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originally posted by: DISRAELI
a reply to: Akragon
He spoke of marriage (the heterosexual thing) as something very important in God's eyes, and the Old Testament shows it to be important as a way of producing life.
That has implications about anything that may undermine heterosexual marriage and the production of children, so I said the point needed to be taken into consideration.
Marriage and the God of Life
originally posted by: Akragon
Twas and always has been a religious tradition and has nothing at all to do with procreation
Yet marriage isn't required in Love... which IS what Jesus taught
Is this sentence referring to marriage? If so, I refer you to the old Anglican marriage service, on the subject of the causes for which marriage is ordained
"First, It was ordained for the procreation of children, to be brought up in the fear and nurture of the Lord..."
Be careful not to exploit the ambiguity of the English word "Love".
There are two different words in the Greek. What Jesus taught was AGAPE. The fact that Jesus taught AGAPE can't be used to justify all the possible varieties of EROS.
originally posted by: DISRAELI
originally posted by: Akragon
Right... religious tradition
I thought it would be appropriate to bring religious tradition into a thread discussing what religious tradition says.
Do Jews follow the Old Testament?
originally posted by: Akragon
a reply to: Woodcarver
Look into Jewish Ceremonies and traditions...
depending on the sect... they keep very close to OT traditions
originally posted by: Woodcarver
Do Jews follow the Old Testament?
originally posted by: Akragon
a reply to: Woodcarver
Look into Jewish Ceremonies and traditions...
depending on the sect... they keep very close to OT traditions
Is the Torah the Old Testament?
originally posted by: Akragon
originally posted by: Woodcarver
Do Jews follow the Old Testament?
originally posted by: Akragon
a reply to: Woodcarver
Look into Jewish Ceremonies and traditions...
depending on the sect... they keep very close to OT traditions
They follow Torah... Mostly
Though rabbinical tradition seems to be a major part in their belief system as well
originally posted by: Woodcarver
a reply to: Akragon
So I can bring the old testament into a Jewish synagogue and teach those people from that book and they won’t have a problem with it?