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Originally posted by Equinox99
With that being said, why was the OP banned?
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
Originally posted by pieman
in what regard? teaching children a moral code is a normal part of parenting, it's one of the main roles of the parent, who are you to tell others which morality they should teach their children?
No. Raising your kids to not be homosexuals would be teaching them a moral code. Telling children that certain people deserve to be murdered is insane. It is also teaching them to judge others and impose punishment which I believe that bible has some pretty clear words against.
Originally posted by LarryLove
reply to post by Mystery_Lady
Okay, I am happy to debate this, but leave god at the forum door. A website that so wildly distorts fact from fiction must have a hidden agenda. And it does at the very end when it asks about being saved and born again. From what I ask. Harry Potter?
Originally posted by nomorecruelty
If a person is found guilty of a crime/sin, and is justified via God/Bible for that person to suffer "death", then it would not be considered "murder".
However, if it is a death caused by someone with purely malicious intent, then yes, it would be considered "murder".
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
Originally posted by nomorecruelty
You have added in your interpretation of the words - the verse doesn't say, nor imply, that a "rape" took place, nor does it imply that the sex would be "against her will".
22:16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 22:17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. So if I sleep with a girl whether she likes it or not, she is my wife - even if I have to pay her father. She has no choice and does not have to be my wife before I sleep with her against her will.
Nope. It does not state anything about consent and you know as well as I do just how much consent women had in those days. Quote the whole damn book if you think it would help. I guarantee it will just show that this is a deal between men and she has no say.
You are also completely overlooking the fact that it says if the man were to LAY with a woman, not ENTICE. If he has sex with her, no mention of her wishes, then she is bound to be his wife. It says nothing of her choosing marriage. It clearly states that she is to be his wife simply because he slept with her.
I am not sure where you come from but women being forced to marry a man that had sex with them is not exactly willing.
Originally posted by v01i0
Originally posted by nomorecruelty
If a person is found guilty of a crime/sin, and is justified via God/Bible for that person to suffer "death", then it would not be considered "murder".
However, if it is a death caused by someone with purely malicious intent, then yes, it would be considered "murder".
Hmm, whatever to justify killing it seems - sick bastards
It is (if you believe) God's task to punish with death, which he eventually does with all people (no immortals amongst us). But who is to decide, based on some book, to decide whom put to death?
I think that this may be moral relativism at one of it's most sick manifestations. Then you would happily accept if some who worship satan will kill you as a sacrife, because their god commands so.
I can only hope, that one day people who condone 'sinners exectution' will become on their senses.
-v
Originally posted by Equinox99
The old testament should be a conspiracy in itself. Jesus did not teach the same things that were taught in the Old Testament. He kept the Sabbath and the feasts, but he made mentions about not judging others. "Let he without sin cast the first stone", and "Judge not, lest ye be judged."
People don't understand that Jesus' teachings were built upon two pillars:
1) Love your God with all your heart
2) Love your neighbor as you do yourself
[edit on 24-3-2010 by Equinox99]
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
It is also teaching them to judge others and impose punishment which I believe that bible has some pretty clear words against.
Originally posted by K J Gunderson
You are completely missing the fact that she has no say in the marriage. She is bound to be his wife simply because she did not already belong to someone else when HE decided to LAY with her.
And that was the law of the land at that time - what has God got to do, again, with mankind's evil laws?
Granted I would have not been a happy camper during those days - but it's not God's fault that those people enacted those laws - just as people are, today, trying to change our laws to better suit their sins. i.e. pedophilia, homosexuality, etc.
Originally posted by v01i0
Originally posted by nomorecruelty
If a person is found guilty of a crime/sin, and is justified via God/Bible for that person to suffer "death", then it would not be considered "murder".
However, if it is a death caused by someone with purely malicious intent, then yes, it would be considered "murder".
Hmm, whatever to justify killing it seems - sick bastards
It is (if you believe) God's task to punish with death, which he eventually does with all people (no immortals amongst us). But who is to decide, based on some book, to decide whom put to death?
I think that this may be moral relativism at one of it's most sick manifestations. Then you would happily accept if some who worship satan will kill you as a sacrife, because their god commands so.
I can only hope, that one day people who condone 'sinners exectution' will become on their senses.
-v