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REL 212 Week 7 – Christianity

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As one of the three major Western religious traditions, Christianity draws upon the historical and Biblical traditions of Judaism as revealed in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). Thus, common ground can be identified between the two religious traditions, yet, significant differences exist between both.

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2)How does the Seventh Commandment (“You shall not commit adultery” – Exodus 20:14) compare with the following from Matthew 5:27-28: “You have heard that it was said ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart” (See also, Fisher, p. 310) and is such a standard realistic?

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The term adultery refers to sex outside of marriage whereas sexual immorality is used in
the bible to mean sex between two unmarried people (Clark)

The scripture in Matthew 5:27-28:

You have heard that it was said ‘Do not commit

adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed
adultery with her in his heart” tries to cement what Exodus 20:14 says “You shall not commit
adultery”.

The body is meant to glorify God thus refraining from sexual immorality is a divine call
to detach oneself from profaning the temple of God -one’s body (1Corinthians 6:13-20); hence
the call “not to commit adultery” (Brundage...


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