Anyone who thinks the Ten Commandments should NOT be enforced as civil law . . . would NOT want to live in a country where the Ten Commandments were enforced, raise your hand and tell us. Maybe some could write a poll.
from http://www.alternet.org/story/14801...ious_defense_of_killing_non-jews_(with_video)
If that doesn't work, www.alternet.org will
As soon as it was published late last year,Torat Ha'Melech sparked a national uproar. The controversy began when an Israeli tabloid panned the book's contents as "230 pages on the laws concerning the killing of non-Jews, a kind of guidebook for anyone who ponders the question of if and when it is permissible to take the life of a non-Jew." According to the book's author, Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira, "Non-Jews are "uncompassionate by nature" and should be killed in order to "curb their evil inclinations." "If we kill a gentile who has has violated one of the seven commandments… there is nothing wrong with the murder," Shapira insisted. Citing Jewish law as his source (or at least a very selective interpretation of it) he declared: "There is justification for killing babies if it is clear that they will grow up to harm us, and in such a situation they may be harmed deliberately, and not only during combat with adults."
How is this different than US policy?
Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by billwald, Sep 5, 2010.
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I'm not getting it. How is this like US policy?
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The part about killing people who might be dangerous to a nation in the future.
The part about enforcing God's Law in civil law. Is that a good idea? -
Murder is a capital offense. Stealing is a criminal offense.
The question really is, where do you draw the line? -
Murder is a sub set of criminal offenses. Homicide is legally a human death that is not natural or accidental. Murder is a sub set of homicide. In Washington State a homicide can be excusable (most self defense homicides) or justified (most shootings by police).
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So whether you nitpick about how murder fits into the legal system - aren't we already enforcing God's law in civil law?
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When's the last time we stoned a person for adultery? Stoned anyone? There was a moral reason God specified stoning - the entire community took the responsibility.
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The only thing in dispute is which god? Is it Jehovah, Baal, or man? -