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- From: pyeatt@Texaco.com (Larry D. Pyeatt)
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- Subject: Re: Will the -REAL- Christians please stand up? Was: What did Judas be
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 19:04:51 GMT
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- In article <C19spw.L9J@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU>, sschaff@roc.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Stephen F. Schaffner) writes:
- |> In article <1993Jan22.160421.5216@texhrc.uucp>, pyeatt@Texaco.com (Larry D. Pyeatt) writes:
- |>
- |> |> [...] There are thousands of such references in
- |> |> the Bible. Everything from killing babies to raping women to killing one's
- |> |> own children. All at the commandment of this wonderful God. The Bible is
- |> |> definitely not the word of MY God. Mine has much higher morals.
- |>
- |> I usually try to stay out of this thread, but I do like to check on
- |> facts every now and then. Killing babies is certainly commanded (in
- |> connection with the Conquest), but where in the Bible do people rape and
- |> kill their own children at the command of God?
- |>
- |> By the way, what makes you think the command about not eating
- |> animals that die of natural causes has anything to do with health?
-
- If you read the list, it becomes obvious.
-
- |> After all,
- |> it does occur in the context of regulations about ritual purity. I'm not
- |> saying it couldn't have been intended as part of a health code, but do you
- |> have any reason for thinking that's what it was?
-
- In Leviticus 22:8 and 22:9, God commands his people not to eat of anything
- that dieth of itself or has been gnawed on by an animal, or they will die.
-
- Obviously, the God of the bible knew about disease and that it could be
- passed by saliva and by eating an animal that died of disease. How
- reassuring to know that God is not an idiot!
-
- Nowadays, we know about disease germs, parasites, and viruses (viri?).
- But back then, all they knew was that eating certain foods caused one
- to die. Either the ancients attributed their knowledge to God, or God
- actually told them what to eat. Believe whichever makes you most
- comfortable. In either case, the result is a list of foods that "God"
- will kill you for eating. (through disease)
-
- Add Leviticus to Deuteronomy and look at it in light of what we now know
- about health. It is quite obvious that Deuteronomy is a list of dangerous
- foods, except for that odd sentence about not seething a kid in its mother's
- milk.
-
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