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Without wishing to seem rude, they clearly weren't paying very much attention to the "Thou shall not kill" bit of the bible!
by cmsj 12y ago
Without wishing to seem rude, they clearly weren't paying very much attention to the "Thou shall not kill" bit of the bible!
- Coffeewine 12y agoThis is a common misconception. The injunction is only against unlawful (or more broadly, non socially sanctioned) killings. Killing while engaged in warfare is acceptable by this code.
- zaccus 12y agoIt's not a misconception. It doesn't say "thou shalt not kill unlawfully" or "thou shalt not kill without social sanction". It says "thou shalt not kill". Period. Nowhere in the Bible is any condition or qualification placed on this commandment. Reconciling this commandment with all the killing in the Bible that God has no problem with is not as easy as you want it to be.
- ArkyBeagle 12y agoThere is an anthropological theory that religion itself ( as we know it ) was an invented construct to overcome the taboo against shedding blood to facilitate war. Don't think that the bloodshed taboo is all that ancient or quaint; it was a significant concern for , say, 18th century surgeons.