Religion: pros & cons pt1 (Religion)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Monday, October 27, 2014, 06:13 (3678 days ago) @ David Turell

Tony: Further, you are right! The laws there were to keep the people safe! They didn't have the technology to understand that blood is dangerous, we do. Modern medicine recommends many of the same practices. Imagine that, the bible being right thousands of years in advance. So, you two seem to be arguing (particularly DHW) that now that we KNOW it's dangerous, we should be free to use it however we like. That is what lead the bible writer to state "It does not belong to man even to direct his steps."
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> I would paraphrase your statement to: now that we know its (blood) dangers we can use it judiciously to save lives. It was given on the batlefield in WWII. Now primarily volume expanders are employed. As allowed our interpretaton of the Bible can differ from yours.-Err, no. Now that we know it's dangers, we can actively pursue alternatives that do not require blood at all, recognizing that the prohibition against blood was for our own benefit, and always has been.-Isaiah 4817
“I, Jehovah, am your God,
The One teaching you to benefit yourself,*+
The One guiding you in the way you should walk.+"-Perhaps if people quit looking for ways to circumvent his rules, and started trusting them, we could benefit even more.

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.