Keith,

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But if these rules were so good, if these rules were provided by an omniscient being, why did he allow them to lapse? Why didn't christains observe them, thus avoiding the huge die-off of the Black Plague?


You are not going to like my answer, The Jews were God's special people, they are the apple of His eye. Not only that God does according to His will not ours. Moses got into a discussion with God and God told Moses more or less, shut up, I am who I am and it's my way or the high way. Not is all cases but in this one God told Moses that He was in charge. Listen, I dont know all the answers and that makes both of us equal in that respect. But I have spent over the last 30 years of my life searching all of this out.

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But if these rules were so good, if these rules were provided by an omniscient being, why did he allow them to lapse?


God didn't allow them to laps man did. We are not robots. God gave us a free will.

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And why did they burn the Jews for following the rules based on a book the christains claim to hold dear?


Because by nature man is evil and that Book tells you so.:Amen That Book doesnt paint a rosy picture about the nature of man now does it? It hits you right between the eyes. As a matter of fact God says we are all like filthy rags, since the Garden and we haven't changed one bit. It is only by God's Love and grace that we are able to see His light and his Love. Not by me but By Him.:thumbsup
Shain1611

"SANCTIFY THEM THROUGH THY TRUTH: THY WORD IS TRUTH
(John 17:17)

And Jesus Speaking; " He that rejecteth me, receiveth not my words, hath one that, judgeth him:the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in
( John12:48 KJV)