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To: mlc9852

"The OT deals with the laws but you probably already know that. Skip to the NT for grace."


That's very good advice. But the OT is a part of the Bible. How do you reconcile the fact that, out of all the world religions, only Islam comes close to enforcing such archaic laws as "Kill your disobedient teenage son"... or that women should be "unclean for 7 days" after giving birth to a son...and unclean for 14 days for giving birth to a daughter (Leviticus 12:1-5)? Why doesn't Christianity and Judaism still take these 'laws' literally? If they aren't to be taken literally, why should Creation?

Seriously, since no Christians or Jews (outside of a few whack jobs) take these laws seriously, how can a person take the rest of it seriously? You can't say "Well, Creation story is 100% true...but ignore those pesky, weird laws about death to non-Sabbath observers."


149 posted on 01/09/2006 11:20:43 AM PST by Blzbba (Sub sole nihil novi est)
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To: Blzbba

I don't take OT laws seriously any more but I'm sure I would have if I would have lived in those times. I also don't take prohibition laws seriously but I would have in the 20s.


160 posted on 01/09/2006 11:33:07 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: Blzbba

Some beliefs are more Fundamental than others.


174 posted on 01/09/2006 11:44:37 AM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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