The point here is that the laws we live by where handed down from the Bible. You may choose to believe different and that is your right purchased by many a brave Christian soldier. I can see why you "may" think the way you do because you may have never had a chance to read with understanding from the Word of God. I do not agree with you joepole on this but I respect your post you are a well educated man in some areas.
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Maranatha 
Mat 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.