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- From: iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen)
- Subject: Re: Violence in the bible?
- Organization: Microdata Oy, Helsinki, Finland
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 00:46:45 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.004645.15537@prime.mdata.fi>
- References: <1992Dec25.165133.9059@prime.mdata.fi> <1992Dec27.173134.4956@jcnpc.cmhnet.org>
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- In article <1992Dec27.173134.4956@jcnpc.cmhnet.org> mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (Mike A. McAngus) writes:
- >Iikka Paavolainen (iikkap@mits.mdata.fi) wrote:
- >: I remember someone saying (in this newsgroup) that in some part of the old
- >: (or was it new?) testament god commanded some people to kill or destroy other
- >s.
- >: Where was this exactly in the Bible?
- >
- >Dt 7:1-2, Dt 7:16-26, Dt 21:10-18, Jos 7:20-21 followed by Jos 8:1-2. There
- >are other references to the populations of entire cities being executed, but
- >these are places where god is reported to actually have commanded the
- >slaughter.
- >
- >Jos 11:16-23 is also relevant.
-
- Thanks. Dammit, just a day too late (not your fault, though, I posted a bit
- late). I just had a debate with a very religious relative of mine, and one
- thing she said is that there is no God-commanded violence in it.
-
- >--
- >Mike McAngus | As if I needed Another time consuming hobby.
- >(mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org) |
- >The Truth is still the Truth | This Post exploits illiterates.
- >Even if you choose to ignore it. |
-
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- /o \/:--| Iikka Paavolainen / iikkap@mits.mdata.fi, in Espoo, Finland |
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