--- authfriend wrote: > > The decision Pharaoh was being forced to make (by God, > not by the Jews themselves, according to the Hebrew > Scriptures) was to let the Israelites leave Egypt, > where Pharaoh had held them in slavery and slaughtered > all *their* firstborn male children, and subsequently > all their male newborns. > > Not as efficient as Hitler's genocide, of course, but > then that was a pre-technological age. > > And of course Passover does not commemorate the > slaughter of Egyptian children, it commemorates God > having saved the children of the Israelites from > *being* slaughtered: the angel who was killing the > Egyptian children *passed over* the children of the > Israelites.
This a more palatable story, to be sure. "We were persecuted, but did not have to rise up and kill in our defense. Instead, God did our killing for us." Violence I can't abide I have no wish for genocide But if you wish to take my life Remember God is on my side To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
