Leviticus 18:22 states, more or less, that individuals “shall not lie with a man as one lies with a woman, that is an abomination." but also says in Exodus 31:15 “Whosoever shall work in the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death” and goes on to tell a story about a young child who was caught picking up sticks for a fire on Sunday and was stoned to death by the village (Numbers 15:32).
If work as simple as picking up sticks for a fire on the Sabbath is a justifiable excuse for killing someone, what about the act of driving to church, doing a load of laundry, or washing a couple of dishes? Should those too be dealt with in the same fashion?
Or if it is all just symbolic, why can the one now can be raised to a level of social outrage, while the other, that originally required the ultimate punishment, is almost completely ignored in its blatantly intended context?
Please no joker postings, I'm very serious in this question.
2006-12-05
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