[Magdalen] Scripture Study.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Those facts have been popping up for years, probably decades.  It's a
reasonable refutation of the folks who get their subliminal sexual
gratification by abusing people too weak to fight back and pretending it's
Biblical.

I think it is more to the point to say that those commandments reflect the
need of the target audience to remain separate from the folks around them
in order to survive. That was the main reason the rabbis came up with it,
mostly during the Babylonian extended vacation. And it worked!

But the atheists don't generally read the Bible; they mostly seem to quote
stuff others have already said. Makes discussion interesting.

Atheist: Your bible says <list of quotes out of context>.

Me: Well, since you mention Deuteronomy, I would like to point out --

Atheist: Can't hear you! La la la! LA LA LA!!

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 12:47 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> A Minneapolis friend sent this:
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> From Richard Dawkins' book, "The God  Delusion":
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> Book = Bible.
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> <<<I  pointed out that the same book also labels pork and shellfish
> abominations on  the same level as gay people. Planting different crops in
> the same
> field and  wearing clothes of two separate fabrics are abominations. If
> your child  disobeys you, you have the right to execute your child, as
> disobeying your  parent is an abomination to God. If your daughter is not
> a virgin
> on her  wedding night, then the father must kill her on his  doorstep.>>>>
>
>
>
> David S.
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