Quote:
Originally Posted by JET
Looks like you need to read it more:
Suppose you hear in one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you that some worthless rabble among you have led their fellow citizens astray by encouraging them to worship foreign gods. In such cases, you must examine the facts carefully. If you find it is true and can prove that such a detestable act has occurred among you, you must attack that town and completely destroy all its inhabitants, as well as all the livestock. (Deuteronomy 13:13-19 NLT)
If your own full brother, or your son or daughter, or your beloved wife, or you intimate friend, entices you secretly to serve other gods, whom you and your fathers have not known, gods of any other nations, near at hand or far away, from one end of the earth to the other: do not yield to him or listen to him, nor look with pity upon him, to spare or shield him, but kill him. (Deuteronomy 13:7-12 NAB)
There are also references in Samuel to the same affect.
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Ahhhhh. You know, it is SO refreshing to see out of context posts about the Bible online. Please oh please; sense the sarcasm. This get's so old so fast. If you're going to make a reach such as this at least try to help yourself out and read a good amount before this and well after it. It hurts you in the long run.
I just feel like mentioning a quote from Daniel Patrick Moynihan "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts". Really an interesting quote, isn't it? Let me get into this...something I wasn't even aware of until you made such a
silly post.
Literally anyone can post a certain part of the Bible out of context. Sure you (as well as anyone else [again]), can bitch and moan that context means nothing but let's face it...context is key in everything.
The fact of the matter is what you posted is
PART of the directions God gave to Old covenant Israel and absolutely no one else. This was before Israel was even established. Sadly this is probably the easiest answer to give without filling a page full of information..
Of course this will
probably mean nothing to you and you'll continue thinking it is an order to followers of Christ for all of eternity. Then try to use it everywhere else. Hopefully someone with ten minutes sees it and does such as I did.
Context is key and that is simply the cold hard fact. Like it or not.
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