Illegitimate birth...

Look for my thread JESUS IS GOING TO HELL touches on the same matter

Think of it this way. You're trying to apply a text that is thousands of years old, has been translated and edited and retranslated, to a religion that believes New Testament law supercedes Old Testament, and the text itself is of course, subject to interpretation (doctrine). It may not make any sense to you, but to a modern Christian, it may be completely reasonable.

i.e. define "illegitimate birth" define "congregation of the Lord"

A person who is born without legal documentation cannot enter a Methodist church service?

See my point?

rugonnacry, I am guilty of taking that deutromony quote from your thread. I was sure you won't mind. Thanks for doing thr initial research and present the quote to us. It was too good to be left in a post and deserved a seperate thread.