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To: watchin
Nowhere did I say anything about equivalency. Nowhere in the bible did it say anything about wife beating. But people did it and still do. Even supposedly nice Christians before it became fashionable to call the police.

There are things in the OT that people would not do today. No one would march around a town blowing trumpets. They would be arrested. You need a permit ;-).

God ordered killing in the OT. In one case it was to be every man, woman, child and their animals. They were not even to take spoils. I'm not pronouncing judgement on God. I am just calling to your attention that it is in the bible.

100 posted on 03/23/2002 7:22:17 PM PST by Aliska
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To: Aliska
"You need a permit"

A class act. I need to be able to keep my sense of humor on these threads.

I maintain that you are pushing for a moral equivalency. Yes, the OT includes warfare, and even the extermination of the Amalekites.

But nowhere are Christians or Jews commanded to take the whole world by force and convert or "protect" the infidels. Nowhere can we justify any aggression or marching around cities, because the commands were very specific as to location and time.

The contrast remains. When Christians behave badly, it is in spite of the Bible. When Muslims behave badly, it is because of the koran.

138 posted on 03/23/2002 8:52:02 PM PST by watchin
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