*sigh* you have the biblical understanding of a 3 year old.
Faint said:
Ok, then what is the correct translation for Genesis 9:6? Does it still imply that murderer's should be killed?
6. Whoever sheds the blood of man through man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God He made man.
Yes it does, but if you ever read the entire torah, you'd also know there are court procedures outlined to do this.
Deuteronomy 16
18. You shall set up judges and law enforcement officials for yourself in all your cities that the Lord, your God, is giving you, for your tribes, and they shall judge the people [with] righteous judgment. 19. You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show favoritism, and you shall not take a bribe, for bribery blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts just words. 20. Justice, justice shall you pursue, that you may live and possess the land the Lord, your God, is giving you.
Deuteronomy 17
5. Then you shall bring out that man or that woman who has committed this evil thing, to your cities, the man or the woman, and you shall pelt them with stones, and they shall die.
6. By the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall the one liable to death be put to death; he shall not be put to death by the mouth of one witness.
Deuteronomy 17
8. If a matter eludes you in judgment, between blood and blood, between judgment and judgment, or between lesion and lesion, words of dispute in your cities, then you shall rise and go up to the place the Lord, your God, chooses.
9. And you shall come to the Levitic kohanim and to the judge who will be in those days, and you shall inquire, and they will tell you the words of judgment.
Deuteronomy 19
15. One witness shall not rise up against any person for any iniquity or for any sin, regarding any sin that he will sin. By the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be confirmed.
Deuteronomy 17
16. If a false witness rises up against a man, to bear perverted testimony against him,
17. Then the two men between whom the controversy exists shall stand before the Lord, before the kohanim and the judges who will be in those days.
18. And the judges shall inquire thoroughly, and behold, the witness is a false witness; he has testified falsely against his brother;
19. then you shall do to him as he plotted to do to his brother, and you shall [thus] abolish evil from among you.
20. And those who remain shall listen and fear, and they shall no longer continue to commit any such evil thing among you.
21. You shall not have pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
That's just in the book of devarim, there are more in the other books.
Faint said:
Fine, sis, but this doesn't answer my question about turning the other cheek. If someone attacks you, Jesus seems to say you should turn to let them hit you again. Is that not so? Do you think Jesus/God wants you to kill in self-defense? And why would you think that, given the evidence showing otherwise? Jesus' quote specifically says, "do not resist an evil person". Doesn't that mean you basically lay down your arms?
Ignoring what Mr. J says on the topic, a defensive war was ALWAYS permissible. Not only that, it was obligated for you to go kill/murder (pick whichever word) them if you knew they were coming to kill you. Offensive wars were different, to go on an offensive war one would have to go see the High priest who wore the Urim V'Tumim, who in turn, would consult w/ G-d. Permission was also required by the High Court before the King could launch an offensive war against any other country. Now, assuming the High Court and G-d both say go for it, then before you invade the other country, you must follow the TNK's code of warfare. This included, giving the city or country a warning that they would be attacked, they could surrendor if they liked, you also were not allowed to rape women, although to my knowledge pillaging was allowed, you were not allowed to use Sherman's technique during the Civil war of destroying the crops/trees.
Most of the time people went on offensive wars for pilaging.
Faint said:
Sure.