Religion: pros & cons pt1 (Religion)

by David Turell , Sunday, October 26, 2014, 14:45 (3681 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained


> Tony: There is also the prohibition about having sexual relations with a woman while she is bleeding. Don't you find it the least bit odd that there are all these prohibitions about even the possibility of exchanging blood with another creature, even through sexual intercourse? If the prohibition was simply against eating it, why the additional exclusions?-As interpreted by the Talmud, this prohibition has to do with ritual purity. The woman is considered unclean until seven days after menstruation is over. It is quite stretch to try to relate it to transfusion. The OT is filled with rules of purity, such as the Kosher rules. We were taught that it wa an attempt to avoid disease. Pigs eat garbage, therefore, thre were dirty and might carry disease. Bottom feeders in the ocean had the same prohibition. I'm not supposed to eat lobster, hallibut or flounder for the same reasoning.-I was taught the Bible (OT) gave advice for the times it was written. These were rules to protect, not laws. I guess our difference is that you seem to take every word literally. But in your reply I see you agree that the Bible is open to interpretation, so perhaps we are not that different.