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by nsxwolf 4492 days ago
These practices wouldn't have been observed by Christians, except perhaps by early Jewish converts.
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acqq 4492 days ago
Wouldn't because they are in Old Testament? Like the famous http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Exodus-22-18/ which was also "not" observed by Christians:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_trials_in_the_Early_Moder...

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nsxwolf 4492 days ago
Yeah well, welcome to the early modern period. The Catholic Church from the beginning had outlawed the persecution of witches and condemned belief in their power as superstition. But people will still do crazy shit.
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Crake 4490 days ago
Yup. That's why old testament practices like male genital mutilation are no longer practiced by Christians today.
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