Doreen…

by mtmynd

Posted to Poetry and Politics on 2004-03-23 20:20:00

Parent message is 625006
Even tho I, too am a pacifist, and your quotes do not allow killing, there are a couple I’d like to share with you:

“Thus says The Lord God of Israel, ‘Put every man his sword on his side, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'” (Exodus 32:27 RSV)

“Thus says The Lord of hosts, ‘I will punish what Amalek did to Israel in opposing them on the way, when they came up out of Egypt. Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling” (1 Samuel 15:2-3 RSV)

It just goes to show you, we take what we want out of the bible to make our points as if they were God’s point instead of our own.



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