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Originally Posted by Boogster
I mean, duh. Neither Jews nor Christians are slaughtering rams (as far as I know); nor are we exhanging sheep as sin-offerings; nor are we repaying our debts in pigeons, or in doves, or in handfuls of grain; we do not adhere to laws concerning mildew on clothing or in houses; nor do we observe the duties set out for the Levite Clan of Kohath; nor do we follow the Levite Census ETC BLOODY ETC.
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So ...
If you are not basing your moral syatem on the teachings of a digest of self contradictory and absurd rules, does it not follow that you basing it on something external to the bible?
And does it not follow from that that as a moral guide the bible is essentially useless?