Good question. The answer for Christians may be that the Christian Bible is a 'new testiment' that replaces the laws of the old. I can answer for Jews and say that this is a legal decision based on witnesses and other 'events' and could only applied in temple times when there was a proper court. As the temple does not exist at the moment, there is no way this law can even be contemplated, let alone enacted. When the Temple comes and God reveals himself to the world without a doubt then it'll be readressed but until then it's a moot point when it comes to Jews. No Jew would use that as a basis for any attack/crime/whatever as they can never be relivant at this time.
On the other hand, the specific passages questioned in the Koran are used to this very day in the laws of countries such as Afganistan where someone was almost killed because he converted. That's the entire point here. The questions in the Bible have been asked and answered MANY times before. Those who use the Bible as a basis for any sort of attack on anyone is viewed as someone insane or the like. The questions are now asked for the Koran. We await the answerers especially as those who use these passages seem to be seen as paragons of their faith rather than insane or criminals. >Deuteronomy: Chapter 17, of the King James Bible, instructs the devout to >stone to death those who have worshipped false God's. > >So.....should we ask the question: Is Christianity inherently a violent >religion? > >Taking literal translations from an ancient text and holding them up as >"proof", is the same mistake a creationist would make in holding up the >Genesis creation story as "proof" of our beginnings. > >Are ancient Jewish texts devoid of any such statements that require a more >moderate interpretation??? > > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201864 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
