-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/09/07 19:10, SB wrote: > 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).
That was "handled" in a different threadlet: if you know your Bible well, and hear a "Christian" preach things that go against the Golden Rule and the Great Commandments, then you know that that person is preaching heresy. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGQm5VS9HxQb37XmcRAg71AKDLnv2rXQjuk/pYeEhmgSxP7/B3fACgyF8I 1d1weGyXLijs1s/yNGPpcoA= =KuUs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
