Jehovah's 9/11

I watched a 9/11 ceremony yesterday and was struck with irony at seeing a "God Bless" sign. I found it extremely ironic that these people are asking for the blessing of Jehovah when he supposedly committed the same type of terrorist acts in the past. Moses and Joshua, in the name of Jehovah, indiscriminately killed the men, women and children of the surrounding nations because of what these people believed, the lifestyle they had, and the place where they lived - some of the very reasons we are under attack by Islamic extremists today.

One group believes their god asks men to kill today, the other group believes their god asked men to kill yesterday. The only difference between the fall of the twin towers and the fall of Jericho (and the ensuing genocide) is some 3500 years and the name of the god.

If militant Islam, by some horrific chance, managed to win the war and spread their religion across the globe, who would doubt that the murdering terrorists of 9/11 would be exalted as heroes of the faith with glorious accounts written of their deeds? Future generations would honor these terrorists with the same reverence (and nonchalance) that Christians honor their biblical "heroes".

But Joshua is not a hero. He is a cold blooded murderer of men, women and children. His name should be filth in our ears and stand next to the likes of Adolph Hitler and the terrorists of 9/11. If the people he conquered had been successful in defending their home land and were able to pass down their version of history instead of the one we got, I'm sure his name would be viewed in a much different light.