Oh, come on, @txradioguy ... please don't drag us down into the Old Testament and please don't try to Out-Bible me. Even before God sent the Witness with the Bible to me, I knew the Bible. Lord knows I studied it enough and with Biblical scholars and priests.
Not trying to "out Bible" anyone. Just pointing out what Jesus said to his disciples about the word of the Father.
He cautioned them not to think that his teachings anyway superceded what was taught in the OT. If anything what Jesus taught was a reinforcement of the OT.
Perhaps that witness with the Bible needs to revisit you for a refresher.
Your attempts to justify and excuse perversion shows the lessons you learned either didn't take or you've substituted something else for what you learned out of expedience.
And I guess I should point out that I seriously doubt that God or Jesus would approve of someone who claims to know the Bible in such an expert manner as yourself to try and use that supposed knowledge to make yourself appear to be better than someone or to belittle them.
Pride goeth before the fall...
Just sayin... :blank: