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Originally Posted by StuartD
I think you're right. Thou shalt not kill seems to be a guideline, not a rule.... but "thou shalt worship no other but me" is something worth killing others over.
Perhaps it's because these people know how likely it is that they'll get shot by some other religious nut.... and so they turn to god to pray that they can fire first??
I don't know. I think you got it. There's just no way I'm going to rationalize this one out.
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actually my understanding of the translation is 'thou shall not murder' which is completely different than 'thou shall not kill' -bmb