Reply to prosecution quoting from Old Testament - Did you take notice when the prosecutor referred to the Bible? Did you notice that she chose only to refer to Old Testament concepts? In the Old Testament it says, "If there is anyone who curses his father or mother, he shall be put to death; if there is a man who commits adultery with another man's wife ... the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death; if there is a man who lies with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness, both of them shall be put to death; if there is a man who lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall be put to death: they have committed incest; if there is a man who lies with a male as who lies with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act: they shall be put to death; if there is a man who marries a woman and her mother, it is immorality and both of them shall be burned by fire."
It's probably safe to assume that many of you know a bit about Biblical history. If you know your Bible, you know that under the Old Testament, in times when there were no prisons and prison sentences, the death penalty was attached to some acts that would be considered misdemeanors today. However, you also recall the First Commandment God gave was, "Thou shalt not kill." There were no qualifiers put on that commandment whatsoever.
Brother's keeper - We are sometimes taught that it's our job on this earth to look out for ourselves. Self-survival - that's the essence of the law of the jungle, the law of the birds and beasts, take care of yourself and your tribe, no matter what happens to those outside the unit. Someone asked the question several thousand years ago, "Am I my brother's keeper?" Have we as a people ever answered that question? Are we under any moral or legal obligation to others?
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