crazyml
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Ah yes, you've hit on one of those dilemmas. You're not exactly correct in claiming that Sharia Law is in the bible, there's plenty in Sharia Law that is not in Leviticus. But yeah, if you're making a point to Christians that they shouldn't knock Sharia because Leviticus contains similarly nasty "laws" then I'm afraid you're going to be locked in a very complicated Theological knot. For centuries Theologians and Church leaders have "managed" the interpretation of the Good book in order to keep the various rules and regs in line with current social mores. Sure, there are a few fundamentalist Christians that would go back to the letter of Leviticus, but most Christians have been able to get their heads around the fact that it's not really fair to stone a rape victim simply because her cries for help could not be heard. The challenge with Sharia law is that there has been no effective modernization, so it remains a medieval legal code, many parts of which have no place whatsoever in modern life.
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