P.O.E

[Bunx]

Peace on Earth

If thou shall not kill 
was in regards to warring
would peace equal one?

[dukealien]

Peace on Earth

If thou shall not kill 
was in regards to warring
would peace be one?

First thought on reading:  presumes the reader knows the Commandment translates more accurately as "Thou shalt not murder," i.e. there's a colorable exemption for war.  Good, but slightly elitist   .

Second thought is, obviously, that a "Yes" answer is conditional on all people(s) accepting the Commandment(s) - otherwise the compliant would be (militarily) slaughtered by the non-compliant.  There's passive/pacifist resistance, but it only works against self-doubting authorities.

Third, the homonym:  "won" for "one."  Or even supply another syllable on L3, "would peace then be won?"

A really nice, concise senryu.

[Bunx]

I feel like the argument biblically assumes that innocent people are not killed you know in Roman Times or at least not at the scale of today. Especially when drones are at play and children are at the under end of the monitor.

Another one of those dellimas like the founding fathers probably could not conceive of the internet, atom bombs, drones. As Moses would not consider the same. Idk this poem was mainly food for thought