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To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (364958)	3/1/2003 9:19:59 AM
From: gerard mangiardi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Isn't it interesting that conservative christians cite old testament passages to rationalize things like war and the death penalty? I always thought that Christianity had more to do with the new testament.

To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (364958)	3/1/2003 1:41:33 PM
From: Johannes Pilch	Respond to of 769670

Actually i know the story of Amalek pretty well. You do not. It's interesting that the story of Amalek's ambush isn't told in Exodus, but only much later in the magically discovered Deuteronomy. It ain' interesting at all. You are just plain ignorant. The attack is actually mentioned in Exodus 17:8-16, along with God's promise to one day totally wipe out the Amalekites. That promise was later fulfilled in Hezekiah's day (1 Chron. 4:41-43) This is a far cry from the general commands we find in the Quran to murder people who ain muslim. We see in the Bible a mere curse being poured out upon a specific people by God Himself. It is a mere recounting of history. Unlike the Quranic texts, no one can reasonably read the Scriptural historical texts and conclude they apply to them. That is why we do not see a worldwide genocidal movement to murder people. That is why even the crusades, the inquisition and virtually every other judeo-Christian allegedly Scripturally supported controversies were regional and/or limited. And generally all of them were ended by Christians themselves who in fact used the Scriptures as the basis for their actions.