"Jeff R." wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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"Jeff R." wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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"Jeff R." wrote:
Touché!

Aye - it's just as well there is a loophole for all of the absolute
pronouncements of the good book.

Loophole? No, it's stating that if something is an emergency that
you take care of it. Its the day to day, mundane things that are not
allowed.

It's an exception to an expression of "absolute" morality - hence - a
*loophole*.

A real, absolute law would have no loophole - especially one developed or
pronounced centuries later.

"Oh, it was a stoning offence in the day of Moses, but Jesus has this
neat way out..."

It's common sense, but 'you're' looking for loopholes.

Of course it's common sense - but it had to be edited into the new
testament, since such a blindingly obviously sensible exception (loophole)
didn't appear in the original version of the rule (the OT).


And you know this, how?


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