Posted by
Lady Logician on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 8:29:18 AM
A commenter wrote, in a comment to my post here, that I should "try reading Leviticus sometime" as there is (in his words) some "nasty stuff" in there about people being condemned to death for "trivial infractions". So I went back to Leviticus (since I don't have the text memorized) and found some of the more "trivial infractions" he was talking about. According to Leviticus, people should be put to death for:
1) sacrificing (via killing) your children at the alter of a demon
2) commit adultery with another man's wife
3) commits a homosexual act
4) has sex with an animal
In each of these instances both parties of the act (with the exception of number 4) are subject to the death penalty. HOWEVER.....When Christ came, he came to save the world, not to condemn it (John 3:17). As a matter of fact, when Christ comes across a woman who is "living in sin" he forgives her and tells her to "sin no more"! Now THAT is particularly "nasty" isn't it Doug?
Compare that with Islam. In Islam, you are put to death for:
1) Not being a follower of Islam
2) homosexuality
If you are caught in an act of adultery, the WOMAN is the only one put to death. If a man has sex with an animal, the ANIMAL is put to death - not the man.
I suppose that to a man who doesn't know better, Islam would seem to be an attractive religious option. After all, it's not HIS FAULT he can't control his urges. However, I thought that one of the whole reasons for the "sexual revolution" was to free women from the tyranny of a patriachial society that told them that everything that their man did wrong was her fault and not his. Rape, in Islam, is the woman's fault....adultery is the woman's fault....
Nope - sorry - you can not convince me to go back to that barbaric way of life.