Re: new relay

Tommie L Powell wrote:
>
> On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 Robert Hailman wrote:
> > bjm10 wrote:
> > > Aidan Grey wrote:
> > > >   I dislike commanded genocide, rape, murder, the
> > > > concept of sin, the idea that one's god(s) must be
> > > > worshipped, that humans must subjugate themselves, and
> > > > many many other things.
> > > >   In the meantime, don't move into my neighborhood.
> > >
> > > Ah, I see, you're a bigot who loves to paint people with an
> > > irrationally broad brush.  Well, I'm sure you've got some siegs
> > > to heil.
> >
> > Well, I don't know about rape and murder, but genocide, worship,
> > and subjugation all *are* commanded in the Bible at least once. I
> > could probably dig up a reference or two, but I don't have a Bible
> > handy at the moment. The concept of sin is given in the Bible, too.
> > I'm Jewish, for the record.
>
> My mom knew the Bible (Old Testament and New Testament)
> extremely thoroughly, and could quote it -- and cite her quotes
> by book, chapter, and verse -- to contradict any statement that
> anybody might make about the will of God or Jesus' teachings.
> (Needless to say, she didn't raise us kids to be Christians.)
Interesting. I suppose that's a useful skill to have. You can pretty
much defend *any* point of view with quotes from the Bible, I've found.

If I'm not mistaken, the genocide in the Bible is in Ezekiel. (although
I'm probably spelling it wrong.) Chapter 32, I think. I don't have a
Bible handy, so I can't be sure - but I remember it stood out when I
read it.

Mind you, it's not all-around "kill people who aren't the same as you" -
it's one specific instance of genocide against one specific group of
people. Not that that's any better.

--
Robert