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Killing Children of Apostates in the Bible

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We read from Deuteronomy 13:

” If you hear word about one of your cities, which the Lord your God is giving you to live in, that

certain men, the sons of a wicked man, have come out from among you and have thrown down the inhabitants of their city, saying, ’

Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known,’

and you have examined and searched and inquired diligently, and, behold, if it is true and certain that this abomination has been done among you, then you shall

**surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, and you shall destroy it with everything in it, with the edge of the sword, and the livestock thereof.

You shall gather its goods into the middle of its open place and burn the city and all its goods with fire, whole, for the Lord your God.**”

“And it shall be a heap forever, never to be rebuilt again.

And nothing of the forbidden thing shall cling to your hand” [12-17].

Father Tadros Malti says in his interpretation of the previous text :

Fourth : If there is a small minority of believers, they will leave the city, as from a dangerous place. After that, the men, women, and children will be struck with the sword [15]. Then all the belongings will be brought to a public square and burned with fire, and the city will be turned to ashes and will never be rebuilt.

Note:

Father Tadros says this in his interpretation, quoting Jewish clerics, without denying it, which clearly means that he agrees with their interpretation.

Imagine that the children are struck with the sword because their fathers apostatized?

Well, why are the children not taken out with the small minority instead of being killed?

Imagine that if a city of the Children of Israel fell into idolatry

and some people rose up and called for a return to idolatry and the people of the city responded to them,

the Holy Book ruled that the city be completely destroyed and the young children be killed.

Then you claim that your Holy Book does not contain aggression against people and that Islam is the one that orders aggression… What is wrong with you? How do you rule, O Christians?

Dr. Franz Greiss says: “The history of the Christian nations, and more than that, the history of the Church itself, is stained with blood and stained, and perhaps more stained and brutal than that of any other pagan people in the ancient world.” … A book that dispels the illusions of a priest - Dr. Franz Greiss.