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The post that was quoted here has been removedThis is a typical Islamic belief, they believe heavily in fate. Thus it was fated that the women should survive.
Originally posted by RJHindsNo, he really didn't. He said "cast the first stone", meaning that he left that woman's fate up to those men. Had those men not felt conscience-stricken, that woman would be dead. Nowhere did Jesus ever condemn such OT practices.
That was under the Old Covenant and the law of Moses. Christ Jesus brought a New Covenant and the law of liberty.
http://www.letusreason.org/7thAd16.htm
The post that was quoted here has been removedWhat was the point of the long post about the IS mentalists? Why not just ask:
Originally posted by robbie carrobieWhat is your take on Matthew 5?
This is a typical Islamic belief, they believe heavily in fate. Thus it was fated that the women should survive.
The verse that you cite is not binding on Christians, it was part of the Mosiac law, binding exclusively upon Jews. Many persons, even some Christians don't understand the relationship between the Jewish system of things and how it rel ...[text shortened]... its ministry and services', both authored by a Jewish convert to Christianity, Alfred Edersheim
Originally posted by divegeesterI was thinking more about Matthew 5:17-20, which states:
He may have the courage to outright tell you that JWs believe those beatitudes are aimed directly at them and them only.
Originally posted by KazetNagorraI don't think so. It is important not to confuse the law with the punishment itself. Under mosaic law we have all transgressed and that never changes, what changes in the new convenant is the sacrifice is now perfect and covers that transgression. I'm not entirely clear on OT though and I don't understand how some sins were covered by animal sacrifice but others demanded the death penalty.
I was thinking more about Matthew 5:17-20, which states:
17 Don't suppose that I came to do away with the Law and the Prophets. I did not come to do away with them, but to give them their full meaning. 18 Heaven and earth may disappear. But I promise you that not even a period or comma will ever disappear from the Law. Everything written in it must h ...[text shortened]... appears to be at odds with robbie's suggestion that the Mosaic Law ought no longer to be valid.
Originally posted by KazetNagorraThis appears to be at odds with robbie's suggestion that the Mosaic Law ought no longer to be valid
I was thinking more about Matthew 5:17-20, which states:
17 Don't suppose that I came to do away with the Law and the Prophets. I did not come to do away with them, but to give them their full meaning. 18 Heaven and earth may disappear. But I promise you that not even a period or comma will ever disappear from the Law. Everything written in it must h ...[text shortened]... appears to be at odds with robbie's suggestion that the Mosaic Law ought no longer to be valid.