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"To kill a witch here would be against the law, and therefore immoral. - Danny TN

If it wasn't against modern law to kill you mother, would you also consider killing your mother ok? - Donh

Huh? Your asking me if everything that is not specifically outlawed is ok? Of course not. Conversely, just because killing witches here is against the law, doesn't mean the country isn't morally lapse in allowing witchcraft. But that doesn't mean you should take the law into your own hands.

Just because of the 10 commandments, which you apparently consider just a morally meaningless tribal taboo--like that witch thing. -DonH

I never said the 10 commandments were morally meaningless nor did I say the witch thing was morally meaningless. But "thou shalt not kill" is not an absolute. The Hebrew implies wrongful intent. And the scripture that verse is taken from clearly allows capital punishment, warfare and yes the killing of witches. Therefore there are situations where society can kill, because God gave dominion over the earth to man. And that includes social justice.

Huh? Your asking me if everything that is not specifically outlawed is ok? Of course not. Conversely, just because killing witches here is against the law, doesn't mean the country isn't morally lapse in allowing witchcraft. But that doesn't mean you should take the law into your own hands.

That's not the question that was put to you. The question was, if civil law was consonent with the bible on the question of suffering witches to live, would it be moral for us to kill my 14 year old wikkan neighbor? Lynch mobbery is not being suggested, and not at issue. Good dodging of the question, though.

I never said the 10 commandments were morally meaningless nor did I say the witch thing was morally meaningless.

Well, than who was it, just a few posts ago, that was just going on about how the witch thing was just a local israeli issue?

But "thou shalt not kill" is not an absolute. . . . . .

Which has what, exactly, to do with the current argument? I don't recall engaging in any arguments on the relative potency of any given moral argument.

So...are you ready to publish that list of which parts of God's commandments are moral precepts and which are just annoying restrictions on the ancient israelites? So I can't kill my mother, and I have to kill witches, but it's ok to eat bats and pigs--I tell you, you really need to publish that list.

Huh? Your asking me if everything that is not specifically outlawed is ok? Of course not.

So, there are moral questions that the bible leaves untouched. Interesting. How do we determine if some action is moral if it's not covered by the bible?