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Atheist anti-theist and \u201cphilosopher\u201d\u00a0Jonathan M. S. Pearce<\/strong>\u00a0runs the blog,\u00a0A Tippling Philosopher<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0He has encouraged me to visit his site and offer critiques, and wrote under\u00a0a post dated 12-14-21<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cI even need to thank the naysayers. Some of them have put up with a lot of robust pushback and still they come. Bravery or stupidity \u2013 it\u2019s a fine line. But they are committed, and there is something to be said for taking that commitment into the lion\u2019s den. Dave, you are welcome at my new place. Come challenge me. . . . thanks for your critiques of my pieces. Sorry I couldn\u2019t get to more of them.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0This echoes his words about me in a\u00a0post dated 7-20-17<\/a>, where he said,\u00a0\u201cwell done . . . for coming here and suffering the slings and arrows of atheists\u2019 wrath. . . . I commend him for getting involved and defending himself. Goodonya, mate.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Under a post dated 1-27-22<\/a>, he stated: \u201cI do welcome disagreements because I don\u2019t want [my blog] to [be] just an echo chamber. . . . [S]omeone like Armstrong does give me ammunition for some of my pieces!\u201d<\/span> Likewise, on 3-18-14<\/a> he proclaimed: \u201cDissenting views are utterly vital to being sure that you are warranted in your own beliefs and views.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0And\u00a0on 7-20-17<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cI put my ideas and theories about the world out there for people to criticise. . . . I want to make damned sure that they are warranted. I can\u2019t stand the idea that I could . . . believe something that is properly unwarranted. . . . What\u2019s the point in self-delusion? . . . I put something out there, people attack it, and if it still stands, it\u2019s pretty robust and I am happy to hold it. If not, I adapt and change my views accordingly.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m delighted to oblige his wish to receive critiques and dissenting views! The rarity of his\u00a0counter<\/em>-replies, however, is an oddity and curiosity in light of this desire. He wrote, for example, on 11-22-19<\/a>: \u201c[I can\u2019t be]\u00a0someone who genuinely is not interested in finding out the truth about philosophy, God and everything.\u00a0If I come up against\u00a0any\u00a0<\/em>point that is even remotely problematic to my worldview, I feel the absolute necessity to bottom it out. I need to reconcile at least something; I have work to do. I cannot simply leave it as it is. . . . I would simply have\u00a0<\/em>to counter the arguments, or change my position.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Whatever; this hasn\u2019t been my<\/em> experience with him; only in short and infrequent spurts. I continue to offer them in any event, because they aren\u2019t just for\u00a0his<\/em>\u00a0sake.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what he thinks (by the way) of Jesus:\u00a0\u201cThe Jesus as reported in the Gospels is so far removed from the real and historical figure of Jesus, overlaid with myth, story-telling, propaganda and evangelist agenda, that the end result is synonymous with myth. . . . I\u2019d take mythicism over Christianity any day. And they call mythicists fringe as if the position is absurd? Now\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>crazy.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0(8-2-14<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Jonathan\u2019s words will be in\u00a0blue<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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This is a reply to Jonathan\u2019s article, \u201cVery simple Johno. Thou shalt not kill.\u201d \u2013 Er, not so simple.<\/a> (8-23-16). He wrote there:<\/p>\n

[T]he Ten Commandments are absolutist. This causes problems. Since<\/span>\u00a0Christians hate consequentialism<\/a>\u00a0as it does not require a god, there can be problems in making sense of their ethical proclamations. I will list some simple potential issues with a deontological claim that \u201cthou shalt not kill\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

He proceeded to outline instances in which this famous command, \u2014 which he assumes is about all killing whatsoever<\/em> \u2013, is problematic:<\/p>\n

1) \u201cGood intentions, but with unforeseen collateral\u201d<\/span>,<\/p>\n

2) \u201cJust war\u201d<\/span>,<\/p>\n

3) \u201cAll the deaths enacted in the Bible by and for God \u2013 millions of dead hypocritically carried out directly by, or ordered by, God.\u201d<\/span>: what Christians regard as perfectly justified judgments by God,<\/p>\n

4) \u201cdeaths [as] . . . a result of cutting back on universal healthcare\u201d<\/span>,<\/p>\n

