why do some Christians selectively enforce anti-gay verses?

Question

And yet ignore verses that decree no eating of shellfish (Leviticus 11:10, the same book that contains anti-gay verses, also says eating shellfish is abominable)

And ignore verses condeming a woman speaking in church (1st Corinthians 14:33-35 says women should be silent in church, be submissive to their husbands and ask questions at home)

Reminds me of the with hunts... "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" (Exodus 22:18) was the basis for murdering a multitude of presumed witches...

So what is it that makes these verses that presumably condemn homosexuality worth quoting and enforcing?

For anyone who says the old testament is superceded by the new, what about the women silent in Church? Arent 1&2 Corinthians in the New Testament? Where does the New Testament specifically say we can now eat shellfish and pork? Galatians 3 says we are not under the Old Law... but all of the old law was in Leviticus... along with the verses condemning homosexuality. What exactly makes this part of the old law different?

Answer 1

These are Christians who practice Chinese menu religion. They pick one from column A and one from column B, ignoring those items that they don't find appetizing.

Personally, I think they like to pick on "sins" that they themselves are unlikely to commit or perhaps that are the subject of their own fantasies. Methinks he doth protest too much.

Answer 2

Because Old Testament prohibitions on things like eating shellfish are superceded by new teachings in the New Testament.

Not so with homosexuality, though. There's nothing in the New Testament that supercedes what the Old says about homosexuality.

Quite the contrary -- the Old's prohibitions on homosexual conduct are backed up and reaffirmed by the New.

THAT is the difference.

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Answer 3

I guess unless you actually read the thing, you won't ever understand what it actually says.
That's how the witch hunt thing got started...the term taken to mean "witch" actually refers to someone who uses their knowledge of herbs, roots, and other such substances to do harm, specificaly to poison, rather than to do good, or to heal. If you ask me, not permitting such a person to continue to breathe might not be such a bad idea.
The ban on shellfish was actually a health measure, as were many of the laws about hygeine and diet. Those laws are still good advice today.
Women...ahh, the famous verses about women. So controversial. If anyone were to actually take the trouble to pull up a Bible and do a word search through the NT, or just Paul's letters, they would quickly see that Jesus, Himself had the utmost respect for women, and while Paul does seem a bit sexist, still the basic message is for men and women to love and honor one another.

Those verses do not "presumably" condemn homosexuality. They call it an abomination, and say right out that people who commit this sin will not see Heaven.
Now, whether or not you choose to believe God, in this or any of His other laws, well, that is up to you.
Each of us is responsible to God for him/herself. You know what God has said about this sin, it is now up to you to decide what you will do.
As for me, and every other Christian, we also will stand before God. Those who are pointing out your sin might really just not want to stand before Him with your blood on their hands.
Then again, maybe we're just all self-righteous bigots.
*shrugs*
If that is the case, we will all still stand before God in the judgement.

Answer 4

individually, i'm a huge fan of Thessalonians 2, verse 12 -- it is not anti-gay or something like that, yet talks approximately condemning people, so it quite is cool. This states that those that have faith lies are going to Hell. So... the checklist of those going to Hell happens to incorporate the those that instructed me to study the Bible interior the 1st place. candy, candy irony...

Answer 5

First of all Christians do not "enforce" anything.
A Christian is one who submits.
As regards "enforcing", are you perhaps misconstruing the relaying of the information that homosexuality is unacceptable to God as "enforcing"?
Secondly, true Christians follow the council of the writings at 1 Cor. So there is no conflict there.
Third of all, The Law covenant was for the covenant bound Jews, as it was told to Peter in a vision, there is no food for the Christian that is to be considered "unclean".

Nice try, troll.

Oh if only the atheists would answer with the truth about evolution rather than the spin of mediocrity!

Answer 6

Those who trust in Jesus are set free. We all sin and need a Savior. No one is without sin, none but Christ. So it is silly for the "pot to call the kettle black". If I were gay, I would put my life in the care of Christ, just as I have as a heterosexual. I don't think anyone should point fingers at others without looking at their own life first. Blessings to you.

Answer 7

Leviticus is a book of rules for Levite priests. Not for everyone.

But I'm being picky aren't I.

It's my own personal theory - based largely on experience - that people point fingers in order to avoid self-examination.

Jesus tells us to look to our own sins.

Homosexuality is not even in the "big 10." But covetousness is. How many of us are sitting here wanting something just because someone else has it?

You just keep reminding them to look to their own sin. When they are sinless they can cast stones.


By and large people blame the Catholic church for the burning times, when in fact it was Catholics who were being burned. If you compare a map and dates of the burning times to protestant reformation you'll find they match up.

For instance Germany.The largest number of witch burnings occur after Martin Luther came to power. 3,229 people were executed for witchcraft over 120 year period after Luther launched his campaign of "freedom."

Freedom for whom?

"If I had all the Franciscan friars in one house, I would set fire to it. ... To the fire with them!" Martin Luther

Puritans such as Matthew Hopkins survived their own persecution in Elizabethen England by selling their services as "witch hunters." Again, they were hunting Catholics and other Protestants who wouldn't convert to Elizabeth's own brand of Protestantism. Hopkins himself ended up murdered by an angry mob who decided to subject him to his own "tests." He failed.

To this day many protestants call us sorcerers and witches. Ah well. I'll just go hang out with my pagan friends.

"Whoever wants to be a Christian must be intent on silencing the voice of reason." Martin Luther

Answer 8

It's a requirement of Orthodoxism.

If you keep liberlizing things eventually fornicators will want their rights too. Eventually have a a religion that looks more like Paganism and Judeo-Christianity.

So, some keep to their orthodox ways and others go liberal.

Answer 9

I enforce all those verses. Anything else you want to ask?

Answer 10

Or that the biblical god say it is OK to kill our kids for cursing us.