Hello All. Sorry I've been absent for so long. I've been far too busy having unrestrained, unabashed, God-sanctioned, pure and wholly enjoyable, non-procreative sex with my wife to check the board very often. (Anyone who's had two 4-month-olds simultaneously knows I'm fibbing a bit here).
In any case, I've enjoyed skimming the oft *ahem* lengthy replies to this topic. To Bobby, it has never been my strong suit to argue with any eloquence such matters, especially in reference to such master-debators as yourself. Just as I'm certain my feeble attempts at explaining my position have not changed your point-of-view (nor would I expect them to), rest easy in the knowledge that your arguments, in which I have found nothing remotely convincing, have had equal impact on my views concerning this matter. Not being a theologian, philosopher, or considered by most men to be very wise by such standards, I feel unequipped to effectively argue any point on this board. I don't have a whole lot of free time, so if I don't get to reply for a bit, please don't assume sour grapes or anything else on my part. I greatly enjoy reading and participating in such discourse. Blessings, Chris PS, Glad to see you on here again, Darrin. On Thu, 2008-08-28 at 21:06 -0700, Darrin M wrote: > > For example, why are women not told to be quiet in church? We've uprooted > > this teaching by fiat, it seems. Or please enlighten me why that teaching > > is not normative while others are. Now, the stuff in the Torah about > > killing bulls etc. -- I understand why that's not normative any more because > > of what Jesus did on the cross. And I think an apostle's vision allowed us > > to eat pork again, or something like that. So there are correctives in the > > NT for certain OT norms. But there's a lot of norms that weren't > > corrected. And we don't follow them. Why? That's what I'm asking. How > > do we sift the teachings that are normative from those that are not? > > I have wondered this same thing, actually. There are many things like > cutting of hair, the women in church thing you referred to, and > several others. As I'm not a Bible scholar I can't give any good > reasons as to why not. I have several times said that maybe the Amish > have it more right than anyone. > > I do have some questions, though. First, IS there evidence that the > Israelites had NP sex or if that was a taboo? I realize that there > were not as many contraceptive choices available. And how would this > fit into the marriage consummation? Was the new family immediately > thought to begin having children from the first night of marriage? If > not, how would that one night of pleasure fit in? And what of laying > with prostitutes which happened in the same passage? Not to answer a > question with another question but are we to become fundamentalists? > I do see how it can be argued that we are fitting the meaning to fit > our own lives at times. And if you do that, where does it stop? That > seems to be the main question, how do we determine which laws or > commands we choose to take as literal? That's a main problem non- > Christians seem to have with Christians from what I've been associated > with. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Crosspointe Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/crosspointe-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
