no Torah reference to marriage between the same sexes because the root was not
allowed. Of course, there may well be references to it in the Christian bible.
As for the law about a man impregnating his dead brothers wife in order to
continue his name, this can be avoided in a simple ritual. Point is, it's not
considered a forced thing but a thing done in honor and memory of the deceased
(and only if he was without children).
> Yes but the injunction about gay marriage is cited from the old testament.
> If that is the case. then how can someone justify not upholding all the laws
> regarding marraige.
>
> Including the one that if a Man dies without issue, his brother or father
> must impregnate his widow. (I don't know the biblical reference to that
> one)
>
> _____
>
> From: Monique Boea
> All of that still applies to a lot of Christians.
>
>
> And there are some who believe that after Christ came forgiveness and grace
> came...in the Old Testament life was very religious and ritualistic...the
> new testament introduces faith, grace, mercy, etc....
>
>
> My .02
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandy Clark
> Its interesting to me how Christians quote the bible when they want to
> promote their viewpoint, but don't follow it when it goes against what they
> want.
> for instance, they quote the bible to cite their objections to gay marriage,
> but what about the following?
>
> Marriage shall consist of a union between one man and one or more
> women.Genesis 29:17-28.
>
> Marriage shall not impede a man's right to take concubines in addition to
> his wife or wives. II Samuel 5:13 and II Chronicles 11:21.
>
> A marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. If the
> wife is not a virgin, she shall be executed. Deuteronomy 22:13.
>
> Marriage of a believer and a nonbeliever shall be forbidden. Genesis 24:3.
>
> _____
>
> From: Michael Dinowitz
> Any time. There are simple things like that which are ignored by religious
> people. Basically, if you believe in God and believe in some book that has
> his
> words in it, you also believe in:
> Destined events
> Magic
> Prophecy
> Spirits
> Ghosts
> etc.
> I laugh every time I see good Christian folk on TV shows where they're
> talking
> to some guy who speaks to the dead. They don't put one plus one together to
> get
> two. Calling to the dead is necromancy. Necromancy is strictly forbidden by
> Biblical law. Christians (and Jews for that matter) can't visit
> spiritualists,
> mediums or the like.
> Me, I believe. I know my deeds have an effect on the world and if I want to
> bring the Messiah, I have to 'improve' the world. Setting up a country to be
> destroyed isn't going to do it. Trying to 'force' God isn't going to do it.
> Only
> doing good. Wish these Apostolics saw it that way. But then again, they
> probably
> see it as a 'good deed'.
>
> And you all know how I just <love> missionaries.
>
> > Thanks Michael.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 3:03 PM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: Re: The Jesus Landing Pad
> >
> >
> > scary doesn't even begin to address this. Bottom line is that these are
> > fundamentalists who see an entire people as nothing more than pawns in
> their
> > 'end of days' scenario. What the article isn't telling you (and might not
> > know)
> > is that the Biblical end of days scenario involves certain wars, battles
> and
> > events. One such event looks much like a nuclear blast. Remember my post
> > from a
> > few days back where the French said flat out that they wanted to arm the
> > Arabs
> > with nukes? Where do you think that would lead? Just another step towards
> a
> > scripted goal. Armageddon.
> > Thing is, these people are not religious. Not in the sense of believing in
> > God
> > or trusting in a divine plan. They're looking to 'force' a prophesied
> event
> > into
> > happening and let me tell you, it just doesn't work that way. If they had
> > true
> > faith then they would wait for God to do whatever is planned rather than
> > trying
> > to do it for him. Schmucks.
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> _____
> _____
>
>
>
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