Tag: Hate
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“Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all People”
THIS, we’re told, was the message from that gang of angels who’d booked the best seats in the house for the spectacular Christmas Show at Bethlehem. It reminds me of one of today’s often heard phrases – ‘a religion of peace’. I have a nagging feeling that this is a claim that can’t possibly be, […]
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The Ten Commandments
The 6th commandment. “You must not murder.” [ King James version, “Thou shalt not kill”.] What’s the difference between killing and murder? Killing is murder if it breaks the law. There are religious laws, however, like the Old Testament ‘lex talionis’, which demand an ‘eye for an eye’, a life for a life. Killing is […]