(May 9, 2011 at 12:27 am)padraic Wrote:Quote:Killing forbidden
Ex 20:13 Thou shalt not kill
Sorry mate,bad example. The actual commandment is "Thou shalt commit no murder"
Unfortunately for apologists, that is not as simple as it seems. Then as now it was not seen as murder to kill an enemy or as capital punishment.
And exactly who was your enemy? Well pretty much everyone who was not a member of your tribe. It is my understanding that in many societies, a 'stranger' was at the very least considered a potential enemy until proven otherwise.That may have been one reason for the development of strict laws of hospitality;they protected the stranger from being casually murdered for his horse or his clothing.
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Actually, all five of the examples I gave were some of the weakest I could find. It's no fun if nobody responds. Even with this one however, I had arguments ready to go. One of which is the knowledge of doctrines, which you mentioned, but I'll let it go since I chose option 2 for Frodo.