tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10550935.post112363248789745588..comments2015-04-02T12:49:06.135-04:00Comments on erked: Damned nationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10550935.post-1123712219222686052005-08-10T18:16:00.000-04:002005-08-10T18:16:00.000-04:00I was neither supporting nor ridiculing Leviticus ...I was neither supporting nor ridiculing Leviticus - maybe some teasing, but certainly no theological assault. (The admonition about tassels is at least worth joking about.)<BR/><BR/>I am ridiculing the "selective approach" to the Old Testament. The clearly ceremonial aspects of the OT are intermingled with laws about food and laws about behavior, with the words "abomination" applied far more, for example, to liars than to homosexuals.<BR/><BR/>Furthermore, it's certainly not clear whether Christ actually made "The Law" irrelevant (replaced it), "fulfilled it" (whatever that means), and what parts in particular, if "The Law" doesn't mean all of Mosaic Law. If it means all of Mosaic Law, then the OT is fairly irrelevant, and Christ said nothing at all about homosexuals, so it's certainly nothing Christians should feel quite so adamantly about. Christ was, on the other hand, quite explicit about the wealthy and liars and hypocrites.<BR/><BR/>So yes, it was directed at the pick'n'choose Christians who select those kibbles they agree with and discard the bits they don't.<BR/><BR/>Here's a very interesting (not that I fully agree with it) discussion on this topic: http://www.biblicalstudies.org.uk/article_law_hays.html. <BR/><BR/>One downside of the article is the conclusion that abstracting from the specific admonition against touching unclean animals gives a general cleanliness principle which, applied today, means no pornography for Christians. What on earth WERE they doing with those sacrificial lambs?erkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05626004771834205967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10550935.post-1123708051254451542005-08-10T17:07:00.000-04:002005-08-10T17:07:00.000-04:00Since ERKed is usually about politics, seems safe...Since ERKed is usually about politics, seems safe to say the ridicule lands directly on the "right winged Christians" who like to pull out the Old Testament when it applies to a hateful stance, like anti-gay marriage discussions.<BR/><BR/>I see a lot of blemished Christians out there still going to church, so maybe we should just abandon Leviticus altogether.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10550935.post-1123697432445121242005-08-10T14:10:00.000-04:002005-08-10T14:10:00.000-04:00i dont think christians should focus on leviticus....i dont think christians should focus on leviticus. (im not sure from the blog entry if you were supporting leviticus, or ridiculing it.)<BR/>after all, that book is an ancient law for a nomadic desert tribe. it is a cultural index, sort of, and NOT a serious guideline for christian values. this is my opinion-- im neither a theologian, scholar, and hell, some days im barely a human. *roar with laughter*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com