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(...) Dan did a very good job at answering that first question - killing versus murder. There is indeed a very real difference between the two, Biblically speaking. I am not Jewish, but as a Christian with a decent amount of Biblical knowledge I (...) (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not that I'm really qualified to answer, but I am jewish... (...) I'll avoid the issue - the bible actually says "do not murder", not "do not kill". War isn't murder, therefor there's no problem. (...) Basically, for the israelites to get to (...) (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That is such a simple and elegant solution to the whole debate. I was really hoping Kerry (or somebody!) would voice this opinion--it's such a simple, easy-to-make-sense-of position, compared to his (and others') "I am against letting gay (...) (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) If there is any jewish person in the audience, I'd like to ask this: How does your religion explain or justify all the slaughter? "Thou shalt not kill", yeah, right. O_o Is there a specific reason why Yawheh wanted all those people dead? Had (...) (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I agree. Government has absolutly no business defining "marriage" be it hetero, homo, or anything else. -Orion (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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