Stacy Smith wrote: --- Can someone explain to me how there could be total freedom of religion with people observing the Mosaic law? How can there have been a command against blasphemy and a death sentence if conditions like Alma portrays were true? How could there have been a climate of religious freedom? ---
Book of Mormon culture in this period appears to have far transcended the Law of Moses. As we can see from the context of the story in Alma 1, the rules of Nephite society during that period were much more liberal than in the most strict legalistic Jewish culture. In fact conditions seemed to more closely parallel those in the early Christian Church. The apostle Paul wrote about the Jews, ..."the law was a schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ." Apparently the Law of Moses had a different effect on Nephite society than it seems to have had on the Jews during the same period. --- Mij Ebaboc ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
