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==Counter-apologetics== | ==Counter-apologetics== | ||
* This commandment is often cited as proof of the morality of the Bible or the necessity of the [[Ten Commandments]] | * This commandment is often cited as proof of the morality of the Bible or the necessity of the [[Ten Commandments]], however almost every law code in the history of the world has included this rule. Any half-decent law maker would come up with this rule without needing to a god to tell them. | ||
* The Jewish people in the story traveled across the desert before finally being told that killing isn't acceptable? | * The Jewish people in the story traveled across the desert before finally being told that killing isn't acceptable? | ||
* Thou shalt not kill, unless thou be on Crusade, or if the other fellow be a heathen. | * Thou shalt not kill, unless thou be on Crusade, or if the other fellow be a heathen. | ||
* What about the death penalty? | |||
* Does this mean that capital punishment is wrong? What about self-defense? What about war? What about euthanasia requested by the terminally ill? The drawback of this law is absoluteness—good laws make distinctions. Since the actions and commands of God burst with bloodthirstiness, this commandment seems to lose its import. Besides, prohibitions of murder existed long before the Ten Commandments or the Israelites appeared on the scene. It is not as if the human race never would have figured out that it is wrong to kill without some tablets coming down from a mountain. Laws against murder and manslaughter based on self-preservation and social stability have found their way into almost every culture before and after Moses, and it would be odd if the Israelites did not have a similar principle. | * Does this mean that capital punishment is wrong? What about self-defense? What about war? What about euthanasia requested by the terminally ill? The drawback of this law is absoluteness—good laws make distinctions. Since the actions and commands of God burst with bloodthirstiness, this commandment seems to lose its import. Besides, prohibitions of murder existed long before the Ten Commandments or the Israelites appeared on the scene. It is not as if the human race never would have figured out that it is wrong to kill without some tablets coming down from a mountain. Laws against murder and manslaughter based on self-preservation and social stability have found their way into almost every culture before and after Moses, and it would be odd if the Israelites did not have a similar principle. | ||
