The text of 18:22 has been translated as:
"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination."
and another one...
"If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them." (Leviticus 20:13
This is the single most used text to promote Homosexuality as a sin, a deviant lifestyle, and ammunition from the extreme Christian right to keep Gay and Lesbians from civil rights in the world. My rant on this subject is to give you a different perspective on this Verse in the Old Testament of the Bible.
Definition of Abomination
# a person who is loathsome or disgusting
# abhorrence: HATE coupled with disgust
# an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence;
Leviticus is the first of two (Exodus)books reportedly written by Moses during the 40 year walk out of Egypt back to Israel. The time-line is about 1400-1460 BC when this occurred. So basically 3,400 years ago.
If your still with me read these other Verses from the same book and let them enter your brain.
"For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon him." (Leviticus 20:9)
"Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property." (Leviticus 25:44-45)
"Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard." (Leviticus 19:27)
"...and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, is unclean to you." (Leviticus 11:7)
Heres my favorite...
"But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all that move in the water or any living thing which is in the water, they are an abomination to you." (Leviticus 11:10)
"They (shellfish) shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination." (Leviticus 11:11)
"Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales; that shall be an abomination to you." (Leviticus 11:12)
So in conclusion why is this crazy, yes I will say it, crazy as shit book that tells us being gay,eating Pork,seeing a women s flow,eating shell fish, and how to have slaves is so widely used to denigrate gays is just plain nuts. One has to cherry pick what one believes in this book. Our own prejudices allows us to use what we like and what we dont like. My main opinion is that if gays have been reportedly around for over 3,400 years then its not an abomination, its a normal occurrence in humanity and should be treated as such.
Just one more thing, Why when God was telling Moses all this, didn't he tell him the Earth was round and the Sun didnt revolve around us?
Because they believe in God....? Religion is far different now and the entire bible isn't like Leviticus. I know it's "cool" to rant about the bible and how intolerant it is, when in reality by doing that you're being intolerant yourself, and thus hypocritical, let people believe what they want to believe, it's a matter of faith, not logic, hate, or fear.
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