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| The Pharisees used to count the individual seeds in their granary and give an exact ten percent as tithe because they took the rules that literally. Rules are meant to be followed to the best of ability, not obsessively. |
Jesus did not take issue with the Pharisees because they took the rules of tithe so literally. The actual verse is this:
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the Law; justice and mercy and faithfulness"
Jesus takes issue with them not because they follow a rule, but because they are so obsessed with one rule yet do not follow a command of more importance. They care nothing for justice, they show no mercy to others. They are hypocrites, liars, and like to show off in public.
Jesus even tells the crowds he is preaching at to listen to the Pharisees when they speak of Moses's law, for they are correct. He warns them though, to not by hypocrites and just talk about the law as they do, but to actually do it as well.
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| The ten commandments say not to kill, but its useful and necessary sometimes due to human nature. That's why I prefer to take meaning behind rules instead of rules at face value, otherwise I'm just blindly following outdated logic. |
The ten commandments, are actually written to the Jews and the commandment in question speaks of murder. Of course there are situations in which you must kill and it would be justifiable. Your example of abortion and home invasion for example are grouped together, even though they should not be.
If you believe abortion is murder and wrong, then it would not matter in what situation you find yourself in. You don't murder an innocent person to alleviate the lesser crime of rape. On the other hand, if someone is to defend himself when a criminal is beating his family, it is both biblically and societally acceptable. Your are acting to save the life of others not end it. The criminal is also not innocent, guilty of harming another human maybe even to the point of death.
This would actually make a good separate thread. We always hear stuff like "the bible is 2000 years old and outdated, etc." It would be interesting to discuss how little/much human behavior and philosophical intellect has actually changed. My view is that it has not. Anyone that takes time to read the bible will find almost all viewpoints of today represented. There were the atheists (or those like them), the political buffs, the holier-then-thou religious elite, the common everyday folk, etc.
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