, I'd like to end it. Third, to be clear I do NOT believe in some odd conspiracy re The Peoples Temple. In fact, I expended considerable effort to delete non-sourced crazy conspiracies about the CIA killing all of the Temple members on various pages. Without going into history, I am about as anti-conspiracy theory as it gets.Mosedschurte (talk) 06:24, 18 September 2008 (UTC) Our Messianic FriendI see our friend is back with the Orthodox Jewish Bible. I just noticed that there's no citation for the book. Although I'm reticent to use his site, shouldn't we hang some kind of reference on there? If I get some time (doubtful tonight) I'll try to find something. Maybe HIS site links another site that at least has a reputable looking note. I don't know. Any thoughts? Tim (talk) 00:03, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
Opinion requestedHi Steven. User:PiCo and I are having a bit of a dispute in The Exodus. Much of it has been discussed on the talk page under "Dead Reckoning". As a first step in dispute resolution (second, really, after trying to hash it out ourselves), I was hoping you could drop by and give your opinion. I know you've posted there already, but if you could chime in on the current dispute, it would be very helpful. Thanks. -LisaLiel (talk) 12:17, 24 September 2008 (UTC) IP 80.58.205.101Hi, Steven J. First of all, I want to present myself. I am Spanish, I'm 43 years old and I give lessons of geography and history in institutes of Spain. I have been more than 20 years dedicated to the education. Several weeks ago, a friend encouraged me to take part in Wikipedia. I had used it often, but I hadn't imagined to participate in it. More than 2 weeks ago I tried to register my name to write for the Spanish Wikipedia, but the program told me that my account was annulled by vandalism. I was very surprised, because I had never written before for the encyclopedia. yesterday night was the first time I tried to do it. I couldn't do it in Spanish, but I did it in French and English Wikipedias. My intention was to make interested readers know that there were 2 more books available about some subjects. Beside giving lessons, I've written numerous articles, translated and adapted children books from French to Spanish (Hemma Editions) and written several books. A few months ago I decided to go to the autopublication market to publish my last 2 books. Not many people are interested in 2 books about Jewish history, and the topic is not very profitable. You must remember that companies, also on the publishing market, are mainly interested in money. My books are about the history of the Jewish people, and I've been dedicating more than 6 years in writing those 800 pages, which include more than 2000 notes and bibliographical references. Like almost everybody, when I do something I consider uselful for others, I try to make it known and available. My books include bibliography in Spanish, English and French, these two that more or less I understand and that I have been using constantly to consult works of other authors I thought that mentioning my book in the bibliography of some of the topics included in the books would be a good idea. Why not? In those 800 pages I write about the history of the Jewish people from the beginning to now, with continuous references to religion, relations between judaism and christianity, culture, and many pages about the life of the Jews in Spain, the Holocaust, the Jewish identity or the conflict of Middle East. I can assure you that, as far as I know, not many books treat all these topics on a global way. I'm sure I've committed mistakes in the process of including my books in the bibliography of several articles, because, as I told you, it's the first time I've written for Wikipedia, and because I have very few knowledge of computers. I am a simple and distracted historian, even incapable for driving! What I cannot understand is why you say that a book in Spanish is not useful for English readers. At present, most of students and professionals speak several languages. As I told you before, I have used numerous books in English and in French to write my books, and I would have liked to speak other languages to have used works of other authors. I also want to remind you that, in fact, many Wikipedia articles are written by students, and some of them make mistakes in their collaborations. As for the quality of my work, I think that the books must be read before say something about them. With your way of thinking, as historian I can assure you that the majority of the big creators of the History might not have been known. Most of the great geniuses have had difficulties in their lives. With this I do not want to say that my books are wonderful. Simply, I'd like them to be judged after reading them. I encourage you to read the Introduction of those books. You can do it by Internet. And if you don't speak Spanish, many people in USA can translate it for you. Anyhow, I encourage you to learn languages. In Europe it's very normal to speak several languages. In Spain, for example, there are more than 5 regional languages that people speak normally. In addition, pupils must learn other languages (English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese...) at school. I'll finish soon. Only to ask for pardon -to you and to the other wikiwriters- for the mistakes I've committed. I remember specially one: in one of the articles I accidentally erased a list of books that was not specified in the edit page. I didn't know how to arrange it, and I had a bad time. I encourage you once again to read on Internet the Introduction of my books. You can also find some of my other works writing in Internet my name and surname (Juan Pedro Cavero) or my 2 surnames (Cavero Coll). I've tried to contact a young girl called Jennavecia, but I haven't enough knowledge to do it. She erased my books in the voice "Inquisition", a topic also included in one of my books. With you has been easier to contact, at least for me. I say goodbye encouraging you to write me if you want. My e-mail (redacted for privacy of newer user) And, dear Steven... be careful! I'm writing you with the same computer that yesterday night, but from another place. I don't know, but maybe my IP has changed. Nevertheless I'm the same, although a few older! My best wishes, Juan Pedro Cavero Coll (Spain) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.58.205.52 (talk) 12:18, 11 October 2008 (UTC) I can quote you dozens of passages from the Torah and the Tanakh to justify why "God in Judaism" belongs in "category: fictional murderers": "And at midnight the LORD killed all the firstborn sons in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn son of the captive in the dungeon." (Exodus 12:29-30 NLT) "Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the LORD your God must be put to death. Such evil must be purged from Israel." (Deuteronomy 17:12 NLT) "You should not let a sorceress live." (Exodus 22:17 NAB) "If a man lies with a male as with a women, both of them shall be put to death for their abominable deed; they have forfeited their lives." (Leviticus 20:13 NAB) "A man or a woman who acts as a medium or fortuneteller shall be put to death by stoning; they have no one but themselves to blame for their death." (Leviticus 20:27 NAB) "Whoever strikes his father or mother shall be put to death." (Exodus 21:15 NAB) "All who curse their father or mother must be put to death. They are guilty of a capital offense." (Leviticus 20:9 NLT) "If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death." (Leviticus 20:10 NLT) "A priest's daughter who loses her honor by committing fornication and thereby dishonors her father also, shall be burned to death." (Leviticus 21:9 NAB) "They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul; and everyone who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman." (2 Chronicles 15:12-13 NAB) "If a man still prophesies, his parents, father and mother, shall say to him, "You shall not live, because you have spoken a lie in the name of the Lord." When he prophesies, his parents, father and mother, shall thrust him through." (Zechariah 13:3 NAB) "Suppose you hear in one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you that some worthless rabble among you have led their fellow citizens astray by encouraging them to worship foreign gods. In such cases, you must examine the facts carefully. If you find it is true and can prove that such a detestable act has occurred among you, you must attack that town and completely destroy all its inhabitants, as well as all the livestock. Then you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the street and burn it. Put the entire town to the torch as a burnt offering to the LORD your God." (Deuteronomy 13:13-19 NLT) "But if this charge is true (that she wasn't a virgin on her wedding night), and evidence of the girl's virginity is not found, they shall bring the girl to the entrance of her fathers house and there her townsman shall stone her to death, because she committed a crime against Israel by her unchasteness in her father's house. Thus shall you purge the evil from your midst." (Deuteronomy 22:20-21 NAB) "If your own full brother, or your son or daughter, or your beloved wife, or you intimate friend, entices you secretly to serve other gods ... kill him." (Deuteronomy 13:7-12 NAB) "Anyone who blasphemes the LORD's name must be stoned to death by the whole community of Israel." (Leviticus 24:10-16 NLT) "The false prophets or dreamers who try to lead you astray must be put to death" (Deuteronomy 13:1-5 NLT) "But any prophet who claims to give a message from another god or who falsely claims to speak for me must die.' You may wonder, 'How will we know whether the prophecy is from the LORD or not?' If the prophet predicts something in the LORD's name and it does not happen, the LORD did not give the message. That prophet has spoken on his own and need not be feared." (Deuteronomy 18:20-22 NLT) "So God let them go ahead and do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other's bodies. Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they worshiped the things God made but not the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever. Amen. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relationships with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men and, as a result, suffered within themselves the penalty they so richly deserved. When they refused to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their evil minds and let them do things that should never be done. