In the Old Testament, the concept of family is fundamental, but examples of what social conservatives would call "the traditional family" are scarcely to be found. Marriage was critical to the passing along of tradition and history, as well as to maintaining the Jews' precious and fragile monotheism. But as the Barnard University Bible scholar Alan Segal puts it, the arrangement was between "one man and as many women as he could pay for."
the true christians on this board want to know: can we do the religious thing and use stem-cell research to clone kalyla ?
Friday, December 12, 2008
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Kayla has more a trunk than a stem, but that's another matter.
Just to comment on the opening paragraph: it was my understanding that marriage, as an institution, really took off about the 11th century, around the same time that Mother Mary became just that: a diety herself.
Another interesting note: Catholocism is, when you get down to it, a polytheistic-style religion, where there are numerous saints that perform numerous miracles if prayed to.
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