Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 09:00:39AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> There is great debate as to whether the Hebrew says "kill" or "murder". >> >> Since, in the Old Testament, YHWH (the Tetragrammaton, or Name of >> God) both in Law and for conquest tells the Israelites to kill >> people, it is logical that the constraint is against "murder" >> (illegal killing), not generralized "killing". >> > Especially considering that the Ten Commandments were given to the > individual (the KJV uses the "thou" second person pronoun, which is > plainly targetting the individual). Additionally, the Mosaic law has > provisions for killing self-defense, leading to the conclusion that at > least some killing, under some cricumstances, is sanctioned by God. > That is also why it is not incompatible to be a Christian and also serve > in the military or be a police officer.
This is the same reasoning/justification given by Jihadists. If who and when you can kill is open to interpretation then someone/somewhere/sometime will justify it in the name of "god"'s command(ment). Cheers, /SB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
