CMike
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True Christians do not murdered any man, for Christ's commandments command them not to hurt or kill anyone.
Those who murdered other men using the name of Jesus were not true Christians.
The Gospel is against wars, death sentences, tortures, sacrifices and slavery. And true Christians do not practice those things. The men who practiced these things were based on the laws of the Old Testament, because the Old Testament commanded all those things.
Even, the Commandments on the so-called "Decalogue" of the Old Testament are not equal to the commandments that Jesus teaches us in the Gospel. Jesus Christ in the Gospel reveals the true commandments God gave to Moses. The Gospel tells us so:
"if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments. He saith unto him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honor thy father and mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
That's jewish law. It's from the Torah. Have you ever heard of the Ten commandments?
However, it says "you shall not murder", not you shall not kill.
The young man saith unto him, All these things have I observed: what lack I yet? Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go,
sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowful; for he was one that had great possessions" (Matthew 19: 16-22
Sounds like jesus was a communist.
It's rather idiotic for someone to sell everything he owns and gives it to the poor thereby becoming poor himself.
Here are the laws from G-D given in the Torah concerning the poor.
The Poor and Unfortunate
- Not to afflict an orphan or a widow (Ex. 22:21) (CCN51).
- Not to reap the entire field (Lev. 19:9; Lev. 23:22) (negative) (CCI6).
- To leave the unreaped corner of the field or orchard for the poor (Lev. 19:9) (affirmative) (CCI1).
- Not to gather gleanings (the ears that have fallen to the ground while reaping) (Lev. 19:9) (negative) (CCI7).
- To leave the gleanings for the poor (Lev. 19:9) (affirmative) (CCI2).
- Not to gather ol'loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard (Lev. 19:10) (negative) (CCI8).
- To leave ol'loth (the imperfect clusters) of the vineyard for the poor (Lev. 19:10; Deut. 24:21) (affirmative) (CCI3).
- Not to gather the peret (grapes) that have fallen to the ground (Lev. 19:10) (negative) (CCI9).
- To leave peret (the single grapes) of the vineyard for the poor (Lev. 19:10) (affirmative) (CCI4).
- Not to return to take a forgotten sheaf (Deut. 24:19) This applies to all fruit trees (Deut. 24:20) (negative) (CC10).
- To leave the forgotten sheaves for the poor (Deut. 24:19-20) (affirmative) (CCI5).
- Not to refrain from maintaining a poor man and giving him what he needs (Deut. 15:7) (CCN62). See Tzedakah: Charity.
- To give charity according to one's means (Deut. 15:11) (CCA38). See Tzedakah: Charity.
Notice number 52 states to give charity according to one's means, not to give everything you own and then become poor yourself. That's just rediculous.
These are the true commandments of God and not what are written in the Old Testament, because in the Old Testament are no commandments that allow men be owners of other men and have them as slaves, and slavery is totally contrary to the commandments of Jesus Christ.
The commandments written in the Old Testament that are contrary to the teachings of the Gospel, are not true Law of God, for Jesus Christ is God made ​​man, and He taught us in the Gospel the true Law given by God to men from always and forever.
Jesus stated to murder anyone who doesn't accept him as his ruler.
Luke 19
27"But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence."
And of course
Matthew 10:34
King James Version (KJV)
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Yes in the beginnng slavery was the norm, and even though the Torah did allow for slavery at the time, it gave many laws on how to treat a slave.
At that time slavery was the way things were done.
The first rules of slavery dealt with when the slaves go free. The Torah discouraged slavery although allowing it because it was the norm at that time.