If Leviticus counts in regard to gay marriage then why doesn't it?

Question

count in regard to fabric rules?
Or shrimp on Fridays?
Sacrificing one's children?
Marrying a woman to her rapist?
Stoning 'heathens'?

Just curious...

I suspected that, Balaam, you talking donkey, you.

HairyPotto, you rock.

Hansel, whose question are you answering? Your moral standards differ a great deal from my own, and I'm willing to bet you know nothing about ceremonial marriage throughout the centuries. Civil? How about being it before forcing it upon others?

Oh, Towlieban. Read Leviticus. I'm not going to go find which rule condemned homosexuality. I promise you it's there. This is no generalization. Get real. I've read both texts.

Your fellow Christians seem to think that Levitical law does count. Just look above you. So what is it already? It counts when you want it to count, Barbie. That's about it. It is a shame your book is read literally when you agree with it and metaphorically when you do not.

Angeltress - Thank you for proving my point. It counts when you want it to but not when you are "morally opposed" to it. And please quote Romans in context. And do you really believe any God would condemn two consensual adults in love or are you one of those "Oh! Next it'll be a man and a dog!" types?

Kevin - Are you kidding me? You really believe the word was 'homosexual'? What modern text are you reading?

And yes, I agree with you all, who agree on nothing but making excuses for the sin of hatred that is your religion.

Catherine E., thanks for the explanation. I appreciate it.

Lokasenna, you filthy philly from the land of Hamlet, I absolutely love you. You tell it like it is and you know both texts better than anyone here. If only they knew what you went through as their Bible was utilized to whip and suppress you. And you could tell me not to wear two blends of fabric anytime. You could tell me to wear no fabric at all. I love you so much!

Kevin, of all of them you are the least like Christ. I'm sure you'll find that out when you go to the grave. Incest? Bestiality? That you cannot tell the difference between these things and homosexuality is truly disgusting. If Jesus is who he says he is he would never let you into his heaven.

God, it's getting hot in here.

Answer 1

The Old Testament is NOT LITERAL, unless you use it to oppress homosexuals or force a literal translation of Genesis in schools.

Answer 2

Well if you want me to sum up what I learned; it was that there are differences between, laws, statutes, and ordinances. Jesus' death was only supposed to do away with the ordinances. That's how they get around it, to put it simply. It's a loop hole.

Keep in mind, I was an unusual Christian. Leviticus was my all time favorite book which I studied more than any other and I did take the statutes about the fabrics, foods, and gardening literally. I used to preach at people for wearing polyester and eating ham. At least I wasn't a hypocrite when I was a bible thumper. Just insane.

Answer 3

enable's undergo in thoughts which you're quoting from the old covenant, to which purely Israel and God have been social gathering to. That covenant regulation ended. So this is no longer approximately "changing" regulations with regard to gays. we choose no longer do something approximately it, because of the fact it particularly is God who judges, and God will condemn people who violate His will. this is the believer's job to have love even for an enemy, and not be a decide. If one needs to stay a existence-type opposite to the choose of God, it particularly is their decision, and that they are going to gain what they sow, merely like actually actually everyone. Romans 2:7  To them who by capacity of affected person continuance in nicely doing look for for glory and honour and immortality, eternal existence: 8  yet unto them that are contentious, and don't obey the actuality, yet obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9  Tribulation and soreness, upon each and every soul of guy that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and additionally of the Gentile;

Answer 4

OK Lets forget the Old Testement and look at the new

Romans 1:26-27
God let them follow their own evil desires. Women no longer wanted to have sex in a natural way, and they did things with each other that were not natural.

Men behaved in the same way. They stopped wanting to have sex with women and had strong desires for sex with other men. They did shameful things with each other, and what has happened to them is punishment for their foolish deeds.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Don't you know that evil people won't have a share in the blessings of God's kingdom? Don't fool yourselves! No one who is immoral or worships idols or is unfaithful in marriage or is a pervert or behaves like a homosexual will share in God's kingdom. Neither will any thief or greedy person or drunkard or anyone who curses and cheats others.

Some say that Jesus did not direcly preach against homosexuality. That is true. However, Jesus also didn't preach directly against incest but that does not mean he approved of it. The Rabbis in Jesus time preached against a whole bunch of sexual sins including Homosexuality, beastiality, incest adultery and so-on. These Rabiis used a term that is translated as "sexual perversion". Jesus also preached against "sexual perversion" using exactly the same words being used by the Rabis of the day. When he used those terms everyone knew what he was talking about. He never preached againstr "sexual perversion" and then added "apart from Homosexuality"

Answer 5

You actually READ Leviticus...on PURPOSE??! lol...that is one LONG...boring...repetitive book (like my Irish relatives' family tree...). Good points though! I'm off too check how much you got flamed now...

I'm fascinated by the person who said "Christians get to choose which parts of the Bible are literal." what the...???! Not the last time I heard from most fundamentalists. And WHO, exactly, gets to "choose"? I sure hope it's not that raving hypocrite, Billy Graham!

Answer 6

For all those saying that the Old Testament no longer applies, that is not correct.
Jesus said the Old Law was to remain in force until heaven and earth passed away and all is accomplished (“For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven”-Matthew 5:18-19 RSV). Heaven and earth still exist and many prophecies are not yet fulfilled. The New Testament states that the Old Testament and it's laws still apply.

Oh for the record--I'm not saying I agree with it. I'm an atheist who stands up for the rights of everyone--including homosexuals.

Answer 7

When Christ said that he came to fulfill the Law, not destroy it He placed His seal on the authenticity of the Tankh. However, Jesus exposed the Pharisees narrow, legalistic interpretation of Moses' law. Also, part of the Law was ceremonial.

The Law is still a standard, and we are not free to break the Mosaic Law. The Law reveals to us that we cannot measure up to God's standard. The only way we can fulfill the Law is by accepting the only one who could fulfill it, that is Jesus Christ.

So that is why we are not legalistic about such things.

Hairypotto: Song of Solomon 2:3 means: The apple (or maybe an orange since apples do not grow in that climate) tree is a picture of Christ. Christ is like this wonderful fruit tree in contrast to the fruitless trees of the woods.

Answer 8

Born again Christians are no longer under the old covenant...Levitical law. The law was our schoolmaster...but now there is a new covenant.
*Galatians 3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
*Hebrews 8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
*Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

Also, Levitical Law, was written for the nation of Israel, and not the Gentiles. This is why Christians are not bound by Levicitcal law.

Answer 9

Unless you are a Jew, under Levitical law, this does not apply to us today.
Unless you have invented a time machine and can go back and start pissing people off by doing things against "their" God, then you don't have very much to worry about.
Oh, and BTW please quote a verse when you say something like this. Making generalizations is very unbecoming. You should maybe read a whole chapter at a time before you start making pronouncements about God.

Answer 10

Song of Solomon 2:3
Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my lover among the young men.I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

Answer 11

Jesus said that we could be selective about what is in the Old Testament.

How convenient.