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Joined: Dec 1999
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Demi, You said... The Laws of Leviticus are ludicrous, so if we are supposed to follow them today, there is no way the God of the Bible can be the real God. I love the laws of Leviticus and believe that they make perfect sense. To understand why they worked so well in history, it's important to understand the nature of mankind. As for me: The more I've lived and come to know myself and others around me, the more I've come to understand the selfish nature of mankind. These laws buffered that nature and protect us from ourselves in a way that only God could have invented. I have read the Bible numerous times and studied it and found it to be the most amazing book I've ever found. The patterns and information in it are so deep and tightly tied together that I do not believe any man could have written the incredible books it contains without, in some cases, induction (Gods exact words, i.e. "Thus Saith the LORD") and in other cases, inspiration (Paul's letters, for example). I believe that understanding the nature of man is pivotal to understanding why Biblical law is what it is.
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