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To: Joe 6-pack
No, I meant it as "of course not," to your postulate that I had not received such a commandment.

Thank you clearing that up.

Let me ask again: Either you have such a command of God or you don't. I'd like to know which it is.
58 posted on 03/04/2011 7:41:30 AM PST by LearsFool ("Thou shouldst not have been old, till thou hadst been wise.")
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To: LearsFool
"Either you have such a command of God or you don't. I'd like to know which it is."

YES, already. I have "such" a command. The matter at hand is how we choose to interpret it based on which translation we read. You can continue to be pious and holier than thou if you so choose. I'm trying to have a constructive discussion. For example, contingent on the translation one uses, one can say that there is a commandment "Thou shalt not kill." Some people interpret this rigidly and suggest that even self defense and just war are in violation of the commandment. Others look to interpretations that suggest that one shall not commit murder. This has been the topic of much worthy debate which I think brings about a greater understanding on both parts.

Now, you can sit there and hold that your interpretation of the commandments is the definitive, end-all, uncontested interpretation, but in doing so, I would suggest that you are violating the very first of them.

If you wish to continue to pose as God and tell me that I should have no other interpretation of the commandments apart from yours, then you should just render your judgment and damn me because I disagree with you. If on the other hand you're man enough to admit that, well...you're man, and like any other man, may have an imperfect or skewed interpretation of God's word, then we can continue to discuss this...as two men who both believe firmly in God, and may disagree on how He works in our lives.

Your call.

65 posted on 03/04/2011 7:54:57 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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