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Ilsa

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5. 2 out of 3 versions I read
Sun Mar 11, 2012, 12:06 PM
Mar 2012

used modern speech and basically suggested that the woman's husband could have the offender put to death if a prematurely born infant dies. The older language was more vague and used the term "mischief", which I interpreted to mean intention to harm.

du rec. nt xchrom Mar 2012 #1
The original Biblical interpretation is consistent with both Judaism and Islam CJCRANE Mar 2012 #2
Religious books always say what the religious leaders need them to say. obxhead Mar 2012 #3
That's a human universal - it's not restricted to religion saras Mar 2012 #15
No it's not restricted to religion, but obxhead Mar 2012 #30
K & R for making a salient point Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #4
2 out of 3 versions I read Ilsa Mar 2012 #5
text of all versions kristopher Mar 2012 #6
I think you are cutting the texts short... whopis01 Mar 2012 #28
Sometimes when you talk to God, He straightens these things out.... Scuba Mar 2012 #7
"God" being ineffable, you could look to our teacher Lord Jesus who showed us that YOU CHOOSE and patrice Mar 2012 #10
Speaking of God speaking, if you look to Jesus you might ask why he said "Eli Eli lama sabachthani!" patrice Mar 2012 #11
Do only those with whom we agree acquire Luther's primacy of individual conscience? patrice Mar 2012 #12
And being pro-War isn't? Are we that selective? nt patrice Mar 2012 #13
Fred Clark always has sensible things to say starroute Mar 2012 #8
Would be interesting to corelate the rise of Robert P. George at Princeton with this timeline. nt patrice Mar 2012 #9
it is also interesting to corelate the GOP-conservative wooing of fundies with this timeline... JHB Mar 2012 #27
Here's the Catholic intellectual piece that goes with Weyrich, Dolan, Viguerie. patrice Mar 2012 #31
Speaking of jobs > Yes, what you say about religion CAN get you fired. At will employment is legal patrice Mar 2012 #14
If the fetus has a soul at conception, then some people have 1/2 a soul and some have 2. TPaine7 Mar 2012 #16
More examples of how "natural law" doesn't work very well at all. nt patrice Mar 2012 #18
Oh crap, my apologies, all. That's the rhetorical "you" of course. patrice Mar 2012 #17
A lot of these issues strike me as umbilical. swimboy Mar 2012 #19
I wish I could recall the exact source, but "the soul enters the body with the first breath" bhikkhu Mar 2012 #20
Don't spirit and aspiration share some root? annabanana Mar 2012 #21
Genesis2:7 StarsInHerHair Mar 2012 #24
Well OK then! annabanana Mar 2012 #25
According to Jewish tradition ... surrealAmerican Mar 2012 #22
That's just as absurd as the view in the OP _ed_ Mar 2012 #26
The point I was hinting at ... surrealAmerican Mar 2012 #29
k and r--I would point this out to the fundies around here, but I do my best never to have to niyad Mar 2012 #23
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