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badstarA Nation Under God I think this is more disturbing than Pat Robertson could ever hope to be...for all the love that Jesus taught...HOW can these people call themselves Christians? (If someone can answer that, I'm more than interested in an explaination). This isn't "conservatism", this is...well, I really don't have a good enough word.
The Old Testament—with its 600 or so Mosaic laws—is the inflexible guide for the society DeMar and other Reconstructionists envision. Government posts would be reserved for the righteous, as long as they are male. There would be thousands of executions a year, with stoning a preferred method because it would turn the deaths into “community projects,” as movement theologian North has noted. Sinners in line for the death penalty would include women who commit adultery or lie about their virginity, blasphemers, witches, children who strike their parents, and gay men (lesbians, however, would be spared because no specific reference to them can be found in the Books of Moses). DeMar told me that among Reconstructionists he is considered something of a liberal, because he’d execute gays only if they were caught indulging in sodomy. “I’m happy to just drive them back into the closet,” he said.
And an intereesting related article... Does The Bible Tell Me So? (This is about people reading and understanding the bible, not so much directly about politics)
The Old Testament—with its 600 or so Mosaic laws—is the inflexible guide for the society DeMar and other Reconstructionists envision. Government posts would be reserved for the righteous, as long as they are male. There would be thousands of executions a year, with stoning a preferred method because it would turn the deaths into “community projects,” as movement theologian North has noted. Sinners in line for the death penalty would include women who commit adultery or lie about their virginity, blasphemers, witches, children who strike their parents, and gay men (lesbians, however, would be spared because no specific reference to them can be found in the Books of Moses). DeMar told me that among Reconstructionists he is considered something of a liberal, because he’d execute gays only if they were caught indulging in sodomy. “I’m happy to just drive them back into the closet,” he said.
And an intereesting related article... Does The Bible Tell Me So? (This is about people reading and understanding the bible, not so much directly about politics)
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my 2 cents
Date: 2005-11-25 12:00 am (UTC)Matthew 7
Judging Others
1"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
the laws were set in place to show people where they were falling short. and to show that, basically, its impossible to keep all the laws. it proves that we are *all* equally guilty of sin. no ones perfect. everyone makes mistakes. and theres no reason to think that gays or adulterers or witches or what-have-you sin worse than anyone else. any problems they have are the problems common to *all* people.
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man.
sins are equal in God's eyes. they equally seperate each of us from Him. no one can claim to be perfect, we all equally need forgiveness from things we've done. God is our judge. should we not show kindness to others (no matter who they are or what their problems), and hope that God shows that same undeserved grace to us? so anyway, my point was:
John 8:7 (New International Version)
"If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone..."
love ya, fuego!!! *grumble* ever a rabble-rouser, you are!! ;-)