Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!princeton!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: slhw4@cc.usu.edu (Jason Hunsaker) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: "Laws that are not Good" (Ezekiel 20) Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 04:08:39 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Utah State University Lines: 21 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , tblake@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Thomas Blake) writes: > 25 "Then I gave them laws that are not good and commands that do not > bring life. 26 I let them defile themselves with their own offerings, > and I let them sacrifice their first-born sons. This was to punish them > and show them that I am the Lord. (TEV) > .... it appears that God has given Israel bad laws in > addition to the good ones. How then are we to decide which laws are > laws made by the people, which ones are God's good laws, and which ones > are God's bad laws? Hmm.... interesting passage. My bible footnotes say of the sacrifice of the first-borns: i.e. as burnt sacrifices to Moloch. This was a cult fertility practice or something like that. As for your question, how about John 7:17 as a guide? -- Jason Hunsaker slhw4@cc.usu.edu