3 "phobic" VALUES OF GOD

Douglas Hendrickson said:

No, the pronouncement you seem to take exception to was given directly to ancient Israelites - they were told to do certain things. NOT WE. I would suppose you can indeed see there is indeed a difference between them and whatever they were up to, etc., on the one hand, and us?

(You seem to have a different understanding of "directed to" - I am talking about the pronouncements of God (not Allah!) that were directed toward certain Israelites who had suffered certain things. NOT about any you or I or anyone of present times whatever scriptures or whatever they may happen to subscribe to. NOR about anyone who might have been harshly treated by the Israelites responding to God's command.)

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Douglas Hendrickson said:

Perhaps whether a book is "less violent" is not the main thing?
Perhaps who is counselled to be violent and by whom and to what end, perhaps these matter?

It might be a better position to be concerned about who violence is being advocated to be perpetrated against, and by whom or what ("sacred scripture.")

"BLOOD IN THE HISTORY" is not the really important thing, but what is the blood of today - who is to suffer bloody murder, etc, because some book calls for it? What book would that be now?

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Douglas Hendrickson said:

If you can ask them it means they are alive - which means Old Testament values are not being applied.

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Douglas Hendrickson said:

ONLY INCIDENTALLY. Not much of the time, if at all.
For many in having sex there is not even the possibility of pregnancy. Consider the older for instance.
Far from all sex is reproductive - in fact, only a very small MINORITY of times is there anything of actual reproduction.

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