On 2006-03-01, Skywise wrote:
Do you think that all religions who hold the Bible sacred would
take such a statement as a literal command? Do you mean to imply
that, for instance, a Catholic or even a Jew (Deuteronomy is part
of the Torah, IIRC) should go on a murderous rampage based on this
passage? More to the point, do these religions suggest doing so
TODAY?

I doubt it's based just on this passage, but there's been enough
sectarian violence between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland
based solely on the minute differences between beliefs that it wouldn't
surprise me if there was still violence predicated on passages like
this.

Then the Catholic priests who won't condemn the violence either, just
dismissing it with 'it's complicated'

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