Clarification/Follow-up by peddler7118 on 08/26/06 7:02 pm:
Did he say she instituted it?

How could you have faithin a Messiah that ordered the skins ans skulls of the 4 last remaining members of a tribe of human beings? Of course if man makes the rules why would that be wrong?

The big question is on what do you gauge your morals? How can one piece of rearranged pond scum decide the views of another piece of rearranged pond scum are correct or not?

Can spilled milk describe how it came to be spilled and what upset the pitcher?

Why are you here?

Clarification/Follow-up by arcura on 08/26/06 7:51 pm:
TTRalph,
Under Jewish law a woman could not divorce here husband BUT….
There were different cultures living in that area. Before Jesus as born it had been ruled by Greeks and then in Jesus time ruled by Romans. Both had laws which allowed a woman to divorce a man under certain circumstances.
Even those influenced by Mesopotamia when women had the ability to sue for divorce as shown by Cuneiform tablets that provided legal records -- and personal stories -- from the ancient past. In one of them the woman was accusing her husband of never having slept with her.

Clarification/Follow-up by Jimbo on 08/26/06 8:19 pm:
Wrong box Fred!!

Clarification/Follow-up by EdwardTeach on 08/27/06 1:21 am:



Toms777 says there has been no changes in the Bible except what his cults have made. He is wrong.

There are more than 2,400 variant readings (different manuscripts that do not agree on all ponts) of the gospel of Mark, and those changes date back to the early centuries of Christianity before Toms cults came on the scene.

Perhaps he has heard of them?

Clarification/Follow-up by Toms777 on 08/27/06 1:47 am:
The differences are minors variants which say the same thing. If you wish to study this, there are a great many resources available. The track record is much better for the Bible than the Book of Mormon which has had 4000 changes since it first written less than 200 years ago.

Clarification/Follow-up by Judgment_Day on 08/27/06 2:04 am:
Ralph,


In regards to your comment: From the end of the first century or at the beginning of the second century A.D. (C.E.), there are texts affirming that the second Gospel is the work of Mark: he accompanied Peter to Rome, where he also met Paul, and faithfully put in writing the teaching of Peter.

Clarification/Follow-up by arcura on 08/27/06 3:01 am:
I just had a talk with retired professor of anthropology about divorces in Jesus time; she is a Jew and a friend.
She said that a man could easily divorce his wife, but a wife had a harder time to get it done. She had to show that her husband was an adulterer (for which he could be stoned) or that he was violently abusive.
Those who were not Jews who lived in the area were granted divorces under Roman law which were change under Jewish influence to be very similar but for both sexes. Adultery and violently abusive were grounds for divorce under Roman law for both sexes, but it was difficult for women to prove that. A judge might rule that she had abuse coming for being a shrew.

Clarification/Follow-up by STONY on 08/29/06 2:48 pm:
WHY NOT GO BACK AND DIG UP ATON AND PLAY WITH HIM SOME MORE??