Re: OT: the following is censorship

On Oct 31, 11:20 pm, Howard Duck <hbd...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:58:26 -0500, "Joan in GB-W" <jjkr...@xxxxxxx>
wrote:





"Howard Duck" <hbd...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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<groan> Don't you ever get tired of your incessant departure from the
Bible and the fact that it is one complete book, the word of God. You
prove nothing with these out-of-bound appeals to extrabiblical
references. Moreover, the fact that I stated is Christian doctrine
expressed throughout the Epistles, and not at all contradicted by the
synoptic Gospels. Also, Irenaeus was a 2nd century Christian, long
before the RCC existed as it later became.
--
Howard

To Howard and his friends:

Thank you for doing so much to educate people

regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from you

and understand why you would propose and support a

constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage. As you

said, "in the eyes of God marriage is based between a man

and a woman." I try to share that knowledge with as many

people as I can. When someone tries to defend the

homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them

that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an

abomination... End of debate.

I do need some advice from you, however, regarding

some other elements of God's Laws and how to follow them.

1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess

slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased

from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that

this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you

clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?

2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery,

as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do

you think would be a fair price for her?

3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman

while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanness -

Lev.15: 19-24. The problem is how do I tell? I have tried

asking, but most women take offense.

4. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice,

I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord - Lev.1:9.

The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not

pleasing to them. Should I smite them?

5. I have a neighbor who insists on working on the

Sabbath. Exodus 35:2. clearly states he should be put to

death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or

should I ask the police to do it?

6. A friend of mine feels that even though eating

shellfish is an abomination - Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser

abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you

settle this? Are there 'degrees' of abomination?

7. Lev. 21: 20 states that I may not approach the

altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to

admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision

have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle-room here?

8. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed,

including the hair around their temples, even though Lev.

19 expressly forbids this: 27. How should they die?

9. I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin

of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play

football if I wear gloves?

10. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev.19:19 by

planting two different crops in the same field, as does

his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds

of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to

curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we

go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together

to stone them? Lev.24:10-16. Couldn't we just burn

them to death at a private family affair, like we do with

people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14) I know

you have studied these things extensively and thus enjoy

considerable expertise in such matters, so I am confident

you can help.

Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is

eternal and unchanging.

Joan

Read the New Testament: e.g. - Hebrews 8:6-13

Heb 8:6 But now hath he [JESUS CHRIST] obtained a more excellent
ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant,
which was established upon better promises.
Heb 8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no
place have been sought for the second.
Heb 8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come,
saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of
Israel and with the house of Judah:
Heb 8:9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers
in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land
of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded
them not, saith the Lord.
Heb 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of
Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their
mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and
they shall be to me a people:
Heb 8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every
man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from
the least to the greatest.
Heb 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their
sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Heb 8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first
old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
--
Howard

So that means that Christians should not consider homosexuality an
abomination? If eating shellfish is now OK, why shouldn't
homosexuality be?

LM
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