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:::Good points. That's why I'm asking some of the Biblical experts here on CP to help out and clarify this basic and important question: If Christians consider it proper and acceptable to no longer adhere to some Old Testament rules (like keeping Kosher) but not others (like the Ten Commandments), what is the criteria used to determine which O.T. prohibitions can be ignored without it being a sin? That would help answer where the sex-during-menstruation prohibition falls in a contemporary sense. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 19:07, 8 October 2008 (EDT)
:::Good points. That's why I'm asking some of the Biblical experts here on CP to help out and clarify this basic and important question: If Christians consider it proper and acceptable to no longer adhere to some Old Testament rules (like keeping Kosher) but not others (like the Ten Commandments), what is the criteria used to determine which O.T. prohibitions can be ignored without it being a sin? That would help answer where the sex-during-menstruation prohibition falls in a contemporary sense. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 19:07, 8 October 2008 (EDT)
::::It's nice to say that dietary laws went out the window in Acts and the rest of Leviticus is in play, but it doesn't really work. There are non-dietary, non-temple laws in the Mosaic law that Christians (and I am guessing most Jews, in some cases) don't adhere to. Look at the laws regarding leprous skin diseases in Leviticus. Do Christians expect people with leprosy to move out of town, wear torn clothes, cry out "Unclean! Unclean!" and keep their hair disheveled? No. Not at all. Does Acts say anything about how those laws are no longer important? No, it doesn't. How is this different from the menstrual laws for Christians? [[User:Corry|Corry]] 23:09, 8 October 2008 (EDT)
::::It's nice to say that dietary laws went out the window in Acts and the rest of Leviticus is in play, but it doesn't really work. There are non-dietary, non-temple laws in the Mosaic law that Christians (and I am guessing most Jews, in some cases) don't adhere to. Look at the laws regarding leprous skin diseases in Leviticus. Do Christians expect people with leprosy to move out of town, wear torn clothes, cry out "Unclean! Unclean!" and keep their hair disheveled? No. Not at all. Does Acts say anything about how those laws are no longer important? No, it doesn't. How is this different from the menstrual laws for Christians? [[User:Corry|Corry]] 23:09, 8 October 2008 (EDT)
: I found the Jewish perspective on this fascinating. The Jews believe that all gentiles (meaning non-Jews) are bound by the [[Noahide laws]], rather than the Levitical laws. We're not even bound by the 10 commandments. They say that 7 commandments can be drawn from the instructions given to Noah after the flood, and since we are all descended of Noah, we are all bound by those loaws. The Jews were given the Levitical laws because they are a chosen people, given special laws and responsibilities -- a city on a hill, if you will. Most Christians, however, are unaware of thise, and generally insert themselves in place of the Jews in the OT ... at least when it's convenient. [[User:Ungtss|Ungtss]] 23:37, 8 October 2008 (EDT)
==Purpose of Menstruation==
==Purpose of Menstruation==