Comments on: Peculiar Bible verses http://www.goatstar.org A guide from an ex-Christian to Bible errors, Bible contradictions, Bible atrocities, etc... as well as general problems with Christian beliefs Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:57:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: capella http://www.goatstar.org/peculiar-bible-verses/comment-page-1/#comment-76919 capella Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:03:52 +0000 http://www.goatstar.org/?page_id=9#comment-76919 So if someone according to you is "ending a life" for "unselfish" reasons, say in warfare. Those "unselfish" soldiers aren't committing murder? How far can we extend this unselfishness? "Ending the life" of an abortion doctor or a liberal politician for example? Assisting suicide for someone in pain? I'm sure you will at least disagree with the last one and hopefully the first two as well. This shows the inconsitencies in this sort of thinking. In the Joshua stories they were *MURDERING* (with swords) men, women, children, and babies while stealing their land and forcing some of the young Canaanite women into "marriages" (rape). There was nothing unselfish about that. So if someone according to you is “ending a life” for “unselfish” reasons, say in warfare. Those “unselfish” soldiers aren’t committing murder? How far can we extend this unselfishness? “Ending the life” of an abortion doctor or a liberal politician for example? Assisting suicide for someone in pain?

I’m sure you will at least disagree with the last one and hopefully the first two as well. This shows the inconsitencies in this sort of thinking.

In the Joshua stories they were *MURDERING* (with swords) men, women, children, and babies while stealing their land and forcing some of the young Canaanite women into “marriages” (rape). There was nothing unselfish about that.

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