On Feb 27, 2006, at 12:50 PM, authfriend wrote:I was actually serious. I often thought of you as similar to Camille (in a positive sense), therefore it was surprising to hear you find her offensive in some way and therefore the post seemed unlike you...however... people often
In a message dated 2/26/06 6:17:40 P.M. Central Standard Time,
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According to the Bible, they didn't want to have toshare their
prosperity with every stranger who camealong.I suspect they could
have found other means, but rapewas a pretty effective threat, and,
In a message dated 2/26/06 6:48:11 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Christ.
What Christ is saying is that the people of a town that refuses his
message are in far worse condition because the message was
offered and rejected where as it was never offered to
In a message dated 2/27/06 9:29:23 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But the
Hebrew Scriptures are full of tales of suchpunishments of one unpleasant,
violent sort or another.Jesus chose the destruction of Sodom because
it workedin three respects: a punishment
In a message dated 2/27/06 1:56:44 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What's
the punishment for this "abomination?" Failing to observe the Sabbath
(always Saturday, sorry non-7th-dayers) is punishable by being stoned or
banished. What's the set punishment for
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of homosexuality...
on 2/27/06 10:08 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 2/27/06 9:29:23 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But the Hebrew Scriptures are full of tales of
such punishments of one
On Feb 27, 2006, at 8:44 AM, authfriend wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "anonyff" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" jstein@ wrote: Camille Paglia is bullshit. Judy, this post seems very unlike you, why do you say this? Uh, because I
On Feb 27, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Rick Archer wrote:on 2/27/06 10:08 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:In a message dated 2/27/06 9:29:23 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But the Hebrew Scriptures are full of tales of such punishments of one unpleasant, violent
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Speaking of homosexuality...
on 2/27/06 10:38 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jesus f*cking Christ are you going to be smote for posting that!
We must inquire, who is the smiter, and who the smitee? Isnt there really only one of us? And is there really
On Feb 27, 2006, at 12:06 PM, Rick Archer wrote:on 2/27/06 10:38 AM, Vaj at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Jesus f*cking Christ are you going to be smote for posting that!We must inquire, who is the smiter, and who the smitee? Isn’t there really only one of us? And is there really a process of smiting,
On Feb 27, 2006, at 12:17 PM, authfriend wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 27, 2006, at 8:44 AM, authfriend wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "anonyff" anonyff@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" jstein@ wrote:
Maybe this is the abridged version. :)
Sal
On Feb 27, 2006, at 10:25 AM, Patrick Gillam wrote:
I haven't analyzed your posts, Judy, but I would venture
that if I did, I'd find most have a beginning, a middle
and an end: Camille Paglia is bullshit because she's
wrong. Every study of rape
On Feb 27, 2006, at 12:41 PM, TurquoiseB wrote:I know that might sound harsh, so I'll explain. In my opinion, EVERY SINGLE "HOLY" BOOK IN THE HISTORY OF THIS PLANET WAS WRITTEN BY MEN, FOR MEN. A few of them IMO may have been "inspired," in the sense that they were written by or dictated by
On Feb 27, 2006, at 1:10 PM, TurquoiseB wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about texts that require a certain level or state of consciousness to even grok? Sometimes there's more to the text than meets the eye. :-) Indeed. The claim that a book can
On Feb 27, 2006, at 1:33 PM, TurquoiseB wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 27, 2006, at 1:10 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj vajranatha@ wrote: What about texts that require a certain level or state of consciousness to
In a message dated 2/27/06 10:32:48 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Homosexual acts between two people of homosexualpreference are
engaged in for "pleasure" and, often,out of deep emotional feelings of
love, just as withheterosexuals.Homosexual acts between two
In a message dated 2/27/06 3:25:09 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Well, it
would be rather difficult to provide youwith hard evidence at this
juncture. However, asI've noted, there's excellent
historical/culturalevidence that anal rape was a means of
In a message dated 2/25/06 8:12:07 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Let
me ask it this way: Do you think they wanted to rape Lot's
visitors because they were horny? In other words, was the
point sexual gratification? Would it matter? Would the
act be
In a message dated 2/25/06 8:49:40 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What a
family. And what a great book from which to take instruction about family
values and sexual mores!
And what does that say about homosexuality in the eyes of God?
At least Leviticus deals
In a message dated 2/26/06 12:13:43 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
you
know, if this stuff were in the Koran, the fundies would be using it as
evidence of how bad Islam is...
It probably is in the Koran. Much of the Bible is found in the
Koran with a few
In a message dated 2/26/06 12:29:53 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Better
yet: Billy Crystal's impersonation of Edward J. Robinson's biblical
character from "The Ten Commandments": "Where's your Moses now?
Where's your King of the Jews now?", done in
In a message dated 2/26/06 12:19:32 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
suggests
otherwise--i.e., that the men of Sodom weren'thomosexual or even bisexual,
and that the threatened rapewas not a function of sexual desire on their
part, butrather an attempt to
In a message dated 2/26/06 12:21:12 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Cite
some passages and I'll look them up. Thanks.
Try Leviticus 18 Forbidden Sexual
practices.
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In a message dated 2/26/06 12:31:30 P.M. Central Standard Time,
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But
remember that the kingdom of God is coming soon.' I tell you, on the
judgment day it will be worse for the people of that town than for the
people of Sodom."It appears that as far as Jesus
In a message dated 2/25/06 12:35:05 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The
Bible says it is an abomination for a man to *lay* with anotherman
they way he would with a woman. (paraphrased). I think that gets the
point across without being too graphic.I am not a
In a message dated 2/25/06 1:11:44 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
In a message dated 2/25/06 1:10:06 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Well,
actually the Hebrew Scriptures are exactly,precisely that, as far as
Judaism is concerned.Have you really never heard of the Covenant
betweenGod and His Chosen People?And as to rabbis
In a message dated 2/25/06 1:56:16 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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
In a message dated 2/25/06 2:00:21 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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,
In a message dated 2/25/06 5:22:13 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Let me
ask it this way: Do you think they wanted torape Lot's visitors because
they were horny? Inother words, was the point sexual
gratification?
Would it matter? Would the act be justified
In a message dated 2/25/06 5:28:43 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The Law
as laid down in the Torah was in what amountedto legalese of the
time.
I wouldn't presume to know that. However it might be funny to
hear Leviticus redone in modern day legalese.
To
What I have always understood about the Talmud was that it was a commentary on every aspect of the Torah that the rabbis writing it could come up with, the Torah being the basis of Jewish law.
x-tad-biggerTraditional Judaism has always held that the books of the
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