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, fighting, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They are forever inventing new ways of sinning and are disobedient to their parents. They refuse to understand, break their promises, and are heartless and unforgiving. They are fully aware of God's death penalty for those who do these things, yet they go right ahead and do them anyway. And, worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too." (Romans 1:24-32 NLT) "...anyone who works on the Sabbath must be put to death." (Exodus 31:12-15 NLT) "From there Elisha went up to Bethel. While he was on his way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him. "Go up baldhead," they shouted, "go up baldhead!" The prophet turned and saw them, and he cursed them in the name of the Lord. Then two shebears came out of the woods and tore forty two of the children to pieces." (2 Kings 2:23-24 NAB) "And he smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah, he smote of the people seventy men, `and' fifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because Jehovah had smitten the people with a great slaughter." (1Samuel 6:19-20 ASV) "Meanwhile, the LORD instructed one of the group of prophets to say to another man, "Strike me!" But the man refused to strike the prophet. Then the prophet told him, "Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, a lion will kill you as soon as you leave me." And sure enough, when he had gone, a lion attacked and killed him." (1 Kings 20:35-36 NLT) "Uzzah reached out his hand to the ark of God to steady it, for the oxen were making it tip. But the Lord was angry with Uzzah; God struck him on that spot, and he died there before God." (2 Samuel 6:3-7 NAB) "Make ready to slaughter his sons for the guilt of their fathers..." (Isaiah 14:21 NAB) "...And if they give birth, I will slaughter their beloved children." (Hosea 9:11-16 NLT) "Then I heard the LORD say to the other men, "Follow him through the city and kill everyone whose forehead is not marked. Show no mercy; have no pity! Kill them all – old and young, girls and women and little children. But do not touch anyone with the mark. Begin your task right here at the Temple." So they began by killing the seventy leaders. "Defile the Temple!" the LORD commanded. "Fill its courtyards with the bodies of those you kill! Go!" So they went throughout the city and did as they were told." (Ezekiel 9:5-7 NLT) "You are my battle-ax and sword," says the LORD. "With you I will shatter nations and destroy many kingdoms. With you I will shatter armies, destroying the horse and rider, the chariot and charioteer. With you I will shatter men and women, old people and children, young men and maidens..." (Jeremiah 51:20-26) "I will release wild animals that will kill your children..." (Leviticus 26:21-22 NLT) (The Lord saves Sampson from standing trial for 30 murders and arson by allowing him to kill 1000 more men.) "When he reached Lehi, and the Philistines came shouting to meet him, the spirit of the Lord came upon him: the ropes around his arms become as flax that is consumed by fire and the bonds melted away from his hands. Near him was the fresh jawbone of an ass; he reached out, grasped it, and with it killed a thousand men." (Judges 15:14-15 NAB) "Cursed be he who does the Lords work remissly, cursed he who holds back his sword from blood." (Jeremiah 48:10 NAB) "I will make Mount Seir utterly desolate, killing off all who try to escape and any who return. I will fill your mountains with the dead. Your hills, your valleys, and your streams will be filled with people slaughtered by the sword. I will make you desolate forever. Your cities will never be rebuilt. Then you will know that I am the LORD." (Ezekiel 35:7-9 NLT) "My angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites; and I will wipe them out." (Exodus 23:23 NAB) "The men of Israel withdrew through the territory of the Benjaminites, putting to the sword the inhabitants of the city, the livestock, and all they chanced upon. Moreover they destroyed by fire all the cities they came upon." (Judges 20:48 NAB) "That night the angel of the Lord went forth and struck down one hundred and eighty five thousand men in the Assyrian camp." (2 Kings 19:35 NAB) "He told them, 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Strap on your swords! Go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other, killing even your brothers, friends, and neighbors.' The Levites obeyed Moses, and about three thousand people died that day. Then Moses told the Levites, 'Today you have been ordained for the service of the LORD, for you obeyed him even though it meant killing your own sons and brothers. Because of this, he will now give you a great blessing.'" (Exodus 32:26-29 NLT) For secondary sources, try The God Delusion and God is not Great. God in Islam and God in Christianity should also be added to the category. Jwray (talk) 18:59, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
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