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...with the exception of the fruit trees. Cities outside Israel's borders were permitted to become tributaries. If they refused, the Bible permitted the killing only of the men -the women and children had to be taken as slaves. The Jews were also prohibited from fighting on the Sabbath...
...early Christians extended the Sabbath ban against fighting to every day of the week. A literal interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount obviously necessitated a pacifist position. Writing against the Christians some time between 170 and 180, the Roman philosopher Celsus made the point that "if all men were to do the same as you, there would be nothing to prevent the king from being left in utter solitude and desertion, and the forces of empire would fall into the hands of the wildest and most lawless barbarians." But Christians ceased to be pacifist when the Emperor Constantine turned...
...addition to Sunday, Saturday is observed as the Sabbath. Male and female children are circumcised, and the Mosaic dietary laws are observed. The Ethiopians uniquely celebrate a feast in honor of Pontius Pilate, believing that he ultimately repented of his role in Jesus' passion and death. Western scholars have trouble establishing precisely what the church believes, since there is no defined body of doctrine...
...write that "the Conservatives can drive on the Sabbath." The Conservative movement does not give a blanket endorsement to riding on the Sabbath. Doing so is permitted only when attendance at services would otherwise be unreasonably difficult or impossible. It is believed that the positive value of participation in public prayer outweighs the negative value of not riding. For other purposes, riding on the Sabbath destroys the serenity and sanctity appropriate to that...
...most open differences are in the approach to the Sabbath and dietary laws. Both are rigidly observed by the Orthodox, who eat no pork or shellfish and normally refuse to ride to the synagogue on the Sabbath. The Conservatives can drive on the Sabbath and, while they view the dietary laws as binding, do not observe them so strictly as the Orthodox. Reform Jews, of course, have no dietary proscriptions, treat the Sabbath much as Christians now treat Sunday. With the growth of suburbia and the resultant distances be tween homes and synagogues, however, more Orthodox Jews are driving...