Friday, October 8, 2010

Tao Bible - Numbers 31:17-18

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
~ King James version ~

Humankind murders, rapes and enslaves of their own accord.
~ possible Taoist alternative ~
Moses tells the armies of Israel -- after slaying all the men -- that they should murder all male children and females who are not virgins. The virgin females may be kept as slaves.

Tao represents harmony. When humans create disharmony, it is solely because of our own selfish desires.

If you're interested in reading more from this experimental series, go to the Tao Bible Index page.

4 comments:

  1. What really matters is not what was written in holy texts hundreds or thousands of years ago, but how those religions, or schools of philosophy, act today. It is the NOW that is important.

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  2. God is so convenient when he tells you to do what you were going to do anyway. Ask the Christian right, or the Jews today, even....

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  3. Of course, they ignore those parts they don't want to listen to anyway.

    Loving your neighbor as yourself and praying in private are just so boring!

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  4. 'Love your neighbor as yourself, unless he is a man or woman, then kill them, and if they are a virgin woman then take her as sex slave.'

    Sound words from the greatest swindle ever laid on mankind.

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