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To: BipolarBob
If all you need to know is the Old Testament, you have to deal with polygamy, concubinage, and sexual relations with women captured in war.

Plus, Old Testament law required periodic abstinence as a means of maximizing he likelihood of pregnancy. A married couple was required to abstain from sex during menstruation, and then count 7 days after the last show of blood, then have a mikvah (purifying bath) and resume relations. This adds up to 12-13 days of abstinence which puts you on the 12th or 13th day of the cycle, so the man's sperm count is high and the woman is just on the very verge of ovulation. This is the time of absolute maximum fertility. This is the only time you are allowed to have sex: from day 12-13 until the onset of the next menstrual period.

So. You want to do it the Biblical way? There you go! Mazel tov!

27 posted on 11/04/2014 6:32:14 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them." - St. Thomas Aquinas)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Thank you so much. Just because there was “ polygamy, concubinage, and sexual relations with women captured in war.” doesn’t mean God approved of it. As far as maximizing the liklihood of pregnancy and Jewish laws, I’ll deal with that on my own personal level. God Himself said He changes not. So the probability of approval from above on homosexuality is zero.


28 posted on 11/04/2014 7:18:54 PM PST by BipolarBob
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