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Originally Posted by ThatMan
The more I study the biblical scriptures, in special the old testament, the more I feel confused and not able to understand.. I am only able to see man trying to write his own understanding about God.
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I would advice you to study more before you make a final decision.
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Originally Posted by ThatMan
Deuteronomy 27:22 Cursed is the one who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!
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This was a law found in the Mosaic Law. Before this law was given, there was no prohibition against having sex with your sister or half sister.
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Originally Posted by ThatMan
Genesis 17:15-16 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
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Abram and Sarai lived a long time before Moses. They did not live under the Mosaic law. Because of their faith, God changed their names to Abraham and Sarah.
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Originally Posted by ThatMan
Genesis 20:12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
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Not a problem. This happened way before the Mosaic Law went into effect.
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Originally Posted by ThatMan
Ezekiel 18:20 "..The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son.."
Exodus 20:5 "..for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;.."
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As for these scriptures, I can not, right at the moment, recollect why they are harmonious. I assume they are similar to the above scriptures in nature. If I have time, I will look in to it.
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Originally Posted by ThatMan
Does this makes any sense? There are too many things like this... Sometimes I don't know in what to believe anymore... I am just a simple man.
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Sure it makes sense.
Look at any history and you will see what appears to be ambiguities but in reality they are not.