Aaron Lord

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“Thou shalt not kill” is a contradiction that cannot be reconciled with the genocides the Israelites inflict on the inhabitants of the region, unless their killings are not murder because the victims did not worship Yahweh. All the groups of people they destroyed were people who did not worship their god. The Israelites did not violate the divine prohibition on murder because that commandment applied only to other Israelites.
The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American
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