I typically here the commandment as, "Thou shalt not murder" with the definition of killing and murdering being different.
But that makes for a much more complex argument. > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 3:19 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: A good american > > Please forgive me - I've come into this thread very late - so if this > has been said already, slap me once or twice. > > > > But back to the point, you said there was no religion that opposes > > > war, I was pointing out there is at least one. > > > > Actually, they didn't oppose war. They were just totally > > incompetent at it. The Buddhists in Tibet had prisons, an > > army, munitions, etc. > > Couldn't we say there is a difference between the religion and how the > religion is practiced? For example, wouldn't a Christian be anti-war > because of Jesus' command to turn the other cheek? Or the commandment > that says thou shalt not kill (although I guess you could have a war w/o > killing people). Anyway, the point is, we could say religion Foo is > anti-war, but that the followers do not live up to the standards set > forth by their own teachings. > > -rc > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
