Nahum
Introduction

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Cruelty and Violence
Absurdities
Injustice
Contradictions
Science and History
Language
Women
Intolerance
Family Values
Sex
Good Stuff

Nahum for Skeptics

There's not much new in Nahum. God continues to behave in a way that would be unacceptable for any human. But God can get away with anything.

Here are a few highlights.

• God is jealous and gets furious. 1:2

• Whirlwinds, tornadoes, earthquakes, and fires are caused by God and are signs of his anger. He dries up oceans and rivers, melts mountains, and throws stones. 1:3-6

• He doesn't just get even. He drowns his enemies. 1:8

• There is "much pain in all loins." 2:10

• God will "discover thy skirts upon thy face ... show the nations thy nakedness ... and will cast abominable filth upon thee." 3:4

• God punished Nineveh by enslaving the people and smashing the little children in the streets. 3:10

• "Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women." I guess this ("You're all just a bunch of women.") was the biggest insult God could think of at the moment. 3:13

• God says that "the fire shall devour thee, the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm." 3:15