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The (im)purity of having your period...I just don't get it

Discussion in 'Married Life' started by Bubbles25, Sep 18, 2013.

  1. Uttaraa

    Uttaraa Platinum IL'ite

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    Shanvy - you summed up
    irrefutably gist of everything said or unsaid in this thread!:)
     
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    Well quoted Sona! There is no written statement of these practices in any religion, it is written by people at ancient days.

    Now everthing is evolving! why not all these practices? Before they practised as they had so many reasons for that. As shanvy mam told if we started arguing each and every practices we do not have time!

    So the change will automatically happens if there is a NEED in everyone's family!
     
  3. Uttaraa

    Uttaraa Platinum IL'ite

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    Tut tut tut ... Rihana, did not hear Parineeta singing 'Sandwich udaogi to oont ban jagoge' (still can't make out the lyrics properly) in 'Shuddh desi romance'. Ah! It makes so much sense now what a sandwich can do!

    No ..no ...no not sandal ..it is sandwich ... and its potency (pukka)!
     
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    Menses does not make any women impure.Girls should not restrict from doing any thing except going to temple and attending any auspicious event.


     
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    This discussion is hijacking the thread. Hope no one complains to the mod :bonk


    Actually Jesus started this and Paul just expounded upon it.


    Salvation by grace (vs works / rituals) did NOT exactly appeal to the public mass.
    Even today people grapple with that.

    However power corrupted religious leaders have always tried to add unnecessary laws to burden us with what they believe to be the standard for sanctity. Pharisees were miffed and declared it a sin to heal on Sabbath. They would rather enforce their interpretation of the law than be loving to another human.

    Bottom line God is kinder than humans. Cleansing of our hearts is what he is looking for.
     
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    Anita- I'm referring to a very specific period in Apostolic age - 'Antioch and Early Christianity' - and what happened around that time as an academic pursuit with historical Jesus and not theological expostulation - how religion was created. As you mentioned, this thread will spiral out of control if we discuss on that, which some of us iLites are notorious for. :biggrin2:

    Nevertheless , always admire the poise you display in posts even in the most contentious topics! :thumbsup
     
  7. tashidelek2002

    tashidelek2002 IL Hall of Fame

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    Sokah has quoted Leviticus in the context that it is Christian viewpoint but this is erroneous. This is Hebrew law from long before Christ and Jesus(Christ) taught a different way of living that threw out many of these ancient beliefs. The teachings of Christ are in the New Testament and the teachings of Judaism are in the Old Testament (Leviticus is in the Old Testament) and the Old Testament is more a reflection of where the Christian forebears were and not where Christians are now (although some things like the Ten Commandments are timeless).

    Even today the Orthodox Jews keep the Jewish law from the Old Testament. These laws are written separately from the Bible and number in the hundreds with prescriptions and proscriptions on diet, sex, attire, and even who you are able to talk to (they are not allowed to talk to anyone who isn't a member of the Orthodox Jewish community). Although the Hindu menstrual rules as Shanvy has enumerated are pretty Draconian, the Orthodox Jewish rules I think are even worse. The woman, in order to have sex again with her husband after her period, has to go to the Rabbi (priest) and report that her menses is finished and then (if I remember correctly) show a cloth that was blotted you know where that is no longer bloody.
     
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  8. Uttaraa

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    Tashidelek,

    I'm not sure Soks quoted it in the context of Christianity. Er..I think Soks quoted it as theological bridge- likes of Septuagint, perhaps. I don't think mention of Leviticus was contextual continuation of his previous statement on 'Original Sin' - exclusive or originated in Christian doctrines.
     
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    Oh dear, not really, I was careful ... I know the difference between the Old and New Testaments. I made the distinction explicit when I said:

    Sometimes yes, sometimes no. It is not only the vocal fringes of Christianity that continue to cite the Old Testament when it suits them, most fashionably the passages used to denounce homosexuality as sin. This disentangling between the old and new testaments is not always easy.

    You know what's surprising about Leviticus? It's generally attributed to about the 5th Century BCE, right around the time of the golden age of the Hellenes. I would very much like to know how the Greeks and the Chinese, both very practical people each in its own way, dealt with this. I need to look that up one of these days!

    :cheers
     
  10. tashidelek2002

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    I was posting as I felt that distinctions would not be clear to non-Christian readers and so my posting was worded as it was.

    Yes, there is a lot of dipping into the Old Testament by some Christians who wish to use it to make certain points. Frankly, I have concluded that the people in the Old Testament were a pretty crude and self satisfied lot that I am glad are not my neighbors now. Any group with bushels of foreskins from dead foes I wish to avoid like the plague.

    5th century BCE: don't forget Mahavira and the Buddha. I have a book on this subject (that era) somewhere that I have been meaning to read.
     
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