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[–] MrsDoyle@lemmy.world 76 points 5 months ago (12 children)

What's funny is that (according to the old testament) when Moses came down off the mountain with the tablets and found everyone worshipping the golden calf, he had a big hissy fit and smashed them. So then after doing quite a bit of murdering he had to go back up the mountain to get a second set. Exodus 32-34

I asked a religious relative how it was ok for Moses to murder people when he had only just be told by God himself "thou shalt not kill", and she said it was because the don't kill thing came further down the list than having only the one god.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

The bible seems to consider it murder only if it's another christian.

[if someone] has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, [...] you shall stone that man or woman to death with stones.

-Deuteronomy 17:2-5

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or your friend who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ [...] you shall kill him. Your hand shall be first against him to put him to death.

-Deuteronomy 13:6-10

[–] frezik@midwest.social 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website -1 points 5 months ago

Right, that wasn't the right word there, but you get what I mean.

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