Laws not good for Israel

[JohnMarsten]

The commentaries point out that this wasn't some base law that allowed any ol person to go around chopping off fingers or putting out eyes. How did you don't get that?

so where in the bible do you get the idea from that the law was abused, indeed...???

Again, if taken out of context. The scripture itself says that "eye for an eye" was allowed "IF" mischief followed an accident. That wasn't the first course of action

could you elaborate on this one, showing scripture...???

It was a fine law. Like the rest of God's law.

sure thing....

I said that the abuse of the law, i.e, using it as an excuse for revenge, was bad. The law in and of itself was just fine.

allright, so in what way does it differ from revenge? do you understand the word 'revenge' in this given context, as taking more than one eye for an eye?

Christ gave the law. And the vast majority of these laws lost their power when the people cried out for an earthly king. At that point, men started to rule over men.

so these laws were no longer valid? anyway, could you provide scriptural evidence, again. and just btw, if they had lost their power, Christ could have reinstated their importance...

No one ought to take pleasure in killing. God doesn't take pleasure in killing. Was it a good law though? Yes.

I never used the word 'pleasure' in regard to killing homosexuals, all I did was asking you, if the law was good, or in other words, would bannishing those dudes from the country have been a worse option... Or putting them into prison or something, I mean, like giving them opportunity for repentance, etc.

I dont know I tried this quote thing and it doesnt seem to work properly, could someonne please enlighten me how to make proper quotes...

 

[Stryder06]

I dont know I tried this quote thing and it doesnt seem to work properly, could someonne please enlighten me how to make proper quotes...

[qute] Text you want to quote [/qute]

I'm misspelling the word quote so you can see what the tags should look like. Anything between those brackets will be quoted.

Each response starts off with the

so all you have to do is find which part you want to quote first, and then add the [/qute] tag at the end of that paragraph, and that first portion will be quoted. From there forward, you simply add the [qute] at the beginning and [/qute] at the end of each paragraph you want to respond to. You can always practice and hit the preview button before hand to see what it'll look like when you actually post it.

I hope that made sense.

 

[Stryder06]

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so where in the bible do you get the idea from that the law was abused, indeed...???

Implied. Christ had a habit of correcting wrong practices. The fact that He mentions this law doesn't mean it wasn't a good law, but that the people had started to abuse it.

could you elaborate on this one, showing scripture...???

I already posted the scripture. What needs to be elaborated?

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sure thing....

Never will cease to amaze me how a man can call something God did, not good. But what do I know.

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all right, so in what way does it differ from revenge? do you understand the word 'revenge' in this given context, as taking more than one eye for an eye?

The judge says "His punishment will be XYZ" but the one offended says "Forget that...eye for an eye, he's gonna get what's coming to him".

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so these laws were no longer valid? anyway, could you provide scriptural evidence, again. and just btw, if they had lost their power, Christ could have reinstated their importance...

When the people said they wanted a king, God said "Fine". That's in the book of Samuel. Also consider how the Pharisees told the Romans that it was not legal for them to put anyone to death. A lot of things changed when men asked God to no longer rule under them. They became subject to other men.

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I never used the word 'pleasure' in regard to killing homosexuals, all I did was asking you, if the law was good, or in other words, would bannishing those dudes from the country have been a worse option... Or putting them into prison or something, I mean, like giving them opportunity for repentance, etc.

You asked if the law was good. I said yes it was good. Why it's one way and not the other isn't for us to question. God said that such an offense was death, so that's what it was.

Of course, all of these punishments could be avoided if the people were you know...obedient. It's only those who are in violation of the law that suddenly have a problem with it. Wonder why that is...

 

[JohnMarsten]

[qute] Text you want to quote [/qute]

I'm misspelling the word quote so you can see what the tags should look like. Anything between those brackets will be quoted.

Each response starts off with the

so all you have to do is find which part you want to quote first, and then add the [/qute] tag at the end of that paragraph, and that first portion will be quoted. From there forward, you simply add the [qute] at the beginning and [/qute] at the end of each paragraph you want to respond to. You can always practice and hit the preview button before hand to see what it'll look like when you actually post it.

I hope that made sense.

thanks,

am I supposed to post again now? or are you able to respond to it (it you want that is) anyway?