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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: gerard mangiardi who wrote (380019)	3/27/2003 6:17:11 PM
From: briskit	Read Replies (1) of 769670

The earliest Christians distinguished between religious ceremonial and moral laws. They also rejected any idea of attainment of acceptance by God due to an observation of the law. You might notice that Jews today do not practice much of their historic religion since Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed in 70 AD. For Christians baptism replaced circumcision for the most part. Food, including food offered to pagan idols, circumcision, Sabbath (or the day of worship) were all important enough issues to receive specific attention and mention in the earliest documents. They were no longer considered distinguishing characteristics for faith. The moral and prophetic concerns in the law were actually heightened and internalized (hatred in your heart is the same as murder, etc.). So why, you ask? The emphasis became more about the horizontal and vertical relationships, rather than a mechanical observation of legal precepts, IMO. Why is a good question, and a huge topic, really. I find it interesting, but that's probably more than enough right now.

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