--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > <shempmcgurk@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 2/25/06 1:11:44 A.M. Central Standard > > Time, > > > > > shempmcgurk@ writes: > > > > > > > > > > > The Bible says it is an abomination for a man to *lay* > > with > > > > > another man they > > > > > > way he would with a woman. (paraphrased). I think that > gets > > > > the > > > > > point across > > > > > > without being too graphic. > > > > > > > > > > That's IT? > > > > > > > > > > Sounds pretty vague to me. > > > > > > > > > > Shemp That's the only verse, from Leviticus, that I remember > > off > > > > > hand. I pretty sure there is more. The Bible wasn't written > in > > > > > legalese as a contract between man and God. Could you > imagine > > if > > > > > priests and rabbi had to be attorneys as well? ROFLMAO! > > > > > > > > Well, actually, isn't that precisely what the Talmud is... > > > > basically, volume after volume after volume of "legalese" of > the > > > > contract between man and God? > > > > > > Between Jews and God, yes, indeed, that is exactly > > > what it is (the contract itself is what Leviticus > > > is, the book where we find the passage MDixon cites). > > > > > > He needs to brush up on his religious history just > > > a bit, I think. > > > > When I was a student at MIU, I remember browsing through the stacks > > at the MIU library and coming across an English translation of the > > Talmud. > > > > Firstly, there were at least 20 volumes. Secondly, there were all > > sorts of weird instructions. Randomly, I picked up a volume and > > there were page upon page upon page on how a carpenter was supposed > > to pick up wood, cut it, etc. I couldn't believe it! There were > > instructions and laws and rules on pretty much anything you could > > think of! > > Yup. That's what the Jews agreed to at Mount Sinai: > complete, utter, unquestioning obedience to God in > all things. > > If you read some Talmudic discussion, and then read > some of the closely reasoned constitutional opinions > from a U.S. high court, you might be struck by the > stylistic resonances. > > It should also be borne in mind that some of the > pickier stuff in the Talmud, while it does apply to > the particular actions in question, also involves > establishing precedent in interpreting the Law that > then becomes the basis for interpreting the Law in > more consequential matters. There's a lot of > *process* involved, in other words. >
If I understand the law correctly this is what the process of "case law" does. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
