Therein lies the issue. The rules regarding the commandment are so stringent that the only way to perform it is if God or the Messiah came down and directed the action. And for that to happen, the person would have to prove he's the messiah which means more stringent criteria, etc. etc. etc.
At 11:52 AM 4/15/02, you wrote: >Any god that commands someone to kill is not a god, but more of an excuse >invented to try to justify inexcusable actions. > >Todd > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:42 AM >Subject: RE: Religious Jews (was: Circumcision article link) > > >> God tells me to eat Kosher. I listen to the word of God. God says to kill >Amalak (biblical reference). If I knew for sure who Amalak was, as a people, >I'd be bound by that commandment to kill them. If I knew for sure and >didn't, then I'm disobeying God. The responsability for the commandment is >on God and the responsibility on my actions are my own. The two are not as >separate as you may think. >> If the church or the pope, as the direct hand of God on earth (by Catholic >lore) says that the Jews are responsible for the death of Jesus and are to >be tormented, do they hold any responsibility for it? >> >> At 11:27 AM 4/15/02, you wrote: >> >Err - so what - Jesus should come back down and yell 'stop it'? Sorry, >> >but that seems like a ridiculous argument. Last time I checked, -we- >> >were responsible for what we did, not God. How is Jesus responsible for >> >this? >> > >> >-rc > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
