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Date: | Thu, 2 Oct 2003 12:31:49 -0400 |
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Oh Bobby,
That was truly a brilliantly put to summation!!! It is a keeper.
Trisha
> The origins of the many tenets put forth in the old testament were for the
> social good
> (survival). For example, the ban on eating pork was to prevent tricchinosis.
> The strict sexual sanctions were for population control and other purposes.
> People forget how many times the Bible has been translated from one language to
> another. Just look at the differences in the "modern" Bibles and the King
> James version, and that was just from an older version of one language to the
> modern version. These translation did not always "capture the meaning". The
> fundementalists of all religions believe in the literal, absolute meaning of their
> text, the Bible, the Koran, etc. Many people have been killed, or murdered, in
> the pursuit of the literal interpretations of such works. When you discuss
> religion, you get into a semantic quagmire based on different values.
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> Bobby
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> > In fact, I consider the
> > Bible outdated in many respects, especially in consideration to its
> > viewpoints on homosexualty and war; we must consider the differences in time
> > when reading it.
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