I stumbled upon an essay about David Koresh today ... you know, the guy who led many of the Branch Davidians to their deaths in Waco, TX at the hands of the US government.
The essay said he was a polygamist who married several young girls, and that he thought doing so was OK because it reminded him of things in the Bible.
Source - https://libertarianinstitute.org/blog/techno-agorist-35-waco-pt-1-of-3-the-sinful-messiah/
Then I recalled the recent words of Bibi Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel ... you know, the guy who told modern day Israelis to kill the Palestinians because he read something like that in the Bible:
“You must remember what Amalek has done to you, says our Holy Bible. 1 Samuel 15:3 'Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass'," Netanyahu said.
Has G-d ever told you to kill anyone? He never told ME that.
Do you think G-d actually speaks to PM Netanyahu? I don't.
But even if He does, should WE help Israel kill anyone? I don't think we should. In THIS country, if someone says G-d told them to kill their neighbors, we put them in jail or a mental health facility, right? AND we take away their weapons. We don't give them billions of dollars worth of highly lethal weapons on top of what they already have.
On the other hand, if we should all agree that G-d WANTS us to help Israel kill people, we ought to ask WHY He needs our help and why He's not speaking DIRECTLY to each and every one of us.
I don't know about you, but I believe such a request (or command if you prefer) ought to come DIRECTLY from the REAL "Big Guy", not from someone claiming to speak for Him.
Wouldn't you agree?
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