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On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Christian M. Cepel wrote:
Mike Miller wrote:
On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Christian M. Cepel wrote:
A great number of Christian's use the bible as their filter for their
stances on war, abortion, homosexuality, etc. The bible is not only
clear on these topics, but also on one's responses to these topics.
There is really nothing on abortion in the Bible.
My apologies. You are right of course in the strictest sense. In the sense
that if one believes a baby is a life at whatever particular stage, then
terminating the maturation process after that stage is Murder.
You have an absolutistic religion, supposedly, but it leaves a lot of room
for interpretation. This is one example. You don't really know what God
wants, so you'll have to make some guesses. Once you've made your guess,
you'll push your views forcefully on other people and claim to do it in
the name of God. All doubts are washed away by the power of your
imagination.
The Bible has all kinds of great advice on how to kill people who do
things we don't like. For example, if a woman appears not to be a
virgin to her new husband on her wedding night, she should be stoned to
death. The Bible is crystal clear on this issue.
No Mike. You are dead opposite wrong. Jewish and Hasidic law are clear
on this, yes... but... Paul made clear statement that these laws were
to some degree or another to be abandoned in favor of the teachings of
Jesus Christ.
If you need an even higher authority on the subject, you are forgetting
that Jesus calmed a crowd preparing to stone to death a woman of no
virtue who was under pain of death according to the law. His
instruction of, "He who is without sin, cast the first stone", is one of
the guiding principles of Christian behavior today.... well. It is
supposed to be.
Don't you just love that Biblical terminology -- "a woman of no virtue"? I
wonder what she did to earn that title!
You have a point there, Christian, but there are still many questions that
are not clear. Jesus didn't really write a new set of laws to overturn
all of what is in Deuteronomy, so you have to make some judgment calls.
Mike
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