5) \u201cDeath penalty\u201d<\/span>,<\/p>\n

6) \u201cNot spending more money on, say, overseas aid, tackling malaria, poverty and any other issue that would thusly allow the death of many \u2013 all this inaction, and lack of funding, kills people.\u201d<\/span>,<\/p>\n

7) \u201cWhat about Jesus? Was he not killed to achieve an end?\u201d<\/span>,<\/p>\n

8) \u201cSelf-defense\u201d<\/span>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

etc etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

You get the picture. What does \u201ckill\u201d mean here, in this soundbite of a divine order? Such simplistic \u201ccomebacks\u201d in argument are thoroughly naive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, I do<\/em> get the picture (just not his<\/em> picture). The command, \u201cThou shalt not kill\u201d (Ex 20:13) \u2014 once we examine the Hebrew word for \u201ckill\u201d \u2014 literally means \u201cYou shall not murder<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d All murder is a species of killing, but (clearly) not all killing is murder.<\/p>\n

The Hebrew for \u201ckill\u201d (KJV) in Exodus 20:13 is ratsach<\/em> (Strong\u2019s word # 7523<\/a>). Rendering it \u201ckill\u201d is an unfortunate translation in the King James Bible and some of the translations that basically follow its tradition of translation. Strong\u2019s Concordance<\/em> (we learn at the same link) defines it as \u201cto murder, slay.\u201d So does the standard Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon<\/em>.<\/p>\n

We see in the Englishman\u2019s Concordance <\/em>entry for this word<\/a> that the overwhelming translation of it in 47 occurrences in the Old Testament (in both the KJV and more modern NASB) is \u201cmurder\u201d \/ \u201cmurderer\u201d or suchlike: that is, one specific, gravely sinful form of malicious killing (homicide).<\/p>\n

In fact, even in the KJV, according to Young\u2019s Concordance<\/em>, out of 47 times, \u201ckill\u201d is used only six times and \u201cbe put to death\u201d once. The other 40 instances have \u201cslayer\u201d (18), \u201cmurderer\u201d (14), \u201cmurder\u201d (3), \u201cbe slain\u201d (3), or \u201cmanslayer\u201d (2). The terms with the much broader application, then, are used only 15% of the time.<\/p>\n

One page lists 54 biblical translations of Exodus 20:13<\/a>. \u201cMurder\u201d appears in 40 of them (74%). So, either by the criterion of how most Bibles translate ratsach<\/em> for this passage, or by seeing how it is translated in the 46 other passages besides Exodus 20:13, or by consulting Hebrew Lexicons, it\u2019s crystal clear what the intended meaning is.<\/p>\n

The confusion comes from the fact that the word \u201ckill\u201d or \u201ckiller\u201d can<\/em> (in everyday usage) include the meaning of \u201cmurder\u201d or \u201cmurderer\u201d (in English, and it looks like also in Hebrew). For example, we refer to a \u201ckiller on the run\u201d or \u201cHitler killed six million Jews\u201d: meaning \u201cmurderer\u201d and \u201cmurdered\u201d. But the better word in this Bible passage, to make it clear what is meant, is \u201cmurder.\u201d<\/p>\n

That being the case, Jonathan\u2019s entire reply here is null and void.<\/p>\n

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Photo credit:\u00a0<\/strong>Moses and the Ten Commandments<\/em>, by James Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836-1902)<\/span>\u00a0[public domain \/\u00a0Wikimedia Commons<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Summary<\/em>: Atheist Jonathan MS Pearce makes an elementary category mistake, in thinking that \u201cthou shalt not kill\u201d in the Ten Commandments doesn\u2019t refer specifically to murder.<\/p>\n

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Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \"This Rock\" (now called \"Catholic Answers Magazine\"), \"Envoy Magazine\" (Patrick Madrid), \"The Catholic Answer,\" \"The Coming Home Journal,\" \"Gilbert Magazine\" (American Chesterton Society), and \"The Latin Mass.\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \"The Michigan Catholic\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \"Envoy Magazine.\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. They have three sons and a daughter, and reside in southeast Michigan (metro Detroit).","sameAs":["https:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dave.armstrong.798","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@LuxVeritatisApologetics"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/author\/davearmstrong"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2331"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davearmstrong\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}