Leviticus

[den]

It's very easy to pull a verse from the Bible amd make it fit your prejudices.

"God Hate Fags" is a poster those silly buggers wave at any Gay-related and AIDS-related gathering (ie conferences, marriages, funerals and such.) There is always a verse from Leviticus quoted.. It's easy to play the "Mis-interperate the Bible" game for your own ends. According to Leviticus, God also hates shellfish, whales, eels, dolphins, sharks, jellyfish (Lev.11-10 "But all the creatures of the seas that do not have fins or scales...you are to detest.")

Leviticus is against birds and bats (l11-v13 to 20)

Leviticus is against weasles and rats, (11-v29) reptiles (11, v29-"...any kind of great lizard"). In fact, if anything in your kitchen is touched by one of these you must break the container. (11-v33 "If any one of these falls into the pot... you must break the pot.")

Leviticus is against biased judges (19, v15 "Do not... show partiality to the poor or favouritism to the great.")

Leviticus is against People Who Breed Mules. (19, v19 "Do not mate different kinds of animals.")

I'm just glad we don't have the hate-mongers who use the Bible as a shield here. If they turn up here with their nasty little "God Hates Fags" (He hates cigarettes?) Leviticus signs, I'll make up some new Leviticus signs:

"GOD HATES SLANDERERS" (Lev.19, v16)

and

"GOD HATES POLYESTER COTTON SHIRTS" (Lev19, v19)

Comments

[jynxgirl.livejournal.com]

GOD HATES LOBSTERS! (Then write underneat "but I don't, follow me to Red Lobster!)

[ceruleanst.livejournal.com]

http://www.godhatesfigs.com/

[weibchenwolf.livejournal.com]

*grins*Den, you're a bloody marvel.

*wanders off to make T-shirts*

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

oh bugger. I was playing with some ferrets (weazils) today. Does that mean I'm going to hell?

(not that last years easter picture didn't seal myfate)

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[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN! Destroy your kitchen!

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[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

oh far too late for that, it's been rubble for ages

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[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Well build it THEN DESTROY IT AGAIN

[joeygatorman.livejournal.com]

Batty: “GOD HATES SLANDERERS” (Lev. 19:16)

GOD HATES FLANDERS! I knew it! Oh wait... you meant slander.

Seriously, though, that’s good...

-G

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[jim-lane.livejournal.com]

HAW!!!

Gotta send that link to some folks I know...

(grin!)

[dancinglights.livejournal.com]

My old roommate, (http://www.livejournal.com/~freakscout) for a while, owned www.godhatesfaqs.com, citing biblical quotes about not questioning things.

[mortonfox.livejournal.com]

Okay, I guess I have to keep away from the shrimp, biased judges and mule breeders. :)

Not that this has anything to do with your point...

[kelloggs2066.livejournal.com]

Well, when you think about it, some of the biblical dietary restrictions do make sence for the primitive cultures they were written by.

Pigs carry a fair number of diseases that are transmissible to humans. So, that's why they don't like pork. (Tricinosis? sp?)

Lizards are similar with... Oh, darn, I'm drawing a blank. What's that disease...? Starts with an "S"... Same stuff you get if you don't cook your chicken well enough...?

Darn! That's what I get for trying to post after 10PM.

You know, now that you mention it, I don't think God's all that crazy about me, either!

Re: Not that this has anything to do with your point...

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

Salmonella

Re: Not that this has anything to do with your point...

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that.

Undercooked chicken and pork are really bad for you, and can contaminate other food really easily. It only takes one poorly placed chopping board to make the night... memorable.

I've seen blokes very carefully thaw the bbq meat, clean the bbq, clean the implements, cook the meat then place the cooked meat on the tray they thawed it on. The nice warm tray that has been sitting in the sun, the salmonella heaven that has been fermenting away like mad. MMMMmmmmm foooooood poisoning.

Ozy and Millie fan?

[hespa.livejournal.com]

http://www.ozyandmillie.net/2003/om20031009.html

[cynicaloptimist.livejournal.com]

For a moment I thought you'd missed my favourite, which is the one about mixed fibre clothing, but no there it is!

When I was a Christian youth group leader, I used to do some education work on prejudice as part of our 'growing up' workshops. I used to play a game where I made up some laws and quoted real ones from Leviticus and had people work out which ones were real to point out the 'dangers' of taking the Bible very literally and without cultural context. It was fun watching the teenagers boggle at them.

[elektron.livejournal.com]

God also hates barbers (Lev 19:27) and tattooes (28). Then there's "anything that endangers your neighbor's life" (16) which probably includes gun ownership and nuclear weapon stockpiles and nuclear power stations and speeding and... Sex also makes you unclean, depending on your interpretation of 'emission' (15:18). I'm also unclean pretty much all day (15:16).

Wonder what happens if you go wear a sign saying "I masturbated last night" and shouting "unclean, unclean!".

[bobbain.livejournal.com]

If you need commentary on God's sexual orientation ask Mrs God....