[teejay]

>It's true - and it's also true that the Christian god Jehovah
>killed, had killed or commanded his people to kill those Jews
>who converted from Judaism to other religions. That is such an
>issue that it's the first of the ten commandments - Exodus
>20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

And that is a big Amen Atlian. For you have quoted the living word of Jehovah

May I also say that a creation is subject to the maker (creator) Therfore should the creator deem it fit to eliminate those people who transgress his laws then may it be so.

We as His (Jehovah’s) subjects must always revere Him for we owe allegiance to none other but Him. Those other Gods are just statues that are carried by those same people who fool themselves that the statues are the highest supreme authority.

But then here is the catch. God doesn’t eliminate a person out of grudge but out of mercy and Love. Remember He has the ability to see whether can change their future or not. Therefore those people whom God destroyed at that time and any other time were weighed and found wanting. In God’s projection those people were headed for their own doom. Thus their impunity attracted divine wrath. We need to know is that the presence of sin before God is so filthy and for the Heavens to arrive at such a decision then the sin must have filled the measure of the cup.

But then through love we are still able to be close to God for He sent us Christ to restore a fallen race unto Himself.

>BTW apart from killing those who convert, god also kills
>people just for believing in a different religion or god. I
>can't even paste the number of times this happened, coz the
>list would be too long.

Let me repeat this again to you ATlian in simple terms. You owe your life to your maker. You are his subject. If you disregard his directives that will be at your won peril. We all know that every action has a resulting consequence. Positive (virtue) actions results favorable rewards while negative (vice) action results in punitive remedy

>So Pebbles, tafadhali ease up on the hypocrisy and first
>address the exact same question to your religion and to your
>god - "Is it true, could it possibly be true, that what I read
>is what the BIBLE teaches; to kill those JEWS who convert to
>other religions?"

God dislikes prodigal behavior but nevertheless welcomes he who is sincerely remorseful. God Commanded that those who will not honor him be eliminated. To me it is an act of absolute madness for a person to mould an object and call it a god yet the object has to be moved form one place to another. Wewe Atlian mtu kama huyo hata wewe utafanya nini naye?

Being God is not an easy work esp when dealing with humans.Just try and think of the days you've been assigned ane event organizer.