tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post8665683000269616537..comments2024-03-28T00:17:55.823+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Deliberate self-mutilation is an evilBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-30514235709069054182011-12-28T18:30:19.734+00:002011-12-28T18:30:19.734+00:00@Wm Jas--
Deliberate self-mutilation is a NATURAL...@Wm Jas--<br /><br />Deliberate self-mutilation is a NATURAL evil.<br /><br />Like all natural evils, the prohibition on it must give way to divine commandment.Prophhttp://collapsetheblog.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-68048940114711489702011-12-28T17:47:23.544+00:002011-12-28T17:47:23.544+00:00@WMJas - I follow St Paul in assuming that this wa...@WMJas - I follow St Paul in assuming that this was superseded by the new covenant; as to why it was imposed in the first place I don't know.<br /><br />From anthropology I know that mutilations are usually practiced as part of an initiation into an in-group - they are not optional nor individual, more like a form of ritual torture.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-34375829503234958562011-12-28T17:20:21.377+00:002011-12-28T17:20:21.377+00:00What do you make of the fact that in Old Testament...What do you make of the fact that in Old Testament times the ritual mutilation of the human body was commanded by God?Wm Jashttp://wmjas.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com