Dr. Laura: always good for a laugh
She compares daycare centers to Nazi Germany. And don’t forget to read this, excerpt:
Dear Dr. Laura:
[snip]
Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighbouring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can’t I own Canadians?
January 7th, 2004 at 10:17 am
That’s good stuff. And if you read your Bible you’ll find out that women should never teach or lead men.
My religious friends tell me that this is Old Testament stuff, and Christ freed us from the laws. ‘Course, the 10 Commandments were Old Testament, too, so if it’s OK to wear garments made from two kinds of cloth I guess it’s OK to lie, steal, and murder.
January 7th, 2004 at 1:14 pm
Les:
While your Christian friends may find the argument that Jesus “freed us” from the laws of the Old Testament, Jesus himself contradicts that in Matt 5:17-20:
The superscript tag doesn’t seem to work, and I’m not sure why.
January 7th, 2004 at 1:39 pm
Leviticus 25:44 was written with a single nation in mind, not a federalist system like the one we have in the U.S. Thus, it is arguable that not all Americans may own slaves; only residents of border states can. Presumably, the federalist system of Mexico would also be relevant, meaning that California residents may only own slaves from Baja, Arizona residents may only own slaves from Sonora, etc.
Who in their right mind would want to own a Canadian?
January 7th, 2004 at 1:46 pm
Why can’t I own Canadians?
Blame it on NAFTA…
January 7th, 2004 at 4:15 pm
Why can’t I own Canadians?
Because the scripture allows you to buy the slaves, but makes no requirement that your neighboring nation must sell them. You can’t own Canadians because they don’t sell them. 😉 (At least, not at a price you can afford…)
January 8th, 2004 at 12:34 am
Thanks for that. I may just print it out, or at least send the link to some of the characters who say the whole of the Bible must be obeyed.
While I am at it, there are three versions of “Ten Commandments”: two are pretty much the same, but the third is wildly different. Hmm…
January 8th, 2004 at 9:07 am
Glad I could help 🙂
January 8th, 2004 at 5:54 pm
John:
Are you talking about the Protestant / Catholic / Jewish versions, or the three occurrences in the Bible? Two Biblical occurrences are, I believe, verbatim identical, but the third is way off, and that third is the only one ever actually referred to as “The Ten Commandments.”
But Catholics, Jews, and Protestants all have somewhat different versions of the commonly understood ten commandments. Jews and Protestants split 1 and 2 differently. Catholics omit #2 entirely (Catholics love graven images, after all!) and instead split #10 into two.