Interesting, I had not read up before on the debate over "kill" versus "murder" in the 6th commandment. This was an illuminating article: http://www.forward.com/articles/6091/
Which, of course, primarily reinforced my belief that we should not rely upon ancient, frequently translated documents as the basis for what we consider moral behavior. Cheers, Judah On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Since lo tirtsah is Hebrew for "You shall not Murder" I'm guessing > half got it wrong. > > Looking at google images for Ten Commandment displays at courthouses, > seems they all say "kill." > > So I concede to you're point. It is ironic :) > > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It looks to be an even split: >> >> http://bible.cc/exodus/20-13.htm >> >> pretty interesting how it is translated differently. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:304959 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
