Pff, when did this get an everybody-against-Angrist thread?
I'm the only one to actually show my sources, and I get flamed. At least that's how it seems to me.
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Originally Posted by KillerGremlin
This doesn't strike you as being sexist, or at least being written by a bunch of guys 3000 years ago in a country that basically oppresses women? I mean, where is the male virginity test. Are we just going by personal testimony that the males are virgin? Why does the male need to get a blood sample. Also, not to bring science into religious discussion (  ) but the hymen often is broken before any sexual encounter just from physical activity or doing things like horseback riding. It can break from just normal physical activity. |
If you read my post carefully, you would have found out that it was a way to protect women. Men could easily lie about their woman's virginity, that's why they got proof. You should read that bible passage, it's very clear.
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Originally Posted by Typhoid
However, it's when that comfort you have takes away from the rights of other people. When it makes people judge others without even knowing them, meeting them, or even knowing anything about them in the first place.
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Did you read my other post? I clearly stated that everybody's free to do as he wants. Please stop accusing me (and others) of things we don't do.
Dylan, I don't really know what you're trying to tell me.
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Originally Posted by Dylflon
... look at each rule we still uphold as opposed to the countless ones that we do not.
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So because most people don't care about the instructions in the bible, neither should I?
I hope you understand the difference between the 'old' and the 'new' 'testament'. The 'new' one is for Christians. If you're talking about rules like eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, that's the old testament.
The old one's not useless, we can learn a lot from it, but we don't have to follow its rules anymore.
And I'll have you know I take the new testament pretty serious.
Again: I don't think homosexuality is any worse than having sex before/outside marriage. And even then, it's up to those people to make up their mind.
It's a reason why I'm politically neutral. I don't vote. Never have, never will. (And I know people always find arguments why that's a bad thing.)
Now I remember why I never took part in religious discussions anymore. Count me out of this one, before I get frustrated. (And I know how terribly tempting it is to make 1 last argument... but it never ends that way.)