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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (364946)	3/1/2003 12:37:38 AM
From: Steve Dietrich	Read Replies (1) of 769670

<<(sigh) Once again, you ought first to read the history surrounding the Amalekites and the Hebrews before you try this approach. These people had warred against innocent Hebrews for ages. Try reading your verse 19 in context of verse 17. You will see that when the Hebrews were leaving Egypt during the Great Exodus, the Amalekites came up behind the tired group of people and murdered the stragglers. For this they were cursed by God Himself. This was a situation of clear and just retaliation for war.>> Except, of course, the "retaliation" happens 500 years later. But i wanted to expand on something i alluded to in my first response: The ambush and genocide writ isn't mentioned in Exodus. It's in Deuteronomy. Deuteronomy wasn't "discovered" until the time of King Josiah. And Josiah wasn't king until after Saul and after Hezikiah. This means that the ambush and God's extermination order weren't part of the Bible until after the deed was done. This is clearly a case of a back-dated blood libel as a rationalization for some pretty horrendous deeds already committed. Which just goes to show: If you're writing the Bible it's even easier to use it to condone genocide. Steve

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