Message #289

[Martin]

All you have to say is 'Yes IMO God did command those things' or 'No IMO God didn't command those things'.

I know that you like people to make black and white comments like this, so that you can - at some later stage, twist the comment in some way.  You've done it often enough elsewhere, both to me and others - so, NO, I won't give a simple answer.  Instead I will give a considered and evidenced answer that you will find more difficult to twist.

Well it's a very straightforward question.  I can't see why it can't be answered with a 'yes' or a 'no', or even an 'I don't know'.  You were originally saying that the idea that people shouldn't cook on the Sabbath was one that had been added by the religious leaders, but the OT has it that God commanded that no fires should be made and that would exclude the possibility of cooking anything unless they had microwaves.  I'm only asking you to confirm what you've already said, in the light of the fact that it actually says in the OT that God commanded them not to cook anything.

ISTM that you're reluctant to do this simply because it would mean admitting that the Bible doesn't always mean what it says when it says that God commanded something.