From: "Eugene Hohman" <hoh131-AT-home.com> Subject: Re: the worldliness of sacred texts Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 10:09:06 -0800 Seriously that is one of the best I've ever read. What a friggen hoot!!! Thanks, I've got some folks I MUST send this to. I'm laughing my ass off down here. Great stuff!! Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "saeed urrehman" <saeed.urrehman-AT-anu.edu.au> To: <postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 10:07 AM Subject: the worldliness of sacred texts > > > Dear Dr. Laura > > Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have > learned a great deal from your show, and I try to share that knowledge with > as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual > lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly > states it to be an abomination. End of debate. I do need some advice from > you, however, regarding some of the other specific laws and how to follow > them. > a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a > pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev. 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They > claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them? > b) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus > 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her? > c) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her > period of menstrual uncleanliness (Lev. 5:19-24). The problem is, how do I > tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense. > d) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and > female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of > mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you > clarify? Why can't I own Canadians? > e) I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 > clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill > him myself? > f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an > abomination (Lev. 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I > don't agree. Can you settle this? > g) Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a > defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my > vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here? > h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair > around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. > 19:27. How should they die? > i) I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me > unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves? > j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different > crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two > different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse > and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble > of getting the whole town together to stone them? (Lev. 4:10-16) Couldn't > we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with > people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14) > I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can > help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and > unchanging. > Your devoted disciple and adoring fan. > > > > > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- > > --- from list postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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