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To: mnehring
It seems like I have a lot of studying to do. I have always read and heard that the villager that Mattathias killed was basically surrendering to Antiochus’ order. He wasn’t doing something out of freedom but out of fear.

Whether out of freedom or fear the results were the same. It is forbidden to worship false "gxds" (Halakhically Jews are required to die rather than do this), and Mattityahu killed him.

28 posted on 12/02/2010 6:42:10 AM PST by Zionist Conspirator (Vayo'mer Par`oh 'el-`avadayv; "Hanimtza' khazeh, 'ish 'asher ruach 'Eloqim bo?")
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To: Zionist Conspirator

>>”It is forbidden to worship false “gxds” (Halakhically Jews are required to die rather than do this), and Mattityahu killed him. “

Not to begin an argument, but as a rhetorical question, meant to provoke thought and introspection: Jewish people do not worship, today, as required by the Hebrew Bible. Even though one can say that it is no longer possible, such worship is still required. Is the casuistry making this possible intellectually and spiritually satisfying?

[This is not a condemnation: very few Christians bother to follow their own scriptures, either.]

DG


36 posted on 12/02/2010 11:53:34 AM PST by DoorGunner
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