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Originally posted by Awen24
...the problem with your OP is that you haven't rightly divided between Jewish and Christian text.
Originally posted by humphreysjim
Originally posted by butcherguy
True Christians shouldn't have a problem rejecting Leviticus.
That would include the parts about homosexuality too, then.
Menstruation is mentioned elsewhere in the Bible, by the way, in the same manner.
I am simply talking about the way God refers to menstruating women.
Originally posted by butcherguy
reply to post by humphreysjim
I am simply talking about the way God refers to menstruating women.
I won't doubt that you are speaking to God.
But if your reference is taken from religious writings, such as the Bible, I would say that you are reading words written by men. Words written to be used to assert control over the population, giving power to men over women.
Originally posted by humphreysjim
Originally posted by Awen24
...the problem with your OP is that you haven't rightly divided between Jewish and Christian text.
I don't think it matters who the passages are directed at. If menstruating women are unclean, they are unclean. I am not talking about laws, I am simply talking about the way God refers to menstruating women.
Originally posted by Awen24
Thus, unless a law is reiterated in the New Testament (God's stance on homosexuality is; Israel's law regarding menstruating women is not), it no longer applies.
I would appreciate it if you took my name out of that post since i had nothing to do with it. Thank you.
No doubt!! And he did it twice!!
I am not actually claiming to be talking to God, just using the words of the Christian's own book, which is assumed by them to be God's word.
Originally posted by butcherguy
reply to post by humphreysjim
I am not actually claiming to be talking to God, just using the words of the Christian's own book, which is assumed by them to be God's word.
It seems that most Christians assume that the Bible is God's word.
Not all of them, though.
Originally posted by butcherguy
reply to post by humphreysjim
I for one do not trust it, so you are preaching to the choir in a way, although I am not atheist.
But I wouldn't say to toss the entire Bible as crap, like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I tend to agree with Ten Commandments, whether written by men or handed down directly from God. The Golden Rule is worth living by too, but it is hardly the sole property of Judeo/Christian culture.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
reply to post by humphreysjim
Chick-Fil-A didn't ban anyone.
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
reply to post by humphreysjim
Chick-Fil-A didn't ban anyone. Secondly, we have sanitary ways to deal with bodily fluids that people thousands of years ago did not enjoy.