When I asked why eating pork and mixing fabrics was ok, but being gay wasn't...?

Question

The main reason I got from Christians was that there are different laws at the time. That eating pork or trimming your beard were social laws (and therefore are ok today), but being gay is a moral law.

Where in the bible does it specify which laws are which?

For those who are lost: The book of Leviticus in the bible says that being gay is an abomination, and Christians claim because of that being gay is wrong. But Leviticus also says that trimming your beard, or eating pork or shellfish, or mixing fabrics is also an abomination, yet Christians today claim they're ok.

WOW. I didn't get a single answer to my question...just a lot of preaching that didn't address what I asked.

Answer 1

People have often hidden behind bible passages to support their prejudices. Before the civil war, it was preached from pulpits that slavery was good. In the 1600's men were encouraged to beat their wives to make them acceptable to god.

Jesus said follow ALL the laws or none, he never said just the moral laws, the social laws, the laws of separation, etc. Ignore these people. Find your own god.

Answer 2

The prohibition against eating pork wasn't a social law, it was a health issue, as was mixing meat and milk. The prohibition against wearing mixed fabric may have come about because, especially in low humidity (like near the desert), rubbing wool and fur produce static electricity, which may have been thought of as some sign from God.

Homosexuality is no more a moral issue than heterosexuality. No one is 100% either - we exist on a scale somewhere between the extremes.

But Christian morality is absolute - Christianity absolutely picks things Christians like and calls them moral or "were social issues" and it absolutely picks things Christians don't like and calls them immoral. If you don't like the way your church divides up the issues, choose another church - their "absolute morals" may be different.

Answer 3

Here are some more law related questions from the famous Dr. Laura letter :
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 uncleanliness (Lev 15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.

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?

f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an Abomination (Lev 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. 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. 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?

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)

Answer 4

It's called buffet-style Christianity: pick the things you agree with and ignore the things you don't. The Mosaic laws didn't make the distinction between "moral" and "social"--they ALL came from God and therefore had to be obeyed. Lev. 11:44 makes it clear that to eat the wrong kinds of food meant defilement and abomination in God's eyes. Those are pretty strong words.

Answer 5

No I do not think they were called abominations like homosexuality or sodomy. Also adultery was and is a big no-no, as is fornication. Gaity or happiness was never condemned at all. Dietary restrictions were given "to set the Isrealites apart from other nations". These things were described as "unclean". And finally, these practices were discussed at nauseum by Peter and Paul in the Epistles. Read them also.

Answer 6

I have not heard of any cities destroyed for their long hair or trimmed beards. Sodom ( sodomized word came from) and Gomorrah was destroyed for that by fire and brimstone. The history channel did a show on it where they proved scientifically that it took place and had geological proof and sulfur rock in the immediate area that they picked up in a shovel and lit on fire.

The bible calls it detestable to the Lord.

You asked and this is what the bible says about it. I hope you continue to search and the Lord and helps you come to acceptance for your peace of salvation.

Answer 7

Oh, for days Loretta, i can not stand shellfish and that i will positioned on what I please, and homosexuals are the suited ingredient in view that ice cream. Why? as a results of fact they are in a position to't, by utilising definition, upload to the ten,000 3 hundred and sixty 5 days mountain of Pampers we are construction as a results of fact we are biologically hardwired to breed. provide them a tax wreck and teach them some appreciate. they gained't have any offspring to take that parking spot away out of your offspring. Do homophobes ever think of roughly that??? Nooooo, i assume no longer. i'm no longer gay, by utilising the way. Ha ha, faraway from it.

Answer 8

You are mixing your religions. Leviticus was a Jew. Christianity didn't develop until several years after Christ died, but he lived in a Jewish community and most of the people in the Bible were Jews. It is according to their laws that the eating of pork and shellfish was wrong.
And everything in the bible isn't true, or good. You can pick isolated lines from many of the books of the bible and use them to prove or disprove whatever you want.
If you're gay, that's obviously the way God intended you to be, so what's the problem?

Answer 9

Don't worry about what Christians say about your moral
law...you aren't about to to change anything, so go on
about your business. You probally know all there is to know
about what is required to follow a Christian Life and you
reject it...that's your business. All a Christian can do is try
to help you see as does the Christian, then if you don't buy
the package, the Christian is to "...knock the dust from he feet
and go on his way", therefore leaving you alone. You have
'free will' and if you don't use your free will to follow Christ, then you couldn't follow Him anyway. (Life is short, live it
with wisdom).

Answer 10

I think most of the abominations from Leviticus were about cleanliness....before the invention of condoms, homosexual relations weren't very clean. The only reason Christians still think it's bad today is because they just think it's 'wrong'. Not because the Bible tells them so.