"Kill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone and you are a God." -Jean Rostand

Just for some laughs, I figured I'd put up this list to pass some time. Below is just a percentage of the people killed by God, or at his bidding. I consider myself Paganistic/Christian, meaning I combine both, but this list below makes me proud to be a Roman Catholic. Again, a thanks to Steven for bringing this to my attention.

  • The entire population of the earth except for eight survivors (Genesis 7:23).

  • Every inhabitant of Sodom and Gomorrah except for one family (Genesis 19:24).

  • Every first born of Egypt (Exodus 12:29).

  • All the hosts of the Pharaoh, including the captains of 600 chariots (Exodus 14:27,28).

  • Amalek and his people (Exodus 17:11,16).

  • 3,000 Israelites (Exodus 32:27).

  • 250 Levite princes who had challenged the leadership of Moses (Numbers 16:140).

  • 14,700 Jews in a plague who had rebelled against Moses following the killing of the princes (Numbers 16:4149).

  • All the people of Bashan, including the king Og (Numbers 21:32-36).

  • 24,000 Israelites who lived with Moabite women (Numbers 25:4,9).

  • All the males, kings, and nonvirgin females of the Midianites. (Numbers 31:7-18).

  • The Ammonites (Deuteronomy 2:1921).

  • The Horims (Deuteronomy 2:22).

  • All the citizens of Jericho, except for a prostitute and her family (Joshua 6:17-25).

  • 12,000 citizens of Ai. (Joshua 8: 25)

  • Joshua hung the king on a tree. (Joshua 8: 29).

  • All the people of Makkedah (Joshua 10:28).

  • All the people of Libnah (Joshua 10:29,30)

  • All the people of Gezer (Joshua 10:33).

  • All the people of Lachish (Joshua 10:32).

  • All the people of Eglon (Joshua 10:34, 35).

  • All the people of Hebron (Joshua 10:36, 37).

  • 50,000 men for looking into a forbidden "ark" (1 Sam. 6:19)

  • 42 children killed by bears for teasing a bald guy. (2 Kings 2: 23)

  • 70,000 Israelites by pestilence. (1Chron. 21:14)

  • 120,000 Judeans (II Chronicles 28).

  • 75,000 Persians (Esther 9:16).

  • Discriminate slaughter. (Ezekial 9: 6)