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A word-for-word translation for "ratsah" is impossible, because it was a concept for which there is no perfect analogue in modern English usage. It was a criminal act which is most-closely analogous to our definitions of "murder" meaning that the best translation is "Thou shalt not murder."

So in your definition God supported Nazi concentration camps because it was legal in Germany, ie a non criminal act, and he didn’t specifically mention gas chambers?

That’s your position?

The laws of god are subject to the legal whims of man?

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AGAIN, God went into agonizing detail about unbelievable minutiae.

Man did that. God did not.

Don’t confuse ancient Hebrew law with the word of God. And don’t misunderstand why the Old Testament is in the Bible, nor why the New Testament other than the actual gospels are included.

The Hebrew dietary code is not any more the word of God than the Catholic Church selling indulgences or declaring that saying your sins to a human Priest is the only means of forgiveness.

Honest question: Do you believe in God, Hank? Do you practice your faith?

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Posted by AggieHank86

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Posted on 9/13/20 at 10:16 am to Nguyener

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So in your definition God supported Nazi concentration camps because it was legal in Germany, ie a non criminal act, and he didn’t specifically mention gas chambers?

That’s your position?

Not remotely. It is almost like you read nothing beyond my screen name and decided to argue with me.

If you believe the Bible, you also believe that God laid down the Law for the Jews. For example, He told them they could not eat anything from the sea that did not have scales and fins (Leviticus). Yeah, the rabbis imbellished it, but the basics are in the Tanakh.

The verb “ratsah” was part of that Law, and it had a specific meaning that we can (roughly) understand today. I say “roughly” because its elements were NOT exactly the same as the elements of our crime of “murder.”

By contrast, the Nazis passed laws directly contrary to God’s Word.

A better analogy would be ... God knowing that the Hebrews routinely killed all adult males in territory they conquered. If He did not specifically condemn it, it would be safe to assume that He did not disapprove ... oops, He TOLD them to do that.

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