On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 02:18 +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 01:06:11PM +0900, Clemens Schwaighofer wrote: > > > > > > True, the Koran just invites to kill your ennemy bloodily, that's very > > > different... > > > > Thats wrong, thats just an interpretion. > > I wonder how could text be written such that the question wether it invites > to kill someone bloodily is open to interpretation. Are there other places in the Koran that say different things? An example from the Bible: the Old Testament says that homosexuals must be stoned to death, but many times, it says, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." The true Christian response, *IMHO*, would be, "love the sinner, hate the sin", since ROMANS 13:9 <QUOTE> 9 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bear false witness," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." </QUOTE> But, exegesis is a thorny topic, and really shouldn't be on d-devel. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "There's nothing wrong with the average person that a good psychiatrist can't exaggerate." Toronto Star Newspaper
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