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To: one_less who wrote (11104)	10/24/1998 11:36:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 67261

I admit to going over the top on the "rod" business, but as a parent of young children I'm a bit sensitive about that one. I think the "spare the rod" business is about as relevant to modern life as the role of women at the time of Proverbs is to the role of women today. The convenient online Bible concordances made me do it, though I have to apologize for the overly flippant comments. On the other Bible verses I've quoted, I'm somewhat less apologetic. The words of Christ seem somewhat more relevant that the proscriptions of Leviticus, at least within Christianity. I can't speak for the other major Middle Eastern religions, of course, particularly Islam. Does the Koran incorporate the Old Testament, or is it considered a separate text? The Islamic code seems harsher than even the Old Testament, but I have no idea how the secular and sacred come together there. Certainly not something we should debate here. I confess, though, the people who took a year of Western Civ at U. of Chicago all seemed to end up knowing much more about religions in general than I did after 12 years of parochial school. The nuns and priests never really explained this "faith and good works" thing that's supposed to be big in Catholicism. Christianity by itself seems far too diverse to form anything like a "Christian Nation" without leaving out a lot of people.