>>Another issue - for the sake of comparison. Would you also think that levirate marriage should be enforced, because the Bible says so?
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>Can you be a bit more specific as to what you mean by "levirate marraige?"
As I understand it, if my brother dies, it is my duty to take care of the widow. This includes the duty of fathering children with her.
I found quite a detailed explanation here:
http://www.jackinworld.com/library/articles/onan.htmlThe relevant Bible verses seem to be Deut. 25, 5-7.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
