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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (2875)	10/28/2000 12:17:05 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

I did have an interesting time surfing the Internet looking at various interpretations of scripture. It was quite an eye-opener. I found people who used scripture to justify prejudice against homosexuality, and people who claimed that this was a misinterpretation. I found people who claimed that scripture justified slavery (like you) and people who claimed it didn't (like me). I found a series of websites that claimed that there were nasty secrets in the Talmud, and that when Christ was talking about the Law, he meant something different that what his questioners meant, he meant the Pentateuch. Supposedly the Talmud justifies sodomy and child abuse. Now I guess I'll have to find a copy of the Steinsalz translation of the Talmud and see what they are talking about. I expect it's probably crap, much like the alleged Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The argument about whether the Bible supports slavery is a very old one, of course, as you know. It was waged centuries ago, and there was no resolution then. Both sides came away convinced that each was right. In our country (USA) the matter had to be resolved by bloodshed. If you think that you have proved your point and I resist admitting it, then perhaps you might enlighten yourself by reading up on arguments from the other side. Or not, as you prefer. There is actually quite a bit on the topic out there, but you may already know that.