Timeline for Do Amalekites not have souls?
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| May 13, 2014 at 20:50 | comment | added | ray | @ike I mean they can be programmed to pass tests and the like but they cannot be programmed to have the ability for true intelligent conversation. you will pick up sooner or later that you are talking to a machine without intelligence. a kind of electronic parrot. and even less than that. | |
| May 13, 2014 at 19:18 | comment | added | ike | I'm not sure what you mean by that comment. If that's a yes, then why can't Amalek be in the same category (talking, but not "conscious")? | |
| May 13, 2014 at 17:31 | comment | added | ray | @ike they can be programmed to do whatever you compel them to do but they can't think. | |
| May 13, 2014 at 14:43 | comment | added | ike | So does that mean no computer can pass a Turing test? | |
| May 13, 2014 at 13:04 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | Nowhere does it say donkeys are exempt from them either. The ability to convert though is the best point you've made thus far. | |
| May 13, 2014 at 6:27 | comment | added | ray | @DoubleAA because nowhere does it say they are exempt from the 7 mitzvot of B"N. an amalekite can even convert to a Jew | |
| May 13, 2014 at 6:17 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | I know but how do you know Amelekites are in that category? | |
| May 13, 2014 at 6:12 | comment | added | ray | @DoubleAA nonjews have 7 mitzvot and will be judged in the future on whether they kept them as explained in tractate avodah zara. | |
| May 13, 2014 at 6:10 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | We don't really have evidence that they are liable for their actions. We don't have a Mitzva to kill them for violating Sheva Mitzvot Benei Noach. There is just a command to kill them, like a command to kill an unredeemed firstborn donkey. | |
| May 13, 2014 at 6:08 | comment | added | ray | @DoubleAA they can speak and have free will just like me and you. otherwise they would not be liable for their actions. | |
| May 13, 2014 at 6:06 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | Can they speak intelligently? I suppose I can only think of one place an Amelikite ever speaks אכן סר מר המוות | |
| May 13, 2014 at 6:01 | history | answered | ray | CC BY-SA 3.0 |