He replied that it was completely irrelevant, and only the Arabic spelling mattered.
Hmmmmph!
-Ben
>Well, as the commandments are in Hebrew, any English (or other language)
>translation is suspect. Even the order is suspect. All I can comment on is the
>original.
>I was just really surprised by the quote.
>
>
>> I looked the commandments up on the web. It's interesting that
>> something so basic to the faith seems to be translated different ways.
>> Case in point.
>>
>> From http://mtsinai.com/
>>
>> *V. Thou Shalt Not Kill.
>>
>>
>> From http://www.10-commandments.org/
>>
>> *SIX: '/You shall not murder./'
>>
>>
>> To me, those 2 translations are very different. Couldn't you then
>> extrapolate that most other parts of the bible really depend on how the
>> translator thought it should read?
>>
>> marlon
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael Dinowitz wrote:
>>
>> > First commandment? You sure that's the one you meant? What does
>> > believing in God
>> > have to do with collateral damages? Do you mean the 6th?
>> > (Your commandments may vary)
>> >
>> > > My office buddy listens to the Oreilly factor everyday.
>> > >
>> > > Today O'Reilly announced, "Jesus will praise us for removing Saddam!"
>> > >
>> > > I'm so sure. Like Jesus will say, "Dude! You guys really cleaned up
>> > > down there. You took a bad guy out and hey!, you only had a few
>> > > bystander deaths. You know that first commandment....Yeah, well, I
>> > > forgot to add that it didn't apply to 'collateral damages'. Anyway,
>> > > sweet job guys!"
>> > >
>> > > Just one more reason that I wouldn't want to be associated with any
>> > > particular faith.
>> > >
>> > >
>>
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