[Chewbacca]

I think I finally found "my" bible: The skeptics annotated bible
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/index.html


Now to continue the contradictions surrounding thou shall not kill, and the idea that nations waring is an exception to the rule. I offer this line from Isaiah 2:4
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/is/2.html

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

Furthermore Romans 15:33 says:
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/rom/15.html

15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.

Now looking for moral clarity on the issue of war in the Bible, I would take this as evidence that God intends there to be no war but alas contradictions exist. I mentioned one in my last post, here is another:
Psalms 18:34
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/ps/18.html#34

18:34 He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.

A full overveiw of concerning war/peace can be found here:

http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/peace.html

A full overview of killing/shall not kill can be found here:
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/kill.html

We can all enter the Bible in a search engine and find one so we can read all of these in context and decide for ourselves.

Which is ultimatly my point in exploring the contradictions of the bible and any other literature I study for a moral compass while on the earth. If taken at face value and with-out question the bible or the koran will not neccessarily lead us down a path of peacefulness and wholesomness, but both have the potential if one uses the gift of discernment to decide for themselves what really is wrong and right, good and bad and of course whether or not these contradictions actually exist.

Sorry if I got up on the soapbox a bit with my last paragraph.