God commanded believers in the OT Bible to KILL the NON BELIEVERS who do not pay the HEAD TAX ?

Question

When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, [that] all the people [that is] found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, [even] all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities [which are] very far off from thee, which [are] not of the cities of these nations. -- Deu 20:10-15

[64] Chavel 1967, v.I, 200f. The Bible references are Deuteronomy 20.

There are two types of war applicable to the 21st Century believers :

1. milhemet hova (obligatory war)
2. milhemet reshut (optional war)

This obligation is commented by Rabbi Chavel:

"This Commandment ... will be better understood in the light of the following passage from the 'Mishneh Torah': '

We are not to engage in war with anyone whatever unless we [first] proclaim peace to him; [this is applicable to both] an optional and an obligatory war; for it is said, When thou drawest nigh a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it (Deut XX, 10).

If [the inhabitants] accept the offer of peace... we are not to slay a soul among them, and they merely become tributary, for it is said, [All the people ... therein] shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee'." (Ibid.)

****** OT COMMAND BY THE LORD OF ABRAHAM : *****

Step 1 --- Give them the option of peace (to become believers)
Step 2 ---- If they want to keep their religion, they must pay the Tribute (Head Tax)
Step 3 ---- If they deny the above two options then kill them all or enslave them.

In other words, if the city's inhabitants object to being subdued/enslaved, they have to be slain nevertheless. Also sparing their life directly contradicts Negative Commandment 49 (see note [65]).

"We must not make a covenant with idolaters, to agree on keeping peace with them or accept them practising idolatry, because it says (Deut 7:2) Thou shalt not make a covenant with them. Either they give up idolatry or they are killed. And it is forbidden to pity them, since it says (ibid.): Nor shalt thou shew mercy unto them.

http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/guido_deimel/judaism.html#46


The above references the command from the OLD TESTAMENT which according to Judaic law is applicable for all time and for all believers.

Answer 1

For the love of God, the Old Testament was written a LONG time ago. People were different back then and that's what THEY thought of God. Today, we know that God is not going to punish the non-believers because God is love.

Answer 2

Judaic law exactly when God was dealing with sin in the Old Testament and had to do with Israel. The believer today follows the platform of grace and faith and the teachings of Christ and the New Testament.

Answer 3

Is this actually a question or a verse from the bible?

The Bible, especially the New Testament, is a fabrication of the Roman Emperors to pacify a rebellious Judea, who subsequently edited the Old Testament ex post facto to prophesize about the Roman invented Jesus myth

Answer 4

It also teaches how to rape one's own sister, how to commit genocide, how to sell your daugther, how to commit incest and adultery, how to kill the infidels and many other evil and inhuman acts.

While many Christians are accussing the Qur'an to be blood thirsty and violent, they don't check their own book.

That's the difference between the followers of islam and christianity. Although muslims have been persecuted, occupied, enslaved and massacred by the christian powers for centuries, they forgive them and still consider those actions to be not sanctioned by christianity. While the actions of a few crazy bunch of muslims are being blamed by many christians to islam.

So who is the judgmental,eh? A muslim or a christian?

Answer 5

I do not agree I am sure they are being taken out of context and do not see what you ate first sugested but the muslims do as you say not christians.

Answer 6

YOU ARE CONFUSING THE OT WITH YOUR QURAN, OSAMA!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.prophetofdoom.net/
http://www.americanthinker.com/2005/06/muhammad_and_the_jews.html

Answer 7

god is a myth and this is not a question

Answer 8

god should be whipped and so should his followers.