(September 11, 2012 at 3:35 am)Godschild Wrote:pocaracas Wrote:But I fail to see that I have any problem with any piece of scripture. It looks plain enough... no history or anything required.
Or are you implying that all scripture must be interpreted according to the time it was written? Shouldn't your god have been a little more precise in his inspiration and provided a time-proof document?
I do not see how you can believe the two incidents in the scriptures you gave are close to the same, and yes in this case a little history of the times would clear things up. Hopefully you will research this and have a better understanding of the depth of study serious Christians do. Did you ever consider God might want us to use the brains He gave us. Haven't I heard it many times that this generation is the smartest yet, could be God wants to see if we will stand up to this claim.
I would bet that has been said many times through the last 2000 years, what do you think.
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I still think it's plain: If a woman betrays her husband or fiance, she (and her lover) must die. If a man rapes a woman, he must die.
They must have had problems of overpopulation in that part of the world, back then.
Still, no excuse to claim the book as a good source of morals.
