Religion
I am just starting this page, but for now I want to talk about the case in Sudan where the British English teacher was accused of insulting Islam. My comment is this. What if we asked her class of 7 year olds if they believe she should be punished for what she did?
The answer, of course, we can be sure, would be a resounding "NO!"
This is another example of how children give better answers to many questions than adults. I have writen before how I used to ask children in South American if they thought Jesus would ever hit a child. They quickly say "no". I have asked, "Do you think Jesus would wear a tie? Again they quickly say "no".
WIthout elaborating now, I hope this helps a few people see the wisdom of children, the beauty of their natural instincts and the damage which is done to so many when they are not tiven the opportunity to think for themselves, but instead damaged by the dysfunctional teachings of the adults who control their very lives.
S.Hein
Dec 3
Iatanbul
http://www.biblicalnonsense.com/chapter9.html
Frogs
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 2 If you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs. 3 The Nile will teem with frogs. They will come up into your palace and your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and on your people, and into your ovens and kneading troughs. 4 The frogs will go up on you and your people and all your officials.' "
Piercings
Exodus 21:2
"If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. 3 If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him. 4 If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
5 "But if the servant declares, 'I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,' 6 then his master must take him before the judges. [a] He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.
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Deuteronomy 15:17 Then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever.
Respect for Daughters
Exodus 21:7 "If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as menservants do. 8 If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, [b] he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. 9 If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter. 10 If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights. 11 If he does not provide her with these three things, she is to go free, without any payment of money.
Valid Reasons for Killing Your Son or Daughter
Exodus 21:17 "Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.
Slaves
Exodus 21
20 "If a man beats his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies as a direct result, he must be punished, 21 but he is not to be punished if the slave gets up after a day or two, since the slave is his property
Respect for Women
Exodus 22:16 "If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife. 17 If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he must still pay the bride-price for virgins.
Guidance on how to Treat Non-Jews
Exodus 22:21 "Do not mistreat an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in Egypt.