Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law.
I have learned a great deal from you, and I try to share that knowledge
with as many people as I can.
I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other specific
Biblical laws and how to follow them.
a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a
pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev. 1:9). The problem is my neighbors.
They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
b) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in
Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price
for her?
c) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her
period of menstrual uncleanness (Lev.15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell?
I have tried asking, but most women take offense. If I come into contact with
a woman who is menstruating and she doesn't tell me until afterwards, must I
kill her immediately or can I just beat her?
d) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female,
provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims
that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify?
Why can't I own Canadians?
e) I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2
clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill
him myself? Also, is Sabbath on Saturday as Seventh Day Adventists
(Christians, like us...or are they?) or is it on Sunday as Baptists and
some other faiths agree? I am beset by not knowing who to kill and when
to kill them...please clarify this for me.
f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination
(Lev. 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality (Lev. 18:22).
I don't agree. I'm also confused about how homosexuality can be an abomination
when Jonathan and David were married in the Bible (1 Samuel 18:1, 3 - 4).
Here, I'll quote it - "And it came to pass, when he had made an end of
speaking unto Saul that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David
and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. Then Jonathan and David made a
covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. And Jonathan stripped himself
of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even
to his sword and to his bow and to his girdle." and also Ruth's relationship
with Naomi is suspect, (Ruth 1:16-17) "And Ruth said to Naomi, Entreat me not
to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest,
I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people,
and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried:
the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part three and me.
" Can you settle this?
g) Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a
defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my
vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?
h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around
their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev.19:27 and even
though 1st Cor. 11:4-6 says that it is a shame upon a man to have long hair.
How should they die?
i) I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me
unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves? Also, since it is
strictly forbidden to "eat neither fat nor blood" in Lev. 3:17 & Lev. 19:26,
does that mean that I must be a vegetarian and must I smite those who choose
to eat meat?
j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two different
crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two
different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse
and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of
getting the whole town together to stone them (Lev.24:10-16)? Couldn't we just
burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep
with their in-laws (Lev. 20:14)?
k) I know that it is an abomination for a man to wear a woman's clothes or a
woman to wear a man's (Deut. 22:5), so does that mean that since my wife
borrowed my boxers once, she's going to hell?
l) An unbeliever sent me an email telling me that God is an ABORTIONIST? It
says, "In Num. 5:11-31, God commands a husband to get an abortion for his wife
if he suspects she has been impregnated by another man. A priest is to make her
drink a potion and tell her, "If any man other than your husband has had
intercourse with you, may the LORD make an example of you . . . by bringing
upon you miscarriage and untimely birth." To deliberately cause a miscarriage
is to perform an abortion. And who brings about this miscarriage? Who performs
this abortion? It is the LORD who does so. God is an abortionist. In Ex. 21:22-25,
God tells us what to do if a man who is fighting knocks against a pregnant woman.
If the woman dies, the principle of "life for life" is invoked and the man
responsible for her death must be killed. If she lives but has a miscarriage,
then the death of the fetus is to be compensated for by the payment of a fine,
as demanded by the woman's husband. Thus, God has revealed the status of the
unborn fetus: it is not an independent, full-fledged human life, whose
destruction amounts to murder. It is a thing owned by the woman's husband, a
thing whose loss, like that of any other thing, may be compensated for with
money." How can this be true?
I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can
help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and
unchanging and also for the reassurance that the Bible is infallible.
2006-08-14 09:58:42
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answered by ☺Everybody still loves Chris!♥▼© 6
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Get a grip on yourself.....when you get to heaven the Lord will probably put you in a room all to yourself simply because you are so irritating. You are an 11 yr old CHILD and you have no business being here in this section anyway. And remember the Bible also says "Judge not least ye be judged". And if you feel that homosexuality is so wrong you also need to remember that the Bible says to abstain from the appearance of all evil. Therefore YOU should abstain from this section because you yourself said we're satanists!!!! You should be abstaining from the appearance of our EVIL!!!! You're guilty by association.
