Word: shalt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...conscientiously opposed to participation in war in any form," but also that he believes in a "Supreme Being." Many belong to the "peace churches," which sprang up after the Reformation and which, though their explanations are often more complex, in effect brook no compromise with the commandment "Thou shalt not kill." One faith, Jehovah's Witnesses, deems it a sin to have anything to do with conscription on grounds that each of its members is a minister and would be barred by national service from preaching; approximately 5,000 Witnesses went to prison rather than be inducted. Most peace...
...tasteless. It's been swallowed up by Madison Avenue. Right after the dinner hour, we hear all about underarm deodorants, bad breath, dentures. It's disgusting. There is an easy way to make it on TV-you learn their ten commandments, which start with Thou shalt kill,' 'Thou shalt lie,' 'Thou shalt be a cutthroat...
...Hollywood history, edging out his own Ben-Hur and nearing the $41 million record of Gone With the Wind. And that just counts the North American take. Overseas, Heston is an even bigger favorite. He is also taken seriously as an actor. Despite the critics' First Commandment-thou shalt not worship a graven performance-Heston's stony acting has won him a German Bambi, three Belgian Uilenspiegels, and a U.S. Oscar...
...hope the jury is a group of Godfearing people who will be able to overlook the commandment "Thou shalt not kill" and use, as a basis for their verdict, "An eye for an eye," and then punish these creatures accordingly. May I be forgiven for my evil thoughts of wanting a murder...
...Thou Shalt Not Kill. For other Quakers, Morrison's act raised questions both as a suicide and as a pacifist protest. Although the Friends profess deep reverence for human life, their doctrine includes no specific condemnation of suicide; most Quakers were content to let God judge Morrison's self-slaughter. And while they could quarrel with his grisly form of martyrdom, there was no disputing that the vast majority of Friends shared Morrison's misgiving about the Viet Nam war, or any other war. Along with the Brethren movement and the Mennonites, the Friends have been...