tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574073652567079838.post7810528156187722789..comments2023-08-21T06:54:17.721-04:00Comments on Raval's Ruminations: New England States Punished “Stubborn Children” Under Laws Based On Deuteronomy, In Disregard Of Talmudic Commentary Abrogating Any Such PunishmentRabbi Van Lancktonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06611958196328437147noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7574073652567079838.post-66422317062825672982012-03-16T14:08:12.652-04:002012-03-16T14:08:12.652-04:00I am unclear on the point you are trying to make.....I am unclear on the point you are trying to make...or the hair you are attempting to split; <br /><br />If modern Judaism claims any conferred validity from the `good' of its Israelite progenitor, it should also own-up to the `bad' of that same parent. <br /><br />So while Judaism may, indeed seems to have subsequently/eventually limited the law so significantly as to render it unenforced /enforceable, that observation says nothing about how frequently or vigorously it had been enforced in `olden days'...nor does it explain away the suffering of those stubborn children over the eons that it took the religion to evolve sufficiently to recognize the error of this God-given rule (based as it appears to be on the Fifth Commandment).nedclarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743936829884296931noreply@blogger.com