"Erik Vistica" (Responding to Yosef) writes:
> > /RANT
> > However, what really got me to respond was the quote from Leviticus.
> > Let me start by saying the quote is correct. However this is one of
> > a multitude of things the Bible forbids. Why did you choose to jump
> > on this one passage?
>
> Because that was the topic of discussion. Would anyone have read it
> if I simply cut/paste the entire book of Leviticus?
>
> I never said I was morally superior. I sin too. I simply pointed out
> what God says about this particular topic.
>
> I'm not sure how quoting the bible is clubbing and beating anyone. I
> said nothing vengeful.
>

Erik,

I have a question.  I have to provide 24x7 emergency coverage for my
customers.  Do I have to hire someone to kill me if I'm called in on the
Sabbath? Can you suggest a service provider?  Obviously, they'd have to
wait a day to do the job-- but I'll understand.

Exodus 35:2  "Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there
shall be to you an holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever
doeth work therein shall be put to death."

One other thing.  My sister has a tattoo-- what is the penalty for this?

Leviticus 19:28  "Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the
dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD."

It has always amazed me how people who want to revile and deny justice
to others think immediately of God when they want to justify their
actions. Did I say "amazed", I guess I should have said "disgusted".
Yosef's suggestion is, I believe, that you read the Bible in its
totality (yes, I know its tempting just to skim to the sexy parts) and
seek to understand the Word of the God that you profess to follow,
rather than just memorizing a few of the "words of God".

Almost any point can be proven by excerpting selectively from the
Bible.  Only in its totality and with reflection can the Bible be
understood and only with tolerance and understanding can its teachings
be followed.

Adam


Chapman: Trouble at mill.
Cleveland: Oh no - what kind of trouble?
Chapman: One on't cross beams gone owt askew on treadle.
Cleveland: Pardon?
Chapman: One on't cross beams gone owt askew on treadle.
Cleveland: I don't understand what you're saying.
Chapman: [slightly irritatedly and with exaggeratedly clear accent] One
of the cross beams has gone out askew on the treadle.
Cleveland: Well what on earth does that mean?
Chapman: *I* don't know - Mr Wentworth just told me to come in here and
say that there was trouble at the mill, that's all - I didn't expect a
kind of Spanish Inquisition.

[JARRING CHORD]

[The door flies open and Cardinal Ximinez of Spain enters, flanked by
two junior cardinals. Cardinal Biggles has goggles pushed over his
forehead. Cardinal Fang is just Cardinal Fang]

Ximinez: NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is
surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are
fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are
fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical
devotion to the Pope.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons....
Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come
in again.

[The Inquisition exits]

M. Python

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