I’m sure you could. But you seem to leave it up to your own judgment which laws still apply and which don’t.
Which was pretty much my point. A law is only meaningful if you obey it when it isn’t convenient to you.
Here’s a very short list of Mosaic Laws that modern American violate routinely, with AFAIK no specific abrogation of them by Christ.
1. Don’t castrate animals. (Steers, dogs, cats, etc.)
2. All sex outside of marriage is prohibited.
3. A man cannot remarry his ex-wife, if she married another man in the meantime.
4. Not to leave the house or do any work at all on the Sabbath. (Admittedly, Christ did say specific things about Sabbath-keeping.)
5. Keep multiple religious holidays per the rules.
6. Don’t eat meat killed while hunting, or pork, shrimp, etc.
7. Not to till the ground in the 7th year.
8. Don’t wear garments of mixed fibers.
9. A menstruating women is unclean and defiles those with whom she comes in contact.
10. Special rules for raping women you capture in war. If you don’t decide to keep her as a wife, you have to free her. Her opinion on the matter not relevant.
When a Christian group, as I said, can show me they keep all these commandments, as well as the others, then I’ll take them seriously on the matter. Since they don’t, IMO their “observance of the law” consists solely of keeping (sort of) those commandments they find convenient, while ignoring the rest. This is largely an excuse to look down on those Christians who don’t keep the same list of convenient commandments.
1. Don’t castrate animals. (Steers, dogs, cats, etc.)
I have never castrated an animal, and never intend to do so.
2. All sex outside of marriage is prohibited.
I agree with this. I believe it to be both physically and mentally to ones detriment to engage in casual sex.
When I was young I did engage in pre-marital sex, and am sorry I did so. I don't make excuses for my actions or try to argue that they were not a sin.
3. A man cannot remarry his ex-wife, if she married another man in the meantime.
I don't believe in divorce except in extreme cases such as marital infidelity, and can't imagine someone remarrying someone they divorced in an such an extreme case.
4. Not to leave the house or do any work at all on the Sabbath. (Admittedly, Christ did say specific things about Sabbath-keeping.)
I believe one should rest every 7 days, just as one should sleep 8 hours a night (resting more or not at all results in poor health and a shorter life span). I personally am more guilty of resting too much, and recognize my choice as the sin of slothfulness. We were designed to work, but were also designed to rest from work every 7 days.
5. Keep multiple religious holidays per the rules.
I observe religious holidays, and think it's good to pass that tradition on to our children.
6. Don’t eat meat killed while hunting, or pork, shrimp, etc.
We already discussed the food issue up thread. Basically, I believe nearly all foods to be acceptable to eat when processed properly.
7. Not to till the ground in the 7th year.
crop rotation seems like a smart idea to me, I have never grown crops, but if I did I would probably take that admonition into account in order to not deplete the land to my future detriment.
8. Don’t wear garments of mixed fibers.
actually depending on which version of the bible you are reading the law specifically says “Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.” and since I don't think i’ve ever owned anything “linen” in my life, I think I am ok on this one. I also suspect there is more to this prohibition that meets the eye. There was probably some pagan sect who specifically did this to mark themselves as folowers (sort of like the rounded haircut prohibition) and thus has more to do with worshiping false Gods than the materials our clothes are made from.
9. A menstruating women is unclean and defiles those with whom she comes in contact.
Sounds good to me. I suspect that in ancient times menstruating women were very unclean. And I also suspect that having sex (even within marriage) is more dangerous when a woman is menstruating just as engaging in sodomy even within marriage has added health risks. These prohibitions much like the original food ones seem to come mostly from a concern with avoiding and spreading infection and disease. Face it, they didn't have tampons in ancient times.
10. Special rules for raping women you capture in war. If you don’t decide to keep her as a wife, you have to free her. Her opinion on the matter not relevant.
Well I guess I would free her, since raping someone doesn't seem like it would be very pleasurable for either party.