so your assumin most of the present day pastors and ministers are the exact modern day equivlent of the scribes and pharisees rather than men called by god to spread his word and look after his flock - that seems a pretty damming inditement - is the same true of the teachers of other religions to - are the teachers of islam mostly false teachers leadin there people astray to??? plus if this was the case was there really any point in jesus choosing disciples???
do you trust anyone??? have you studied science to degree level in all the disciplins to check what scientists say is right - have you become a doctor of law to check that what judges say is right - have you become an expert on archeology to determine that what people say of our origin is right? at some point we have to put a lil faith in someone or were gonna starve to death sat reading a never endin mountain of books - most people have to work darn long hours to make ends meet - then get home cook for the family - look after there kids and all that - they dont have the time to study everything to perfection - this is even assumin there bright enough to do the studyin anyways
"So you do find it objectionable if the shoe were on the other foot that your sister would be commanded to marry your husband after you die and have children with him?" Would you find it objectionable if the shoe were on the other foot?
i thought id already answered that one a while back - no i wouldnt be comfortable with that situation - but.... since we dont apply that law any longer its basically never going to come up - some laws are of a time and thats one of them - same as how i can now eat a bacon sandwich but back in old testament times i couldnt
would you be comfortable if you were muslim man if your sister was executed for apostasy??? or if she was punished for being raped - now you may well say these things arent actually in the koran - i have no idea if they are or arent - but muslims applying shariah law have given out such sentences
Peace Sis. Dreya,
I'm not assuming anything about the scholarship of Christians today, and these verses from the Bible prove that:
"(10)Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. (11)For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. (12)Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. (13)Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?" 1 Cor. 1:10-13
THE DIVISION AND DIFFERENCES AMONG CHRISTIANS,
WHICH GOES AGAINST THE BIBLE, IS A TESTIMONY AGAINST THE SCHOLARSHIP OF TODAY'S CHRISTIANS!
Orthodox Islam is no different. They are divided into sects and sectarianism GOES AGAINST the Holy Qur'an (Holy Qur'an 30:31-32; 3:105) so I wouldn't pay two cents for all of the scholarship of the Orthodox Muslim world! And, I wouldn't pay any attention to the scholarship of anyone in any profession whose WORKS go AGAINST a "Sacred" text; I'm not quite sure that you have created a true parallel there.
As for your other questions,
Jesus did not change ALL of the laws, just a FEW of them. He said in Matt. 5:17-19 that he did NOT come to destroy the law (so the law is NOT destroyed by him) and he said in Matt. 5:17-19 that whoever does ALL of the commandments is "great."
I asked you, what about if it were two sisters (one of whom being you) instead of two brothers, so actually that was a different question. And even if it is the Old Testament, THE COMMAND CAME FROM THE SAME GOD, THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN GOD,
WHO DOES NOT CHANGE (Malachi 3:6,) so what do you think of your God giving a command like that?
And lastly, I believe that like Prophet Muhammad, his community has DEVIATED from his path. I don't know what is really happening in the Orthodox Muslim world; I HAVE CAUGHT THE AMERICAN MEDIA IN LIES and there is no reason to trust the Western media to tell the whole Truth and nothing but the Truth about the Orthodox Muslim world. But I believe that Prophet Muhammad's ummah (community) is OFF OF his path as their sectarianism PROVES.
Peace.
Bro. Williams