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Hi Michele, despite the translator mistakes, I am struggling with a few issues in the Bible and was wondering if you could answer the following ten questions: 1. I would like to sell my middle daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her? 2. I have a neighbour who works at Wal-Mart on Sundays. Exodus 35:2 clearly states that he should be put to death. I am a little squeamish. Am I morally obligated to smite him myself or should I hire someone else to do it, say from the Mafia? 3. Leviticus 25:44 clearly states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighbouring nations. A friend of mine claims this rule applies to Mexicans and Orientals but not to Canadians. Why? Can you clarify? Why can't I own a Canadian? 4. A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is worthy of hatred or disgust (Lev. 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality (Lev. 20:13). Can you settle this? 5. Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses as do many ministers and priests. Does my vision have to be 20/20 or is there some flexibility here? 6. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev.19:27. Yeah, I know they have to be killed. Trouble is I really like these guys and if I were to kill them openly I’m sure that in this unenlightened age I would be arrested and charged with murder. Should I hire someone else to kill them or should I kill them myself and make it look like an accident? 7. I want to have an affair but my wife doesn’t agree. Please explain to here that the Bible approves of multiple sexual partners. II Sam. 3:2-5, I Kings 11:3, II Chron. 11:21. 8. My uncle has a farm and violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (a cotton/polyester blend). My uncle also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary to get the whole town together to stone them to death as advised in Lev. 24:10-16? Couldn't we just burn or stone them to death at a private family affair like we do with homosexuals and people who commit adultery (Lev.20:10, 13) or women who have sex before marriage (Deut. 22:13-21). 9. My son has been quite rebellious lately and even though I’m sure it’s just a phase I want to round up some friends and stone him to death as directed in Deuteronomy 21: 18-21. My wife disagrees and says we should communicate with him and try to find out what’s troubling him. Your thoughts? 10. A friend of mine believes that the winged snakes hatched from chicken eggs that can kill with a glance (Isaiah 14:29), fire breathing dragons (Revelation 12: 3), giants (Genesis 6:4), multi-headed fire-breathing serpents (Isaiah 27:1), half men/half goats (2 Chronicles 11:15), and unicorns (Isaiah 34:7) mentioned in the Bible actually existed. The fact that there has been no fossil evidence found for any of these creatures doesn’t seem to bother him a bit. Yet he doesn’t believe in dinosaurs that did leave fossil evidence. How do you explain this? Sincerely, Steve
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