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Originally Posted by dyna mo
what are your conclusions on Quran 5:33?
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Context is powerful. See 5:27 (regarding Adam's first 2 children: Cain and Abel and God's attitude regarding the spilling of innocent blood) onwards to 5:32. Pay special attention to 5:32's statement on the significance of SAVING a life. This sets up the proper context for 5:33. Since saving a life has tremendous importance as spilling innocent blood has tremendous importance ('as if he killed all mankind') the hyperbole is set up and 5:33 must be read in light of what came before it.
Reading 5:33 alone is like reading Mark 9:43 alone or Matthew 10:34 or any of Exodus' statements regarding the Amalekites out of context (also 1 Samuel 15:3)