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.
I said the command was only given to Israel, but it provides moral guidance to the rest of us.
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.
I think most people know the difference. You can't kill your mother. You can't kill witches before they are outlawed, and if you want to eat bats and pigs you can. And based on modern medicine, I'd stay away from bats until I knew for certain whether cooking killed rabies or you find a reliable test to see if they are infected or not.