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[Phil Stracchino]

Timothy Baldridge wrote:
>> Yup.  But show me a "Christian" church (as distinct from a Jewish
>> temple) anywhere in the West that contains a bible that translates it
>> other than "Thou shalt not kill", or show me a preacher anywhere in the
>> US who makes the distinction between "Thou shalt not kill" and "Thou
>> shalt not murder."
> 
> That would be my pastor. I remember a sermon he gave a few months back
> on the subject of capital punishment. He came out in strong favor of
> killing murders. But I agree, many other pastors wouldn't share this
> view.

Well, good for him.  He's the first I've heard of.

> I found it interesting that Deut: 21:12-13 almost condones duels, as
> long as you don't attack the guy without warning:
> 
> "He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
> And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver [him] into his hand;
> then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee."

That's not the only such reference.  "If a man come to kill you, then 
rise up and kill him."


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