Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone?

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Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone?

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RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone?

October 26, 2014 at 9:15 pm

If he fought all his battles, where would he get offerings? He needs to let his minions do some fighting so they can praise him afterwards and offer him bloody spoils.

Or maybe because the initial idea of Yahweh was not an omnipotent creator, but a war god in a pantheon that was basically the Babylonian version of Ares. Look up Canaanite pantheon. It puts things into perspective.

Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Christian - October 26, 2014 at 8:23 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Chas - October 26, 2014 at 8:28 pm

Re: RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by KUSA - October 26, 2014 at 8:45 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Violet - October 26, 2014 at 9:47 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Elskidor - October 26, 2014 at 8:47 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Chad32 - October 26, 2014 at 9:15 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by dyresand - October 26, 2014 at 9:25 pm

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RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by dyresand - October 27, 2014 at 8:29 am

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Violet - October 27, 2014 at 2:47 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Aoi Magi - October 27, 2014 at 3:29 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Violet - October 27, 2014 at 3:36 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Minimalist - October 26, 2014 at 9:50 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Christian - October 26, 2014 at 9:54 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Minimalist - October 26, 2014 at 10:27 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Chad32 - October 26, 2014 at 10:44 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Anomalocaris - October 27, 2014 at 8:35 am

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Fidel_Castronaut - October 27, 2014 at 7:48 am

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by RobbyPants - October 27, 2014 at 10:34 am

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by dyresand - October 27, 2014 at 2:05 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Aoi Magi - October 27, 2014 at 2:14 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 27, 2014 at 2:44 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Chad32 - October 27, 2014 at 3:21 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Violet - October 27, 2014 at 3:32 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Aoi Magi - October 27, 2014 at 3:35 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Violet - October 27, 2014 at 3:40 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by abaris - October 27, 2014 at 3:39 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Aoi Magi - October 27, 2014 at 3:53 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Violet - October 27, 2014 at 4:34 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Chad32 - October 27, 2014 at 3:58 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Aoi Magi - October 27, 2014 at 4:01 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Jackalope - October 27, 2014 at 7:14 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Chad32 - October 27, 2014 at 4:09 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Cyberman - October 28, 2014 at 2:05 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Chas - October 28, 2014 at 2:08 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Cyberman - October 28, 2014 at 2:11 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Wyrd of Gawd - October 28, 2014 at 11:50 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Aoi Magi - October 27, 2014 at 4:22 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Chad32 - October 27, 2014 at 4:30 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Jackalope - October 27, 2014 at 7:17 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Mister Agenda - October 27, 2014 at 4:22 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Wyrd of Gawd - October 28, 2014 at 3:47 am

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by LastPoet - October 28, 2014 at 4:18 am

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by Aoi Magi - October 28, 2014 at 4:22 am

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by The Valkyrie - October 28, 2014 at 2:08 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by ThomM - October 28, 2014 at 9:26 pm

RE: Why does God use an army to fight, when He Could Do it alone? - by dyresand - October 29, 2014 at 12:00 am

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