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To: skr
Especially the part where it commands us to go out and kill homosexuals.

Chapter? Verse? Context?


Only because you asked so nicely...

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.--Lev.18:22

If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.-- Lev.20:13.

King James Bible. I've been told the "abomination" parts don't actually show up in the original texts, and were added after the fact by King James' transcribers intentionally, much in the same way the so-called "Crucifixion Psalm" was fabricated.

This is also the same part of the Bible that devotes a whole chapter (Lev. 15) to dealing with what happens when a woman menstrates. Or not eating four-legged insects

For the future, might I suggest you invest in a computer-searchable Bible for your own research purposes?
75 posted on 11/22/2001 2:28:22 AM PST by WyldKard
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To: WyldKard; jlogajan
Thank you both for the information.

Wyldkard, I do have the ability to look it up. I thought your reference was from the Old Testament, but that you might have something from the New Testament that wasn't Mosaic Law meant for the Jewish people. When Jesus came, the Law, which included limiting travel on the Sabbath and blood sacrifices (or do Jews still practice that?) was replaced by God's Salvation. When Jesus said, "...He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." (John 8:7), He changed the letter of the Law into the spirit of the Law.

As to the "Crucifixion Psalm", the word "pierced" being determined by 72 rabbis as the correct translation tells me that even among Jewish scholars there's a difference of opinion. Nevertheless, the whole of the Psalm, even with the "lion" interpretation is still a clear reference to the Crucifixion. Jesus knew His Scriptures and knew those who studied it would understand that He was fulfilling it.

It was most interesting to read what the rabbi thought was anti-Semitic from Martin Luther and interesting to see how anti-Christian he was in his response to the Lutheran minister. It goes both ways, although the Lutheran minister never wrote anything in the least anti-Semitic to Rabbi Singer, who still didn't understand that true Christians do not hate the Jews. He preferred to cite anti-Semites who claimed to be Christian as his proof to the contrary. It was most enlightening. Thank you for the link.

Do you have a reference for the abomination-less verses? I would be interested to read the wording, if you do. I regret that I cannot read Hebrew, Greek or Latin. It would certainly be better for my own edification, not to mention discussions, if I could. I will just have to see what I can do about that.

As to Lev. 15, it deals with both men and women having a discharge, not just a woman's cycle.

I appreciate the chance to discuss this with you.

104 posted on 11/22/2001 10:01:48 PM PST by skr
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To: WyldKard
Well, if we went back to the old way of dealing with them; there wouldn't be as many. Would there?
137 posted on 11/26/2001 7:13:15 AM PST by packrat01
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