Marty Helgesen wrote:
> On May 14, 9:21 pm, mark <whitr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Harry Mary Andruschak wrote:
>> > On May 13, 8:49pm, wdst...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(William December Starr) wrote:
>> >> In article
>> >> <9ff7103b-d0e2-46af-9860-5faff7edb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> >> Harry Mary Andruschak <adoptsoldc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>>
>> >> > In his letter to the Catholic League today, Hagee said he now
>> >> > understands that other terms he used to describe the church - "the
>> >> > great whore" and the "apostate church" - are "rhetorical devices
>> >> > long employed in anti-Catholic literature."
>>
>> >> Prior to learning that, he thought they were terms of affection?
>>
>> >> > He said he had gained a better understanding in recent weeks of
>> >> > the Catholic Church's relation****p to the Jewish faith. Hagee
>> >> > wrote of his "profound respect for the Catholic people" in the
>> >> > letter and said he hoped to advance "greater unity among Catholics
>> >> > and Evangelicals."
>>
>> >> Right up until the polls close on election day.
>>
>> > But look on the bright side...this may be enough of an excuse for me
>> > (and some other Catholics, exact numbers not at hand) to vote
>> > Democrat, in spite of the democrat's sup****t of abortion and gay
>> > marriage.
>>
>> As opposed to the Bible''s sup****t of abortion on demand (Numbers 5:
>> 12-27)
>>
>> mark
>
> Have you ever read Number 5:12-27 or are you just repeating an error
Yes, I looked it up after a friend (Jewish) told me about it.
<snip>
> The passage describes a form of trial by ordeal. However, while
That's not trial by ordeal, that's an abortion.
> ordinary trials by ordeal require the accused person to do something
> that normally would cause serious injury, such as picking up or
> walking on very hot metal, on the assumption that God or the gods
> would preserve him from harm if he were innocent, this trial requires
> a wife accused of being unfaithful -- the text does not say she is
> pregnant -- to drink water that has dust in it. If nothing happens
> she is to be presumed innocent. Only if she suffers some kind of
> physical affliction after drinking the water is she to be considered
> guilty of adultery.
And if she has an abortion, she's guilty. But it is advocated that this be
done. Admittedly, it's on the demand of the husband or father, but it's
still abortion on demand.
mark
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