Bible bits

[Donald Ramsbottom]

While we are on the topic of Biblical references can half the cabinet
confirm that they are not on the list referred to in Deuteronomy 23, as if
they are, then they may have a problem with moral authority:

"A man whose testicles have been crushed or whose male member has been cut
off is not to be admitted to the assembly of Yahweh.

No bastard is to be admitted to the assembly of Yahweh.

No Ammonite or Moabite is to be admitted to the assembly of Yahweh; not even
their descendants to the tenth generation may be admitted to the assembly of
Yahweh, and this is for all time; because they did not meet you with bread
and water when you were on your way out of Egypt, and because they hired
Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram of the two rivers to curse you. 

But Yahweh your God refused to listen to Balaam, and Yahweh your God turned
the curse into a blessing for you, because Yahweh your God loved you.

Never, as long as you live shall you seek their welfare or prosperity.

You are not to regard the Edomite as detestable, for he is your brother; nor
the Egyptian, because you were a stranger in his land. The third generation
of children born to these may be admitted to the assembly of Yahweh."

So the question is are there any castratii or dimembered members (sic) of
Parliament  or more likely "Bastards" covered by the above divine
injunction, if so will they recluse themselves from office? :) We are after
all allegedly a good christian (multiethnic/religous) society, but I do
worry for the Ammonites as the injunction is for "All time"

At 09:51 17/03/00 -0000, you wrote:
>At the risk of prolonging the biblical references, and with no other
>religious education than that I could not avoid at school, and with the
>greatest temerity, I draw attention to verses Matthew 7:8 to 7:10:
>
>For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
>that knocketh it shall be opened. 
>Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a
>stone? 
>Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
>
>These surely imply access to and understanding of that which is found, and
>address the question of 'wrong' keys or 'wrong' decryptions.
>

Donald Ramsbottom LL.B, BA (Hons).

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