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To: inquest; gridlock; Sofa King
Posted by inquest to OrthodoxPresbyterian On News/Activism 10/09/2003 5:28 PM PDT #109 of 109 Adultery -- the BREACH of Contract -- was punished by the State. ~~ Was this a civil or criminal punishment? If the latter, then it would be difficult to term it a mere contractual matter.

I'm using the term "Civil" to refer to all aspects of State adjudication, as opposed to Religious adjudication.

For example, the matter of "Tithing" which I mentioned above -- both the "Right to Life" and the "Duty of Tithing" was established in Israel, under the Mosaic Law of God; but Civil Penalties were enforced by the Courts of the Judges against Murder, not against Failure to Tithe. One was a Civil Crime (punished by the State), the other was a Religious Crime (not subject to Civil Penalty). Even in Israel, there was a Division of Responsibilities between the Civil Judges and the Levitical Priests ("separation between Church and State" is not a novel concept, originating with Thomas Jefferson. It is found even in Levitical Israel... indeed, first and foremost in Levitical Israel, unlike the Pagan Nations of the time).

Besides, try "going in unto" someone you weren't "contracted" to at all, and see what would have happened then.

As per Deuteronomy 26, the entire population of Israel entered into a voluntary mutual covenant together regarding certain Laws and Public Regulations.

If I have covenanted together with "gridlock" that I have, for example, a legal obligation to provide for his household's daughter if I should seduce her -- then I have a legal obligation to provide for his household's daughter if I should seduce her. This is good, mutually-contractual, voluntary Biblical Law -- the sort we find in Deuteronomy 26.

Absolutely congruent principles of Law.

Best, OP

110 posted on 10/09/2003 6:03:08 PM PDT by OrthodoxPresbyterian (We are unworthy Servants; We have only done Our Duty)
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To: OrthodoxPresbyterian
As per Deuteronomy 26, the entire population of Israel entered into a voluntary mutual covenant together regarding certain Laws and Public Regulations.

As per Deuteronomy 26, the entire population of Israel covenanted to obey the law of God - i.e., religious law, not civil law. You were saying something about the separation of church and state...

113 posted on 10/10/2003 10:30:58 AM PDT by inquest ("Where else do gun owners have to go?" - Lee Atwater)
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