Those Bad Israelis ..

.... no doubt this is their fault, too..

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7090572.stm

D.

 

They used to be worse.

In Dueteronomy chapter 7, God commands the Isrealites to 'utterly
destroy' seven nations that were greater and mightier than they were.
Joshua says that they did exactly as commanded. According to Joshua's
census, the Isrealites numbered approximately 2.5 million. So, if the
Bible is to be believed, the Hebrews extinquished seven nations
numbering more than 17.5 million persons.

 

Yeah, we fuckin' rocked, eh?

D.

 

Getting your whinge in first?

 

It's always wise.

D.

 

Wikipedia gives an estimated global human population of 27 million in
around 2000BC, rising to 50 million a thousand years later. By
interpolation, this gives a global population around the time of
Deuteronomy of roughly 35-40 million.

So, by these numbers, the Israelites slaughtered something in the region
of 50% of the entire global population during their rampages. Makes 6
million out of 2.3 billion look rather tame in comparison.

They were, however, only following orders.