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To: Zyke

See this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1327472/posts
for an example of Christian relativism.
In the Old Testament [and, the poster claims, endorsed by Jesus]:
START QUOTE "the death penalty [is] for rapists, (Deut. 22:25) sodomy, (Lev. 18:22, 20:13) fornication, (Lev. 21:9) (Deut. 22:21-24) perjury, (Zech. 5:4) kidnapping, (Ex.21:16, Deut. 24:7) witchcraft, (Ex. 22:18) for striking or cursing father or mother, (Ex. 21:15,17, Lev. 20:9) disobedience to parents, (Deut. 21:18-21) theft, (Zech. 5:3,4) blasphemy, (Lev. 24:11-14,16,23) sabbath desecration, (Ex. 35:2, Num. 15:32-36) propagating false doctrines, (Deut. 13:1-10) refusing to abide by the decision of court, (Deut. 17:12) even homosexuals. (Lev. 20:13)" END QUOTE

However, there are surely few Christians today who would advocate the death penalty for all those 'crimes' [working / shopping / playing on Sundays? pre-marital sex? cursing a parent?] Not to mention the impossibility of applying all 10 Commandments to contemporary American life - no 'coveting'? The consumer economy done with.

Christian morality is in no way fixed, but rather in flux around key values that are mostly in common with every other moral / ethical system of the day.


26 posted on 01/27/2005 9:38:49 AM PST by johnmilken
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To: johnmilken

Looks relative to me...


31 posted on 01/27/2005 9:47:37 AM PST by stuartcr
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To: johnmilken
However, there are surely few Christians today who would advocate the death penalty for all those 'crimes'...

Uh, Jesus changed the rules. Read the story of Him stopping the execution of the adulteress. "Go and sin no more."

51 posted on 01/27/2005 10:40:18 AM PST by FormerLib (Kosova: "land stolen from Serbs and given to terrorist killers in a futile attempt to appease them.")
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