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Originally Posted by Chris T
Because it's a parable. Parables reduce big, profound theology to relatively simple stories. That's their purpose. The characters and situations in them represent other things to whatever extent is necessary to make the point. They are not, however, intended to be taken as complex allegory. That would defeat the point.
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Does that make it acceptable then?
Also, would an extremist realise that god is supposed to do the slaying personally, rather than use his followers to do his bidding as he has reportedly used them to do so before?