A very common feeling here in America is that terrorism is bad and not the answer, or at least that is the impression i get from the media and politicans, and the public sentiment seems to be against using terrorism to acomplish goals. And who is a terrorist usually depends on the perspective of the viewer. Like one person may view an agent as a terrorist while another views him or her as a freedom fighter or liberator. To me using fear of attacks based on past attacks in order to acmpolish a political goal would be an act of terrorism.
Also the majority of americans seem to claim christianity. But are able to view Moses in a postive light somehow as he is one of the most brutal terrorists ever 'recorded' Moses is considered one of the greatest prophets to ever live but was only able to acomplish anything by using terror. Currently christians and jews come out very publicly against modern day terrorism, implying it to be an ismalic problem, but make movies and festivials to celebrate the brutalty of the terror that was inflicted on others by their great prophet. Seems very hypocritical
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.How did Moses use terror?
Cutiebeauty
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Nov 27, 2019
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Passover..... the threat of plagues until political freedom from Egypt.....
@Mollywhop the plagues were a result of the Pharaoh's refusal to "let my people go", not as a political issue... But an issue of freeing the slaves... And Moses, if we stick to the actual fable, was acting as gods representive not for a state or country...
Moses used terrorism on his own people, and against those who he perceived as inferior. If you discount the plagues of Egypt as the work of "god" once in the wilderness, he kept his people prisoner for 40 years for a journey that should have taken 96 hours at most, imposed the ten commandments on them and started publicly executing people for gathering sticks on a sabbath day.
Caused the destruction of the Kingdom of king Balak, because he objected to the Jews living on the border of his country Moab and helping themselves to whatever they wanted. Moses enlisted the sorcerer Ballam to convince Balak that if he attacked the Jews the Syrians would invade his country and kill everyone, apparently this worked and when Jericho fell to Israel Balak was still to frightened to intervene and his Kingdom soon fell.
He raided and terrorised the Midianites (another house of Israel like the Jews, bt who god apparently was not so keen on) and the Amorites to the point where they sued for peace, at which point Moses ordered them to circumcise themselves as a show of faith and while they were incapacitated slaughtered every man and boy, took the girl children as sex slaves and then killed their mothers in front of them to ensure obedience.
He then claimed the city of Jericho for his people and assigned Joshua a war mongering lunatic as his successor because he knew Josh would kill everyone in the city as he Moses ordered (except for one prostitute who he bribed in to helping them).
Moses was an evil git, who fits every definition of a terrorist.
@LenHazell53 where did you get all this from?
@Cutiebeauty The Bible
@LenHazell53 can you provide a starting point?
@Cutiebeauty you don't think slavery is a political issue?? And you don't equate 'let my people go' with political freedom?? Kinda seems like you are trying to get super technical with definitions, though I don't really see the difference.
So your stance is that Moses was not a terrorist? Maybe if you were a citizen of pharoas kingdom you would view it differently..... maybe not..... idk
@Cutiebeauty read the book of Numbers, you'll see why that one is not taught to kids, it is full of wars, god cursing Israel with snakes for being unfaithful, cursing them with the arc, killing renegades, setting up brass idols to become immune to flying snakes that breathed fire, getting water out of stones, eating hallucinogenic "mana" the appointing of Israelite princes who immediately start threatening one another.
If that is not enough try Genesis 38 often regarded as THE most embarrassing chapter in the bible, to get an idea of the mentality that Moses was following
@Cutiebeauty, @Mollywhop It is a stupid story anyway, that according to Egyptian history never happened, but if even for the sake of argument we agree it did, Pharoah three times told Moses they could leave Egypt "But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart and he would not listen" Exodus 9:12.
So basically God told Moses to ask Pharoah to let them go and the the same god told Pharaoh to say yes and then to change his mind three times and say no, and then when Pharoah obeyed god, that same god started cursing the people of Egypt with the plagues.
So even if Moses was not a terrorist Yahweh definitely was.
@LenHazell53 yea not really at all talking about the validity of the story, I was just trying to point out the hypocrisy
@Mollywhop I agree, it is hypocritical and worse is an hypocrisy based on a fantasy that is still celebrated to this day and unfortunately used as a justification for appalling behaviour by jew and gentile alike.
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