Why Does God Need So Much Praise?

[Huggy Bear]

In the 24th chapter of 2 Samuel god got angry and killed 70,000 men because David held a census to see how many fighting men they had.

A classic example of bible bullshit.  Archaeological surveys indicate that "Jerusalem" ( or whatever it was called at the time ) was a miserable little village with a population in the hundreds rather than the thousands in Iron Age I and II.

If "David" ever saw 70,000 men he would have pissed his loin cloth!

Care to post a reference?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Dan_Stele

The Tel Dan Stele is a broken stele (inscribed stone) discovered in 1993–94 during excavations at Tel Dan in northern Israel. It consists of several fragments making up part of a triumphal inscription in Aramaic, left most probably by Hazael of Aram-Damascus, an important regional figure in the late 9th century BCE. Hazael (or more accurately, the unnamed king) boasts of his victories over the king of Israel and his ally the king of the "House of David" (bytdwd), the first time the name David had been found outside of the Bible. It is one of only four known ancient inscriptions interpreted to mention the term "Israel", the others being the Merneptah Stele, the Mesha Stele, and the Kurkh Monolith.

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/scie...02371.html

The scientists describe Khirbet Summeily as a borderland area between the heartlands of Judah and Philistia. It was originally assumed to be a small Iron Age farmstead. However, the excavation of the bullae and other recent finds indicate a level of political organization previously thought not to exist at that time. “Our dates for the bullae are based on multiple types of evidence we combined to determine a general 10th century B.C. date,” Dr Blakely added.

Dr Hardin said: “we are very positive that these bullae are associated with the Iron Age IIA, which we date to the 10th century BC, and which lends general support to the historical veracity of David and Solomon as recorded in the Hebrew Biblical texts. These appear to be the only known examples of bullae from the 10th century, making this discovery unique.”

“You have either political or administrative activities going on at a level well beyond those typical of a rural farmstead.”

*emphasis mine*