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*[[Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director/Scriptures Concerns & Questions#1 Nephi 4|Response to section: 1 Nephi 4]] {{InProgress}} | *[[Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director/Scriptures Concerns & Questions#1 Nephi 4|Response to section: 1 Nephi 4]] {{InProgress}} | ||
*[[Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director/Scriptures Concerns & Questions#Exodus 12:12|Response to section: Exodus 12:12]] | *[[Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director/Scriptures Concerns & Questions#Exodus 12:12|Response to section: Exodus 12:12]] | ||
| − | *[[Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director/Scriptures Concerns & Questions#Deuteronomy 21:18-21|Response to section: Deuteronomy 21:18-21]] | + | *[[Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director/Scriptures Concerns & Questions#Deuteronomy 21:18-21|Response to section: Deuteronomy 21:18-21]] |
*[[Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director/Scriptures Concerns & Questions#Exodus 35:1-2|Response to section: Exodus 35:1-2]] {{InProgress}} | *[[Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director/Scriptures Concerns & Questions#Exodus 35:1-2|Response to section: Exodus 35:1-2]] {{InProgress}} | ||
*[[Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director/Scriptures Concerns & Questions#Numbers 21:5-9|Response to section: Numbers 21:5-9]] | *[[Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director/Scriptures Concerns & Questions#Numbers 21:5-9|Response to section: Numbers 21:5-9]] | ||
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====Deuteronomy 21:18-21==== | ====Deuteronomy 21:18-21==== | ||
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|claim=The author writes, "Got a rebellious kid who doesn’t listen? Take him to the elders and to the end of the gates and stone him to death!" | |claim=The author writes, "Got a rebellious kid who doesn’t listen? Take him to the elders and to the end of the gates and stone him to death!" | ||
|answer= | |answer= | ||
| − | *The Law of Moses was a very strict law that was designed to teach the Children of Israel obedience. The following were defined as crimes worthy of capital punishment: | + | *The Law of Moses was a very strict law that was designed to teach the Children of Israel obedience. It was indeed quite harsh when compared to our modern standards, although one can still find equally harsh penalties in some parts of the world among certain cultures. When Jesus Christ came to earth, He fulfilled the Law of Moses. |
| + | *The following were defined as crimes worthy of capital punishment: | ||
#Murder (Exodus 21:12-14) | #Murder (Exodus 21:12-14) | ||
#Striking your parents (Exodus 21:15) | #Striking your parents (Exodus 21:15) | ||
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#False prophecy (Deuteronomy 13:1-11) | #False prophecy (Deuteronomy 13:1-11) | ||
#Rape (Deuteronomy 22:25-27) | #Rape (Deuteronomy 22:25-27) | ||
| + | *The author's point seems to be that a kind and loving God would not ever condone such things. However, God reminds us that his ways are not our ways in {{s||Isaiah|55|8-9}}: | ||
| + | <blockquote> | ||
| + | For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.<br> | ||
| + | For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. | ||
| + | </blockquote> | ||
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====Numbers 21:5-9==== | ====Numbers 21:5-9==== | ||
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A FAIR Analysis of the online document Letter to a CES Director section "Scriptures Concerns & Questions"
- Response to section: D&C 132 [Work in Progress]
- Response to section: Numbers 31 [Work in Progress]
- Response to section: 1 Nephi 4 [Work in Progress]
- Response to section: Exodus 12:12
- Response to section: Deuteronomy 21:18-21
- Response to section: Exodus 35:1-2 [Work in Progress]
- Response to section: Numbers 21:5-9
- Response to section: Judges 19:22-29 [Work in Progress]
- Response to section: "I’m asked to believe in not only a part-time racist god and a part-time polygamous god but a part-time psychopathic schizophrenic one as well" [Work in Progress]
Response Section
Exodus 12:12
Deuteronomy 21:18-21