[Drawsing]

As a matter of fact, Christianity does teach I should put to death someone who's slept with a woman while she was impure, among other nasty things. I'll re-read the Leviticus book, but it's real keen on burning people alive, IIRC.

Yes please re-read Leviticus. I think you are mistaken about the impurity punishment. I believe the burning was reserved for those who practiced incest. There were laws in the Old Testament that were put in place for the maintenance of civil order and they do include what we would call capital punishment for various offenses. None of this changes the central theme of the Bible which is love and redemption of mankind.

[Atlantic Friend]

Absolutely - these things are not the central message, and Christianty is not about burning people alive because they committed incest or stoning unruly children to death to prove they should respect their father.

What I'm only trying to say here is that, if you take any Holy Book and quote it our of context, you'll have the recipe for any jihad, crusade, or Holocaust some tinpot dictator could dream about.

[nyconse]

Ah, but Jesus saved a woman accused of adultery - Let he who is without sin cast the first stone....Ancient Jewish law has nothing to do with modern Christian law.

[Atlantic Friend]

Yes, you were right - and so please accept my apologies.

In fact the Leviticus says that a man sleeping with a woman or seeing her naked when she's impure will be expelled from the Lord's people. Burning was indeed reserved for the incest and zoophily adepts.

Again, I didn't, don't or won't ever suggest that this is or was the central message of Christianity, my whole point was that people could take passages from any holy book to further their own goals and justify violence.