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Episode 141 – Murder (The Ten Commandments, Part 6)

Our Ten Commandments series returns with a discussion of the Sixth Commandment: “You shall not murder.” First, though, Jenny’s got a lot of Overlight to talk about! We got to sit down and play it, and it was quite fun. Grant’s also got an Eberron game in the works, and Peter’s trying NaNoWriMo this month as well. We also address a question from Patreon supporter “gfactor”, who asks “What tabletop RPGs would you recommend for playing with younger kids (elementary age) and how would you transition them to more complex games as they got older?” (Our answers: No Thank You, Evil!; Happy Birthday, Robot!; Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple; and Savage Worlds.) We’ve got something a bit unusual after our Scripture reading as well—a quick explanation of an Aramaic term, “Raca”,  that’s untranslated in Matthew 5:22.

After all that, we have a heavy topic to address: Murder. Why ‘murder’ and not ‘kill’ in most translations? What’s the difference, and what causes it? How does Christ reframe this question in the Sermon on the Mount? And how do we square this against a hobby where violence, and often outright murder, is found in many of the games we play?

Scripture: Exodus 20:13Leviticus 19:18Matthew 5:21-26Romans 13:9

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