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To: ArGee
...On owning a dog...

Missing the point. Those arbitrary edicts are from multiple religions. The dog prohibition is Muslim.

Like laws, some religions tenets are there more from the arbitrary will of the controlling class than from anything a Universe spanning Deity would give two tin turds about.

5,502 posted on 03/13/2013 8:24:06 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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To: Dead Corpse
Missing the point. Those arbitrary edicts are from multiple religions. The dog prohibition is Muslim.

I don't pay attention to Islam because it fails basic logic tests of any religion claiming to represent reality. I also don't pay much attention to the priestly class of Christianity, which is the religion I practice. They're just people and as likely to abuse religion for political purposes as any other person is.

The prohibition against pork for Jews and the sacredness of the sabbath for all make a lot of sense - there's nothing arbitrary about them. (Note how Jesus correctly interpreted the sacredness of the Sabbath - as against what the Priestly class had imposed on the people.)

5,507 posted on 03/13/2013 8:41:59 AM PDT by ArGee (An open mind is like an open window - if you don't have a screen, you get flies.)
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