Prepare for EXCUSES CENTRAL.. Why don't you follow ALL the LEVITICUS laws if that one verse means so much?

Question

What else shouldn't people do?

Don't let cattle graze with other kinds of Cattle (Leviticus 19:19)

Don't have a variety of crops on the same field. (Leviticus 19:19)

Don't wear clothes made of more than one fabric (Leviticus 19:19)

Don't cut your hair nor shave. (Leviticus 19:27)

Any person who curseth his mother or father, must be killed. (Leviticus 20:9) Have you ever done that?

If a man cheats on his wife, or vise versa, both the man and the woman must die. (Leviticus 20:10). I wonder if Dr. Laura would like that one to be enforced?

If a man sleeps with his father's wife... both him and his father's wife is to be put to death. (Leviticus 20:11)

If a man sleeps with his wife and her mother they are all to be burnt to death. (Leviticus 20:14)

If a man or woman has sex with an animal, both human and animal must be killed. (Leviticus 20:15-16). I guess you should kill the animal since they were willing participants. Are they crazy?

If a man has sex with a woman on her period, they are both to be "cut off from their people" (Leviticus 20:18)

Psychics, wizards, and so on are to be stoned to death. (Leviticus 20:27)

If a priest's daughter is a whore, she is to be burnt at the stake. (Leviticus 21:9)

People who have flat noses, or is blind or lame, cannot go to an altar of God (Leviticus 21:17-18)

Anyone who curses or blasphemes God, should be stoned to death by the community. (Leviticus 24:14-16)

Don't let cattle graze with other kinds of Cattle (Leviticus 19:19)

Answer 1

What you are quoting are the laws of Moses. Jesus Christ said that we are not under law, but under grace. Therefore we do not have to follow the Levitical law any more.

Answer 2

*Sigh* Here we go again, for about the millionth time:

You're mixing up the old covenant with the new covenant.

The Pentateuch (Genesis - Deuteronomy) was written as a contract between God and Israel. Israel signed this and it became the old covenant. However, Christians have signed the NEW covenant throguh Christ's blood.

But, if you want someone to kill someone else, go ask a Jewish person from remote Israel. I'm sure they'd help..

Answer 3

Jesus explained this in the following scripture. Moral sins are still wrong, but the punishments have been outlawed by Christ, he taught love not hate and judgement.

John 8
1But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?" 6They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." 8Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" 11"No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."

There are three kinds of laws in the Old Testament: the moral law, which tells all people their duty toward God and other people; the ceremonial law, which regulated the religious practices in the Old Testament; and the political law, which was the state law of the Israelites. Only the moral law was written into the human heart.

Answer 4

That's the old Testament; even Jesus maintained that not all of the Old Testament laws applied anymore, particularly the ones about punishment; those laws were outdated when Jesus offered a new way. Also, a lot of those were given purely for hygenical or other 'good sese' reasons, which don't really apply to us any more.

Answer 5

Sure. Just show me the priest class as they perform their duties at the Holy Temple of God and I am with you.


Oh! That's right!
That whole thing was destroyed along with the Temple in the year 70 CE!

Answer 6

I agree entirely, the bible is irrelevant.

The main excuse will be it's the old testament and they aren't bound by it's laws any more.

I would argue back that if it's the word of god as christians insist, and god is all knowing, surely his word would be just as relevant now as it always was.

Answer 7

I don't have to be religious to have the sense to know that homosexuality is a perversion and goes against nature--not to mention the horrible health risks. It's just simple logic.I assume that is the teaching you are alluding to. I apologize if I misunderstood.

Answer 8

My dog died