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Congolese and Rwandan children, victims of the fighting
and genocide. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
A Christian clergyman, Emanuel Uwayezu, has been arrested in Italy for "complicity" in acts of genocide in Rwanda.
Uwayezu is accused of genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, complicity in genocide and crimes against humanity. It's believed he encouraged members of the Hutu tribe to attack and kill members of the Tutsis tribe.
Emanuel Uwayezu has been living in Italy since 1997 under an alias. For the last 12 years he's been working as a vicar at the Church of Empoli near Florence.
Could it be that "Reverend" Uwayezu got his example to promote genocide from the Bible? We all know that actions speak louder than words. At Exodus11:7 we see the Bible god (I don't believe that God, the Creator of the Universe, had/has anything to do with the Bible) taking the first step required for genocide by telling Moses he "puts a difference between the Egyptians and Israel." This is in line with Deuteronomy 7:6 in which the writers of the Bible have their Bible god saying the Hebrews are "above all people that are upon the face of the earth." This false sense of superiority can only bring about violence, death and genocide as we see in the Middle East today.
Not only do we see the Bible god telling Moses he favors Israel over Egypt, prior to that statement, at Exodus 11:4-6 the Bible god speaks through Moses and says that about midnight he will kill all the firstborn in Egypt, from the Pharaoh on the throne to the "maidservent that is behind the mill." Not content with just killing thousands and thousands of children and adults, the Bible god says he will also kill the firstborn of the animals, as well! And to show there is no need to have a reason for killing, Exodus 11:10 explains that the Bible god "hardened Pharaoh's heart" so he would not do what was being demanded of him, to let the Hebrews go. It seems the Bible god was just set on genocide and nothing was going to change that.
Deuteronomy 3:3 gives another great example of genocide for clergymen to follow. It has the Israelis saying, "So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: we smote him until none was left of him remaining." Then at 3:6 the Israelis boast, "And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city."
There are many other cases on genocide in the Bible. Based on the Bible, I can see where Jews and Christians would think that genocide is just another tool of their Bible god.
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