"Old Testament law either counts or it doesn't)."
Do you abide by the Ten Commandments? Do you think they are good things? They are from the old Testament. Do you steal? Kill? Give a false testimony in court? They are a commonly accepted list of laws that are the basis of current law.
Coveting woman isn't listed as a sin - coveting your neighbors wife, i.e. desiring to take her from him, is considered a sin.
I'm not going to use to Bible to justify anything I do but I also am not going to condemn anyone for doing something they want to do.
On the other hand I don't abide by most of the Old Testament. I don't try to at all. I obey current laws of my country as far as possible and beyond that I don't worry about it.
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"Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama
My Karma just ran over your Dogma.
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