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

[Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@connexer.com>]

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.

Regards,

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sánchez
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