Leviticus is the book of the bible most used to condemn homosexuality. It also contains a story of a guy burning his daughter to win favor from God. That's sick! Moses also teaches us in leviticus that we should burn animals after female periods and male discharges. This was done because God like the smell of burning flesh and would cleanse or bless or whatever. I know this is old testament but, do you believe this was true then? Why do we believe in this book?
I don't think that gods inseminate girls (while they are hanging out with there boyfriends) or that burning people, beating slaves, making virgin girls marry and have sex against their will is right!? Do you? It's all biblical! And it's all ...messed up!
Lets not condemn good people for being who they are just because someone wrote it in this book. Good, American citizens (Gays and Lesbians) deserve every right that the rest of us have. Including marriage. I welcome your thoughts.
2006-06-27 13:01:05 · 7 answers · asked by Donny 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Go cry it on the mountain.
BTW. There are 65 other Books, in the Bible.
Your never going to get your Scholarship in Theo. Like this.
Good Luck.
2006-06-27 13:26:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to read the rest of the Bible before you go off like that.
God realized that man could never live up to his expectations.
Even though God created man 'In His image' men are sinners and we can't always stay on 'The Path'
This is why God came here as/sent Jesus. To give men - who are naturally prone to things like greed, jealousy and hate - an avenue of forgiveness that would eliminate God's wrath on man.
God just wanted his people to be good and holy. Just like the rest of us, learning things takes time - even for God. Creating His image in the flesh essentially didn't work out quite like he planned. The flesh, the spirit and the mind are not things that God has to deal with personally. He didn't realize until after the creation what the full ramifications of injecting spirit into flesh would be.
think about it. we are created in His image. but He has no flesh. creates all sorts of unforseen problems. plus, human nature is slightly rebellious... lol...
2006-06-27 20:13:20 · answer #2 · answered by badandigood 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"to win favor from God." Not true.
"because God like the smell of burning" Not true
"Lets not condemn good people for being who they are " Good only comes from God. All things from man are now corrupt.
"American citizens (Gays and Lesbians) deserve every right that the rest of us have." I disagree. We can still disagree in America.
I don't want your values pushed on me.
2006-06-27 20:07:43 · answer #3 · answered by SEOplanNOW.com 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I know what it says. Leviticus one of the most disturbing works ever to be passed off as a moral code known to man. In it, God sounds like nothing so much as a deranged sociopath. He threatens to kill any priest who dares to remove his hat within the tabernacle or exit the tabernacle with oil upon him, as well as any child that curses at his mother or father, or anyone who has homosexual sex, or anyone who commits adultery. And incidentally, if you divorce and remarry, isn't that adultery? Hmm...I wonder why the Christians who cite Leviticus to condemn homosexuality aren't in quite as much of a hurry to condemn people who remarry and commit adulterous sex? Anyone else smell the hypocrisy?
God also says in Leviticus that we should not eat shrimp, clams, eagles, hawks, or four-legged insects (except locusts and grashoppers) because they are an "abomination". Makes me wonder why he created them in the first place if he thought they were so abominable. Of course, "abomination" is also the word used to describe homosexuality and beastiality. So apparently eating oysters is as evil as sodomizing your neighbor or your dog. Go figure.
As for those who say that Leviticus no longer matters because God finally figured out that men were sinful and yielded to the temptations of the flesh and therefore gave us Jesus to save us, thus negating the rules he made in the Old Testament, I have only one question: What took him so long to figure it out?
2006-06-27 20:45:24 · answer #4 · answered by magistra_linguae 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You just got the frame, you didn't get the whole picture!...you can't kick around scriptures and make it say what you want it to say to justify your wrong doings!....if you would read the entire Bible you would also see GOD"S JUDGMENTS on these Acts!....and if you're going to quote scriptures from the Bible, you'd better be able to live what you preach to others otherwise, you would be labled as a hypocrite & heretic!.........ps did you by any chance notice while reading the (Bible) anything concerning Salvation, Deliverance, Holy Spirit, Heaven, & Hell!...........guess not!
2006-06-27 20:23:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't believe then nothing we say is going to change that. I pray that G*d opens your eyes to the TRUTH in His word. You Judge the teachings of Leviticus by todays political views you will never find truth that way.
2006-06-27 20:07:08 · answer #6 · answered by notthemamas1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leviticus is also against medium rare steak. :(
2006-06-27 20:12:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