I think this is funny. Check out this website which gives an ironic look at how some use certain passages in the Old Testament to fuel the whole anti-gay movement. I am not defending or condoning anything here, but it is interesting food for thought that we tend to take what we like and leave the rest as "cultural." And, I admit, that according to Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14, I am a big ol' sinner since last Friday I went to the Japanese steak house and had me a bunch of scrimps.
Here is a blurb from the site "God Hates Shrimp":
"Shrimp, crab, lobster, clams, mussels, all these are an abomination before the Lord, just as gays are an abomination. Why stop at protesting gay marriage? Bring all of God's law unto the heathens and the sodomites. We call upon all Christians to join the crusade against Long John Silver's and Red Lobster. Yea, even Popeye's shall be cleansed. The name of Bubba shall be anathema. We must stop the unbelievers from destroying the sanctity of our restaurants."
On the "About" page, the authors state:
"The point we're trying to make is that by using the Old Testament (specifically the book of Leviticus) as a basis for protesting gay marriage, you run into a couple of problems. The first is that in the New Testament, Jesus established the New Covenant, which stated that the old Mosaic laws about unclean things were invalid (Jesus in his own person said nothing specifically against homosexuality, although Paul later attributed some remarks to him). The second reason is that if you still want to quote from Leviticus, despite Jesus' doing away with Mosaic law, then you better be prepared to enforce the whole thing, not just the parts you like. This includes not only the injunction against shellfish and mussels and such, but also against wearing fabrics made of blended fibers, cutting or shaving your beard, sowing mixed seed in a field, and a slew of other things nobody but Orthodox Jews take seriously anymore."
Thoughts?
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A couple of years ago I spoke on "revolutionary holiness." As an example, I used a bit of an online conversation I had engaged in regarding God's feeling about tattoos and the use of this same Levitical passage to denounce them.
I wrote...
"While much of the Lev. law may, in good sense and practical terms, still be fair council for life today, this chapter also stipulates we not plant fields with 2 kinds of seed, wear clothes woven of 2 kinds of material, plant any kind of fruit tree & eat it’s fruit until the 5th year (4th year, holy fruit; 1-3rd, forbidden) or eat any meat w/ blood still in it. The verse right before the tat command tells us we shouldn’t cut the hair at the sides of our head or clip the edges of our beard.
A contextual interpretation of the passage seems in order. Either that, or if you're wearing a poly-rayon/cotton blend, enjoying an avocado bacon burger (med. well) after weeding the tomatoes & carrots in your vegetable garden (without sideburns), get ready for hell! Just a thought."
I bet God is mad at himself for making those little shrimp so dang tasty. Them and BBQ pork!
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