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Originally posted by penncam
Very good, ST, so you have a Bible close at hand - there is hope for you yet!
But in another angle, your quotes from Exodus and Leviticus speak of the mighty sword(power) of the Lord God. I can give you more quotes if you wish - try Joshua for one. Do the name Jericho ring any bells for ya?
OK, I digress. What I find interesting is that you seem to be equating terrorism in todays world to the events told in the Old Testament.
"Different tactics, same results" Is that what you really think; or is this another favorite gambit of yours to stir up the pot and intentionally pi$$ people off? Either way, it is recognizable for what it is. BTDT, before.
Many scholars will disagree with you concerning the actions "requested" by god for MAN to perform.
I'm only comparing the terrorism to the old testament and other christian behavior in the past because of your finger pointing at islam... People who live in glass houses... Christians always put themselves on this almighty pedestal. It is always easy for us to sit there and point fingers, and then when our history is called into question, the normal answer of "That is different" seems to suffice for most. But it doesn't, and shouldn't. If you want to pretend our past did not happen, or just look the other way, that is fine. Just don't be surpised that it gets brought to your attention every time you stand up and blast islam for making the same mistakes we did. Sure, it would be nice if they could have learned from our mistakes, but you yourself have shown that history doesn't always play a part in reasoning. So if anything we should blast them for not learning, but we can't hold ourselves unaccountable for giving them something to duplicate.