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To: bkepley
You quote in Exodus is a cherry-picked excerpt. After reading a greater text of the matter, please point out where Moses was calling for the killing of infidels.

The full contextual version is (New JPS translation according to the traditional Hebrew text):

Exodus 32.21 - 32.29

Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you that you have brought such great sin upon them?" Aaron said, "Let not my lord be enraged. You know that this people is bent on evil. They said to me, 'Make us a god to lead us; for that man Moses, who brought us from the land of Egypt - we do not know what has happened to him.' So I said to them, 'Whoever has gold, take it off!' They gave it to me and I hurled it into the fire and out came this calf!"

Moses saw that the people were out of control - since Aaron had let them get out of control - so that they were a menace to any who might oppose them. Moses stood up in the gate of the camp and said, "Whoever is for the Lord, come here!" And all the Levites rallied to him. He said to them, "Thus says the Lord, G-d of Israel: Each of you put sword on thigh, go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay brother, neighbor, and kin." The Levites did as Moses had bidden; and some three thousand of the people fell that day. And Moses said, "Dedicate yourselves to the Lord this day - for each of you has been against son and brother - that He may bestow a blessing upon you today."
75 posted on 11/19/2005 3:03:23 PM PST by gogogodzilla (Raaargh! Raaargh! Crush, Stomp!)
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To: gogogodzilla
You quote in Exodus is a cherry-picked excerpt. After reading a greater text of the matter, please point out where Moses was calling for the killing of infidels.

Why should I do that when you have provided such an excellent example yourself?

in·fi·del:One who doubts or rejects a particular doctrine, system, or principle.

It's pointless though. I don't believe Christianity is evil and I don't believe that Islam is evil but there are plenty of evil men period.

82 posted on 11/19/2005 6:18:37 PM PST by bkepley
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