Deuteronomy 22:13-21
If a man takes a wife and, after lying with her, dislikes her and slanders her and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman, but when I approached her, I did not find proof of her virginity,” then the girl’s father and mother shall bring proof that she was a virgin to the town elders at the gate. The girl’s father will say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he dislikes her. Now he has slandered her and said, ‘I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.’ But here is the proof of my daughter’s virginity.” Then her parents shall display the cloth before the elders of the town, 18 and the elders shall take the man and punish him. They shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the girl’s father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. She shall continue to be his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the girl’s virginity can be found, she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death.
Discuss.
More stoning. Oh boy. Sounds like Newt Gingrich’s, Donald Trump’s, and Limpdick Rush’s three wives have a problem here. I know the solution, they should stone Newt, the Donald, and the limpdick.
If he must not divorce her as long as she lives, isn’t he being directed toward scottpetersoning her? What would that be, another hundred sheckels?
Doesn’t sound like a great deal for the ladies, but what happens if she accuses him of lying with a man as he would lie with a woman?
And so it goes when you read words rather than look to Me.
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In that case, both men (or both women) move to Seattle, Portland or San Francisco.
They shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the girl’s father…. She shall continue to be his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
I’m sure this is a recipe for a happy, long life for the couple. Stuck with each other forever is part of how poisoning was so common.
http://www.docblog.ottomanhist.....vorce.html
It’s about time for a crowd-funded wiki-based social-media’ed rewrite of ‘the bible’: ‘The Bible++17’ (“In the beginning all was 10baseT…” s/\bHe/shklee/g etc)
Well, they’ll stone ya when you’re trying to be so good
They’ll stone ya just a-like they said they would
They’ll stone ya when you’re tryin’ to go home
Then they’ll stone ya when you’re there all alone
But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned
Read more: http://www.bobdylan.com/us/son.....z35O9G3137
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That doesn’t really make sense. San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland hadn’t yet been founded in Old Testament times, and New York City is much closer to Canaan.
Ancient Judaism had a lot of similarity with modern Islam.
Sounds about right.
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Hey, it was a cheap attempt at humor, that’s all. Just done for a laugh.
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Ha! So was my reply. NYC? :)