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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits	Indian	Relishes, Chutneys, Fruits	11	1/2 pints

INGREDIENTS

12		Ripe bananas (about 3 lbs.)
2	lb	Bermuda onions
2	c	Pitted dates (1 lb.)
2/3	c	Molasses
1	c	Water
1/2	ts	Ground ginger
2	c	Cider vinegar
1	ts	Ground allspice
1	ts	Salt

INSTRUCTIONS

Peel and cut the bananas and onions into small pieces; chop the dates into
small pieces.  Combine the bananas, onions and dates with the remaining
ingredients, mixing well.  Turn mixture into a stone casserole or crock and
cook this mixture, uncovered, in a 325F. oven until it is a rich brown in
color, about 1 hour.  Ladle into hot sterilized jars and seal immediately.
This may be used with meats or with sour cream in crepes.
Submitted by John Hartman Indianapolis, IN 1996
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest  by "John M. Hartman" <hartman@indy.net> on Sep
26, 1998

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How would you answer a person who says, “You can’t take the Bible literally because it promotes killing homosexuals” (Lev 20:13)? 1. This particular law was only given to ancient Israel under the terms of the Old Covenant. But God is not relating to anyone under the terms of this covenant today. Rather, God is now relating to all men under the terms of the New Covenant (Hebrews 8). Hence, this is not a law which should be implemented today. 2. This passage does not promote killing homosexuals. This is simply false – and it is important to say so. This particular law requires that those who engage in homosexual activity be put to death. Even under the Old Covenant, a person with homosexual inclinations or attractions, who refused to act on them, would NOT be put to death. What is at issue here is homosexual activity – not homosexual attraction. 3. God takes sin very seriously and His holiness and moral perfection require that He deal with it as it deserves. Under the terms of the Old Covenant, homosexual behavior was not unique in meriting the sentence of death. Adultery (Lev. 20:10), blasphemy (Lev. 24:16), murder (Exod. 21:12), striking one’s father or mother (Exod. 21:15), kidnapping (Exod. 21:16), cursing one’s father or mother (Exod. 21:17), and other acts as well, all merited the death sentence under the Old Covenant. Even Sabbath violations received the death sentence (Exod. 31:14). 4. God disapproves of all sexual sin – not just homosexual activity. God disapproves of adultery, fornication, rape, incest, bestiality, as well as homosexual sin. Again, homosexual sin is not unique in being prohibited by God. All sexual sin is prohibited. The Bible allows for sexual activity only within the confines of one man/one woman heterosexual marriage. Any kind of sexual activity outside of this is sin (Michael Gleghorn).

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