Punctum Saliens

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Leviticus 20:13

If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death.

Leviticus 19:27

You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads, nor harm the edges of your beard.

Leviticus 19:37

‘You shall thus observe all My statutes, and all My ordinances, and do them: I am the LORD.’ (emphasis mine)

Leviticus chapters 11 through 27 are God’s law as He dictated them to Moses. So, if you are going to hold the world accountable to God’s law about homosexuality, then you have to hold the world accountable to God’s law about beards or adultery. How can you pick and choose which of God’s laws you want to obey and which you don’t? Isn’t that a little bit like setting yourself up over God?

Plus, God doesn’t just say: “Homosexuality is wrong. Thou shalt picket and protest every chance thou havest. Thou shalt chant ‘Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve’ until thou losest thy voice and canst chant no more.” NO! God tells us to kill them!

God’s law includes consequences and punishments. So, technically, you are breaking God’s law by NOT killing the homosexuals and the adulterers and the clean shaven.

Here are a few other ways you, the reader, may be breaking God’s law without even realizing it. Watch out for flying stones from the hand of your ever-so-righteous neighbor!

• Eating rabbit or pork (Lev 11:6,7).
• Eating lobster, mussels, crabs, et al. (Lev 11:10-12). Bummer!
• Having an uncircumcised pecker (Lev 12:3). Whew! At least I don’t have to worry about that one.
• Picking up the grapes that have fallen to the ground in your vineyard (Lev 19:10).
• Wearing cotton blends (Lev 19:19). Hold on whilst I go check all my shirts….
• Harming a foreigner in your country (Lev 19:33). But they are Taliban!
• Giving your kids to Molech (Lev 20:2). Who the heck is Molech?
• Having sex with a women while she is having her period (Lev 19:18).

So, if you’re gonna use the Bible to condemn homosexuality, it’s better to stay away from Leviticus with all it’s encumbering dietary and fashion restrictions. Not to mention the sacrifices you need to make. Where the heck am I going to get a one year old lamb and a young turtledove at this time of year? There’s good stuff in the New Testament that will make your case for you but I’ll leave it as an exercise for the reader to find them. Yes, that means you actually have to READ the Bible! Hey, you may find some interesting stuff in there.