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Re: Cornerstone dismay

To: "J. Marie Hall" <fionaeval at yahoo_com>
Subject: Re: Cornerstone dismay
From: "Peter T. Chattaway" <petert at interchange_ubc.ca>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 21:23:52 -0700 (PDT)
cc: over-the-rhine at actwin_com
In-Reply-To: <20010720031007.38552.qmail at web14510_mail.yahoo.com>

> > Many Christians today argue that the church accepts the "moral" laws
> > of the Old Testament but not the "purity" laws.  So, if we accept that
> > distinction, the question facing us, with regard to homosexuality, is
> > which side of the fence it belongs to.  Is it a "purity" issue (up
> > there with the laws that forbid polyester and having sex during a
> > woman's period) or a "moral" issue (up there with the laws forbidding
> > murder)?
>
> i stand puzzled :)  i'm not sure if i could make that distinction.  were
> slavery issues lumped in with "purity" laws???

There were "moral" issues involved in how to *treat* slaves, but the laws
defining who could be slaves and who could not be slaves would, arguably,
fall into the "purity" category -- setting boundaries and all that.

--- Peter T. Chattaway --------------------------- peter at chattaway_com ---
 "I detected one misprint, but to torture you I will not tell you where."
      Winston Churchill to T.E. Lawrence, re Seven Pillars of Wisdom

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