2006-08-14 22:05:15
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answered by Anonymous
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Tim the problem is that you are not just "pointing this out", what you are doing is simply a modified form of "Trolling". Goading people into an argument simply because you are a mean-spirited individual with nothing better to do, is not going to earn anyone a reward in heaven. You are not 'putting up ' with anything, you are complaining and veiling your complaint in the form of a question.
No one who tries to use religion as an excuse for their abusive behaviour really believes in a final judgement anyway, so you are just another hypocritical "sounding brass and clashing cymbal". If you -really- had faith in your God then you would leave the judgement to Him. I would think you would be much more worried about repenting your own sins wouldn't you? Isn't arrogant pride a sin? To boast as you have done when you wrote the question does not seem to be accepting the grace of salvation with humility...
I am not a Christian and I am not as well versed in quoting the old testament as one of the previous posters, but I seem to remember that Jesus was supposed to have fulfilled the law of the old testament - was that not good enough for you? Was his sacrifice not enough for the atonement of -all- sins? Does your God have to sacrifice another son? I am not really gay but if you need to feel persecuted to feel justified, then you can take some comfort in that I have been called both gay and communist. In fact I was called gay when I returned kindness as an answer to my step-father's hatred and violence. I was called communist when I gave one of my shirts to a man who had none. In fact, I am not even a follower of Jesus. I was just doing what I thought was right. I did those things simply because when I was child I decided to live my life in such a way that when family friends and those I love remember me after I have died they will know I was a good man. That's all I just wanted to be remembered as a nice guy. If you think you are going to be judged and that you will live forever in either a heaven or hell wouldn't you want to be able to look back on your brief time here and say "I loved the lord my god with all my heart and all my spirit and all my soul and I loved my fellow-man as much as I loved myself..." or did you miss that commandment?
2006-08-14 19:13:42
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answered by Michael Darnell 7
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Jesus will give you a kick up the hole and send you in the direction of hell for being such a pathetic, vindicative, judgemental weasel. And I will be standing there laughing with my halo on. Grow up and cop on.
P.S I totally agree with what everyone still loves chris has to say. So why don't you stick that in your pipe and smoke it. xx
2006-08-14 17:01:04
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answered by Irish_bi_female 4
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Because if you are going to point out what the bible deems as a sin then point them all out. It's funny how folks read the bible and only seem to see what they wanna see. And note: Never once did our lord and savior ever make refrence to Homosexuals...READ and prove your knowledge instead of showing your ignorance.
"He who is without sin"
2006-08-18 15:12:31
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answered by a_soul_singer 1
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because all you do is preach your hate and intolerance. you are a dispicible bigot! you want us not to persecute you? then never come back here. don't dish out what you can't take, jerk. you "haters" are all alike. you curse us, tell us we're sinners and going to hell, use the Bible to justify your sick, twisted bigotry, and you have the nerve to get offended if we defend ourselves?
judge not lest ye be judged...if you think you're going to heaven with your sick hateful attitude, you're nuts!
sorry, was that too harsh? think about that the next time you go to type your hateful comments/questions again...
and what the hell does being gay have to do with communism or satanism?
you're a complete @sshole....go slink back under your rock!
was that too harsh? think about that the next time you decide to type your hateful questions and comments!!!
2006-08-14 17:07:49
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answered by redcatt63 6
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O RLY?
Y'know the VAST MAJORITY of the world DOESN'T believe Jesus was the son of God, have you ever bothered looking into other religions or just walking in step with the rest of redneck AmeriKa.
2006-08-14 17:22:32
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answered by collegedebt 3
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Lassie! what's wrong, girl?? Timmy? Timmy fell down a well?? Let's go get some Pizza!
2006-08-14 17:09:00
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answered by thirty-one characters 4
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I really think you have ISSUES
How amny times has the bible been translated (REWRITTEN) over and over again? So basically it says more of what MAN thinks it should say. Instead of gods REAL WORD!
2006-08-14 17:01:55
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answered by CVA 2
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I think I will just stare at you and collect 2 points.
2006-08-14 18:59:23
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answered by djw008 2
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man I can't wait for school to start so all these 8 year old retards have something better to do
2006-08-14 23:46:17
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answered by JR 5
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