To: JFK_Lib
Heck, in Leviticus, it's commanded that persons who leave the Jewish or (by extension) Christian faith be stoned.
19 posted on
02/02/2005 8:21:13 AM PST by
Chemist_Geek
("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
To: Chemist_Geek
Heck, in Leviticus, it's commanded that persons who leave the Jewish or (by extension) Christian faith be stoned.
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Gosh yes, everybody knows that in 2005 Christians and Jews are so busy stoning their fellow citizens that no one gets a lunch hour anymore. (sarc. off).
36 posted on
02/02/2005 9:13:42 AM PST by
ariamne
(reformed liberal-Shieldmaiden of the Infidel)
To: Chemist_Geek
Stick to chemistry and your day job...
44 posted on
02/02/2005 9:36:50 AM PST by
Publius6961
(The most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen, ignorance and stupidity.)
To: Chemist_Geek
Heck, in Leviticus, it's commanded that persons who leave the Jewish or (by extension) Christian faith be stoned. What "extension"?! Have you read the New Testament? Where is the stonning recommended there?
78 posted on
02/02/2005 11:33:34 AM PST by
A. Pole
(Hush Bimbo: "Low wage is good for you!")
To: Chemist_Geek
Heck, in Leviticus, it's commanded that persons who leave the Jewish or (by extension) Christian faith be stoned. Not precisely true. The death-penalty was for idol worship within the land of Israel. If a Hebrew wanted to go up to Tyre and worship Baal and stay there, so be it, but God didn't want them bringing it back with them to pollute His people.
In the Church, since it is (supposed to be) a spiritual rather than political body, the equivalent is being shown the door (i.e. excommunication). The fact that too many used a church-state alliance to kill "heretics" is an example of the trajedy of leaving behind Jesus' teachings, not an example of following them.
In contrast, if you convert from Islam, they see it as a sacred duty to kill you no matter where you go. Big difference.
85 posted on
02/02/2005 11:58:52 AM PST by
Buggman
(Your failure to be informed does not make me a kook.)
To: Chemist_Geek
Chapter and verse please.
132 posted on
02/02/2005 3:38:15 PM PST by
ichabod1
(The Spirit of the Lord Hath Left This Place)
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