Re: [OT] Good, evil and religion [WAS] Re: A way to compile 3rd party modules into deb system?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

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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!

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