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concheet · #1 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by raytri

2 Chronicles 15:12-13 They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul; and everyone who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

Actually this is a particular instance, if one reads the context around this verse -- not a commandment by God. Even when it was written it was in the past tense.

In regard to the Canaanites, which was so long ago that little or nothing is known of them, it is clear that the "commandment" to kill them all was not followed, as they are mentioned later in on in the Bible, and Jews clearly intermarry with them.

Jews seem to have failed to follow the 'word of God' in ' many of these particular respects ; and in fact would hold those who did so ( ie murdering adulterers, stoning misbehaving children, executing someone for homosexuality) to a standard of law such that he would be imprisoned. Thus they cannot be said to be laws for the Jews. In fact, I am not aware of these laws ever having been actually executed, are you?

Yet the encouragements for Muslims from the time of Mohammed to wage war against the infidel.... which started in the mid-600's ....seem to be going strong today. In fact, it could be suggested that the Muslims have regressed. They have had close to 1400 years to progress, and they had the benefit of both Jewish Law and Christian scripture to build on.

Chronicles and Leviticus were written when?? Chronicles around 450 and Leviticus was written between 1440 and 1400 B.C. 3500 years since Leviticus... 2000 years since Jesus.... 1300+ years since Mohammed..... 1400 years between Leviticus and the "New" Testament... It is high time for an Islamic "New" Testament, if you ask me, except they don't seem to be heading in that direction ...