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- From: m23364@mwunix (James Meritt)
- Subject: Re: Violence in the bible?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.145319.8631@linus.mitre.org>
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- References: <1992Dec28.174526.915@linus.mitre.org> <schnitzi.725571303@eola.cs.ucf.edu> <1992Dec29.200705.22493@arden.linet.org>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 14:53:19 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.200705.22493@arden.linet.org> joeb@arden.linet.org (Joe Beiter) writes:
- }In article <schnitzi.725571303@eola.cs.ucf.edu> schnitzi@cs.ucf.edu (Mark Schnitzius) writes:
- }>Interesting! So, in summary, the Bible calls for the death penalty
- }>in these cases:
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- }>o Murder
- }>o Witchcraft
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- }etc...
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- }>Comments, Xians?
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- }This applied to the jews for the jews to carry out. The jews were to be
- }submissive to the law. A death sentance is not 'murder' but justice.
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- Nice distinction for the children upon whom it was carried out.
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- }It is made clear from book one that the wages for sin is death.
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- And the sins were such awful things as being born.
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