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To: NEWwoman
Woe to those who call light, darkness and darkness light; good evil and evil good ...

Woe to who? Woe to those that believe their suicide bombers will go directly to heaven, or woe to those that believe suicide bombing others to death is murder?

9 posted on 08/30/2002 12:07:08 PM PDT by thinktwice
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To: thinktwice
Hello thinktwice -

Your challenges are appreciated and (as your moniker implies) you challenge people to think - perhaps more than twice. You are trully the "Devil's Advocate" (sorry for the bad pun.)

Ok. Let's look at the quote. (I looked it up to get it exact.)

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

Isaish 5:20 (KJV)

The context is the warning of an Old Testament prophet who believes in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is God's universe and God divides the light from the darkness and says what's good and what's evil.

Woe to who?

The woe is those who say and do otherwise, who are fighting against God.

Frankly, if anyone challenges that claim, I challege them to create their own universe, and make up their own rules.

As to your specific question : Woe to those that believe their suicide bombers will go directly to heaven, or woe to those that believe suicide bombing others to death is murder?

First off, I prefer to call "suicide" bombers - homicide bombers, because that is more descriptive as to who they are.

Since one of the Ten Commandments (they are commandments, not suggestions) states you shall not murder, I'd say woe to those that believe their suicide bombers will go directly to heaven. And if anyone thinks otherwise, again I challege you to create your own universe and make up your own set of commandments of what is right and wrong.

OK, thinktwice. Make me think.

11 posted on 08/30/2002 12:34:09 PM PDT by NEWwoman
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