(January 11, 2012 at 7:31 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: I don't know when the "thou shalt not kill" ever applied, especially since there are plenty of times in the OT when the Israelites killed their enemies, and God killed plenty of people. Maybe it only applies to other members of your church, like when I had a fundie tell me that Jesus' command to "love your brother as yourself" only applied to "other brothers in Christ" and apparently it was OK to be a total dick to non-Christians.
The whole thing sounds rather arbitrary to me.
I have studied the Bible and the theology behind Christianity for many years. I have been to many churches. I have walked the depth and the breadth of the religion and, as a result of this, I have a lot of bullshit to scrape off the bottom of my shoes. ~Ziploc Surprise
