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<div>I am not interpreting anything in the Bible, Donovan. I am simply quoting it without comment. How can that be corrupted? I didn't write the Bible, did I? Here is what God said, believe it or not:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="4" color="#2e4397" style="font: 13.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #2e4397"><a href="http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Exd&c=21&v=7&t=RSV#comm/7"><b>Exd 21:7</b><b></b></a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Trebuchet MS">"When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do.</font></div></div><div><br></div><div>Ralph</div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Apr 13, 2009, at 3:59 PM, Donovan Arnold wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div>Ralph,</div> <div> </div> <div>The Bible is not the law of the land. And I don't know of any men, including Wilson, that want to adopt Leviticus or Exodus as such. </div> <div> </div> <div>God says to love your neighbor, not sell and abuse them. </div> <div> </div> <div>Women were sold in ancient times, or given a dowry, in order to repay the father for the cost of raising and protecting her, which was expensive to do. You have to watch them 24 hours a day. </div> <div> </div> <div>Your interpretation of God, and the Bible seems extremely corrupted. Perhaps it is your prejudice against people that know a loving God exists. </div> <div> </div> <div>Best Regards,</div> <div> </div> <div>Donovan<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 4/13/09, Ralph Nielsen <i><<a href="mailto:nielsen@uidaho.edu">nielsen@uidaho.edu</a>></i></b> wrote:<br></div> <blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><br>From: Ralph Nielsen <<a href="mailto:nielsen@uidaho.edu">nielsen@uidaho.edu</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] 8 year old girl denied divorce<br>To: "Donovan Arnold" <<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>><br>Cc: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>Date: Monday, April 13, 2009, 2:54 PM<br><br> <div id="yiv1039520064"> <div>I don't think anyone suggested that he was, Donovan. But there are all too many like him who want to make it the law of the land. </div> <div><br></div> <div>As I pointed out, the God of the Bible says it is OK for a father to sell his daughter into slavery. Doug seems to lack a sense of morality so he goes by the rule that if it's biblical, it's moral.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Ralph</div> <div><br></div><br> <div> <div>On Apr 13, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Donovan Arnold wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; orphans: 2; widows: 2"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <div>Wilson is not the law of the land. He is not in a position to enforce his religious symbolism literally on the country. Only people that wish to follow his words do, not by force.</div> <div> </div> <div>There seems to be a deep sense of confusion amongst some liberals between religious symbolism and an actual judge and government forcing an 8 year old girl to marry a 40-something year old man.</div> <div> </div> <div>As a Christian, I believe, and my religious leaders will tell me, to honor my Mother and Father, and I willfully try to do so. However, they are not advocating that it be law that I do whatever my parents tell me to do as an adult.</div> <div> </div> <div>I don't know Wilson theology, but I am sure he is against 8 year old girls being forced to marry and do whatever a 40 year old man tells her to do. I am sure he is also against the buying and selling of people as property. But even if he wasn't, who cares, he isn't in a position, or seeking a position, to enforce it. I am concerned with those that are being forced right now, and an ancient system of governing that is operates serious injustices against people, especially women and children.</div> <div> </div> <div>Best Regards,</div> <div> </div> <div>Donovan</div> <div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></span></blockquote><br> <blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></div></div><br>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br><br> <div class="plainMail">=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>serving the communities of the <span>Palouse</span> since 1994. <br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net/" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a> <br> mailto:<a href="http://us.mc381.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Vision2020@moscow.com" ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================</div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><br> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>