Joel
Introduction

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Absurdities
Injustice
Cruelty and Violence
Science and History
Contradictions
Family Values
Prophecy
Interpretation
Intolerance
Good Stuff

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Joel: Cruelty and Violence

1. "A fire devoureth before them ... nothing shall escape."
   On "the day of the Lord", everything and everyone will be burned to death. 2:3

2. "The people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness." 2:6

3. People will try to commit suicide but will not be able to. 2:8

4. "Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears." 3:10

5. "Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness." 3:19