Reply #73: Actually, in the moral system of the Old Testament....

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Obama--like anyone not an ultrapious Jewish fundamentalist--is beneath all consideration. Preaching kindness and compassion on the basis of the Old Testament is bizarre--it's more credible to cite it to urge folks to sack a nearby town and slaughter all the inhabitants, even the infants, for not being right with God. In fact, brutal fuckers who have no mercy for anyone outside their ethnic group--and are plenty nasty even to those within--are the "best" heirs of Moses and Joshua, while the idea of being nice to people outside your ethnic or religious group is alien to the Old Testament.

Maybe the nice liberal Christians determined to put a happy face on the Bible should reread it. Joshua and the Israelites didn't go to Jericho with casserole dishes in hand and say, "Yay! We're different--let's celebrate diversity together, with a potluck dinner!"