nordlead said:
donathos said:
nordlead said:
donathos said:
I agree with you that strict and psychotic aren't the same thing, but the rule in question seems to be thus: that if a woman defends her husband from attack by grabbing the genitals of the attacker... that the woman's hand should be cut off.
That seems more than "strict" to me. You don't agree?
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Heh, well, stoning for adultery is pretty extreme too is it not?
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Yes--I would call them both extreme. But at least I can understand wanting to punish adultery in some way--I think that cheating is generally a morally reprehensible thing to do.
But this is different. This is a woman attempting to defend her husband; not morally reprehensible at all, in my view.
ETA: What kind of God would punish a woman for trying to defend her husband?
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honestly I don't have an answer for why it is morally reprehensible and I would have to ask one of my friends who is an anthropologist and pastor some questions. And for your final question, it doesn't say the problem is defending her husband, it is how she is defending her husband, but whatever I understand your question, but can't answer it.
@highwaystar
actually, if you refer to the Bible, you are typically referring to the Christian Bible by default. The Jews don't believe the new Testament and hence don't believe the savior described in the old testament came, and Islam is a totally different religion and their god Allah is not the God of the Bible. If you want to group Catholics, protestants, and all the other Christian religions together that is a different story. They all believe the same Bible, but sadly they argue over how to interpret it and thus create different denominations.
@donathos
The Old Testament is part of the Bible, and is worthy of discussion, but has no say on if you are going to heaven or not. As I stated earlier, a lot of the Old Testament shows how man is Sinful in Gods eyes and how we can never be holy. The Old Testament aslo provides a lot of text describing how the world was created, various history, geneology, and prophets describing what will happen in the future (a lot being what will happen in the new testament). But in the end, going to heaven ultimatly comes down to one thing only.
And from here I am out. If you want to talk about this subject, you can pm me. But I prefer not to create another debate on these forums about religion as I can't say it ever ends well, and this is a gaming forum.
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