You haven't answered my question at all if your post, all you did was pull up Bible quotes which added nothing to the argument at hand. Why do you follow parts, but not others?
Alright, maybe I didn't make things entirely clear. My bad.
The Laws of Leviticus were intended for the Jews, and only them, to follow when they were a nation set apart by God. However, there is now a new covenant sealed through Christ's blood, and the old one is gone because there is no "nation of God" that is seperated from the world. Before, the Jews were isolated in their faith, now Christians are called to go throughout the world and spread the gospel.
Do you want more proof that Leviticus was intended for the Jews, and the Jews only? Why is it that God never sent the Israelites out to destroy cities that were considered evil by the standards of Leviticus? The Israelites marched against those who were hostile towards them or those who were in the promised land (which is a debate for later). Consider Sodom, Gammorah (sp?), Moab, Assyria, and many more nations I dont remember. Israel never attacked any of them. Look at Ezekiel 25-32 or Isaiah 13-24 for proof of this. It was God who judged these cities and nations.
1 Corinthians 5:12-13
"What business is it of mine to judge those outside of the church? Are you [Christians] not to judge those inside? God will judge those outside."
This is what this whole arguement is based upon. Neither Christians in the current times, nor Jews in the ancient times are fit to discipline those outside their faith. That is left to the government and those outside the faith. The only job Christians have is sharing the gospel.
Now, going back to my first paragraph about how there is a new covenant. Jesus forgave the adulteress who, according to the Law of Leviticus, deserved death. There is also the account of the "immoral brother" in 1 Corinthians 5 who slept with his father's wife, something also punishable through death. Both these people's death as "their blood will be on their own heads". (as said in Lev) However, there was now a new covenant, one who's message is grace through faith.
Of course, people ,as part of human kind created by God, are expected to follow the morals of Leviticus. Dont steal, murder, and so on, but it's not the same as being under the Law of Leviticus.
So, in conclusion, I do not pick and chose what rules of God I want to follow. The Law of Leviticus is void through Christ's death, although I am expected to follow it morals. The law of the United States is what we now follow concerning illegal activity like murder.
Unless I'm mistaking your quote, it seems to me like you're saying god decided homosexuality was bad because he felt like it, therefore it's immoral and we should all follow it.
Exactly. God designed the world with certain rules in tact. Any breaking of these laws would be considered abominations, namely sin. Sin, which is the absence from God, was never part of God's perfect creation. It is judged to be wrong. In the same way, homosexuality was never part of God's creation, but resulted from the fall of man.
Then why would the Bible mentioned slaughtering heathens and non-christians if it's God's ability? ... God is full of love, yet hates heathens. But Jesus didn't kill the adulterer, but Jesus also followed all the old laws. This is contradictory.
I already covered this beforehand with Ezekiel 25-32 and Isaiah 13-24.
God does not hate heathens, He hates sin. This can be shown through the history of the enslavement of the Jews. The Jews were God's Holy people, set appart. However, they were probbly on of the most sinful people around. God constantly had to punish them to bring them back to Him. He allowed enemy nations to march against them, allowed famine to strike, allowed the Jews to be killed and enslaved. Judging by what God allowed, it wouldn't be that big of a stretch to think God actually hated the Jews more than any other nation on earth. But this is certainly not the case. It is mentioned in many passages throughout the Old Testament that even through these times God always continued loving His people, and that He would return them if only they would abbandon their sinful ways. In the same way, He never punished the heathens for who they were, but what they did. You could argue that His punishment was harsh, but it cant be argued, if you read the Bible, that He always had love in mind. It's like a parent punishing his child... except harsher because there were more people.
And this post took me a long time, and I now have to go. I'll read the rest of the thread later and answer accordingly.
Religion wasn't meant to create fear of the afterlife, although the mass media today is ruining its name.
