(December 3, 2013 at 9:15 pm)Chad32 Wrote: I think it says they tare forty and two of them, instead of killing them, but even if you say they definitely lived, this is still a guy sending bears to terrorize children for calling someone bald. Given that he's all too happy to have people killed for not worshipping him, I doubt the bears let them live.
Wrong.
It does not say 'sending bears because' they called him bald.
Elisha didn't call the bears. The bears were already there in the woods. They were probably just as annoyed by the delinquent, abusive, noisy kids as Elisha was.
If I said...look everybody! A miracle. Elisha speaks bear language and commands them to attack, you would either;
a) claim a naturalistic explanation - wild bears attacking conspicuous prey.
b) deny the event even happened
