adultery

Forum member "Paul Bethke" maintains that modern Christians are required to adhere to a number of Old Testament laws that are ignored by modern Christians. To help us better understand his theology of works, he has graciously offered to answer questions about his adherence to the laws of the old...

In Surah 53, "The Star" (Surah Al-Najm), verses 19 - 23a now read: Consider al-Lat and al-Uzza and the third one, Manat - are you to have male and he the female? That would be a most unjust distribution! These are nothing but names you have invented yourselves, you and your forefathers...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/07/05/iran.stoning/index.html?video=true?video=true&hpt=T1

Which of the following are adultery, and why? Which of them are 'immoral' and why (if the answer is different)? If gender or type of sex (manual, oral, vaginal, anal, other) is relevant, please specify in your answer and explain why. Feel free to answer a bunch all at once. 1. Having sex with...

By far my new favorite appeals court judges in effect apply a kind of reductio ad absurdum to cause the over-zealous prosecuting Attorney General to get hoisted by his own petard. http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070115/COL04/701150333 In a ruling sure to make philandering...

http://www.humaniststudies.org/enews/index.html?id=158&lid=1113#n14 This question has me stumped. You do sign a contract when you're married. You do vow to be "true" to the one you marry. What would the punishment be if it were illegal? I think our court systems have enough criminals to...

The New Hamshire Supreme Court has ruled in a 3-2 (?) decision that a woman having extramarital sex with another woman does not fall under the legal definition of adultery. The court agreed with Robin Mayer, who represented herself in her appeal to the court: "My position is New Hampshire has...