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Subject: M-G: Fw: Moral strictures
From: tristan-AT-iww.org
Date: 19 Dec 1997 10:24:52


     

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 Date: 19 Dec 1997 10:24:52
 Subject: Moral strictures
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"Morality Quiz":

An engineering professor is treating her husband, a loan officer, to
dinner for finally giving in to her pleas to shave off the scraggly beard
he has grown on their vacation. The restaurant is a casual place where
they both feel comfortable in slacks and cotton/polyester-blend golf
shirts.  But, as always, she wears the gold and pearl pendant he gave her
the day her divorce decree from her first marriage was final. They're
laughing over their menus because they know he always ends up diving into
a giant plate of ribs but she won't be talked into anything more fattening
than shrimp.


Quiz: How many Biblical prohibitions are they violating? 

Answer:  At least 11.

Well, wives are supposed to be "submissive" to their husbands (I Peter
3:1);  And all women are forbidden to teach men (I Timothy 2:12);  wear
gold or pearls (I Timothy 2:9) or dress in clothing that "pertains to a
man"(Deuteronomy 22:5). 

Shellfish and pork are definitely out (Leviticus 11:7, 10) as are usury
(Deuteronomy 23:19), shaving (Leviticus 19:27) and clothes of more than
one fabric (Leviticus 19:19).

And since the Bible rarely recognizes divorce, they're committing
adultery, which carries the rather harsh penalty of death by stoning
(Deuteronomy 22:22).

So why are they having such a good time?  Probably because they wouldn't
think of worrying about rules that seem absurd, anachronistic or -- at
best -- unrealistic. 

Final thought: could this same modern-day couple be among the millions of
Americans who never hesitate to lean on the Bible to justify their own
anti- gay attitudes? 








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