"In this particular context, the way you are trying to redefine things
is inappropriate to the larger issue. The issue of genocide came up in
the contex of talking about how moral decisions can be made based on
constant ethical values and principles. And in that context, I said
that the Biblical genocides were clearly wrong."
Dear Gilberto,
I'm suggesting that your basic thesis is wrong. The fact of the matter is
that we dont' know much about which ethical values have been constant over
history and whether or not the Israelites received a commandment to kill
these people. Nor do I think we can project our present day values back on
Biblical times anymore than I think we should project them back on Qur'anic
times. The truth is that our concept of what constitutes genocide has
changed over time and by modern standards Muhammad would have been as guilty
of genocide as the people of the OT.
warmest, Susan
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