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Priceless! Another one found on Facebook (Original Post) 1monster May 2012 OP
So sad... DearAbby May 2012 #1
Deeerrrrrrrpah! Arctic Dave May 2012 #2
D'OH !!! alittlelark May 2012 #3
Teh Stupid... It Also Stings... A Lot... WillyT May 2012 #4
And piercings, if I recall correctly. It's been a long time since I read Leviticus. PDJane May 2012 #5
Yup. 19:28 Ruby the Liberal May 2012 #6
Leviticus forbids a lot of stuff Capn Sunshine May 2012 #7
Talk about control freaks Art_from_Ark May 2012 #10
Talk about control freaks AlbertCat May 2012 #19
Great list except footballs aren't made of pigskin anymore. progressoid May 2012 #11
I'm not sure if ANY of that was valid after the Second Testament. Zalatix May 2012 #16
I like the way you said "Second Testament" as if we should expect a third and a fourth. tclambert May 2012 #29
No, I wasn't saying that. Zalatix May 2012 #36
Nope! Cotton undies gotta go, too! SnowCritter May 2012 #20
Finally! We can all be nekked. Jamastiene May 2012 #23
Does a woman have to wear a sweater with a scarlet "M" on it? NewJeffCT May 2012 #27
My first thought before I read the script... But tattoos are forbidden, too! freshwest May 2012 #8
Ah Cafeteria Fundamentalist Christianity GObamaGO May 2012 #9
was thinking the same thing ninehippies May 2012 #21
Weren't the laws in Leviticus meant for Rabbi's only? justiceischeap May 2012 #12
I don't think so. intheflow May 2012 #14
Not for Christians. vaberella May 2012 #15
Thanks! I thought it was meant specifically as rabbinical (sp) law. nt justiceischeap May 2012 #17
True. intheflow May 2012 #25
Don'tcha love it HillWilliam May 2012 #13
Here is the backstory ecstatic May 2012 #18
I admit I would never get a tattoo myself treestar May 2012 #22
I see it as "Reminder to self, everytime I get those urges I need to look at my tatoo" OffWithTheirHeads May 2012 #24
Here's another verse (my own) Martin Eden May 2012 #26
Very cool! Maynar May 2012 #38
The derp is strong here. hifiguy May 2012 #28
They should have used a font that looks like shrimp KurtNYC May 2012 #30
Chick magnet. GeorgeGist May 2012 #31
Ah, yes, the chuckle-headed "Christians" ladym55 May 2012 #32
This says it all hifiguy May 2012 #33
LOVE IT!! ladym55 May 2012 #39
*facepalm* krispos42 May 2012 #34
K & R Scurrilous May 2012 #35
I hate so much I'm willing to pay money to etch hatred on my skin. Forever. HughBeaumont May 2012 #37

DearAbby

(12,461 posts)
1. So sad...
Thu May 24, 2012, 11:46 PM
May 2012

these people are completely illiterate of their own scriptures. Ignorance = breeds bigotry.

Capn Sunshine

(14,378 posts)
7. Leviticus forbids a lot of stuff
Fri May 25, 2012, 01:18 AM
May 2012

Lev 15:19-24 states you are to have no contact with a woman who is menstruating

Lev 25:44 says you may possess slaves as long as you purchase them from neighboring nations

Lev 11:10 says eating shellfish is an abomination. Like being with a man if you're a man (hey, they don't mention women, does that mean it's OK for them? )

Lev 21:20 says you can't approach the altar of God if you have a defect in your sight. (no contacts, dude)

Lev 19:27 says you shouldn't cut the hair around your temples, ever. We should be a totally rasta nation.

Lev 11:6-8 says no touching pigs or their skins. No bacon, no football.

Lev 19:19 says no planting two crops in the same field. I guess Monsanto is in trouble. They often have two plants in the same seed. It also says no garments with more than one type of thread. So most of your clothes don't work.

Lev 24 10-16 says if someone swears or blasphemes, the whole town should stone them to death.

Lev 20:14 says if you sleep with your in laws, you should die.

and of course, other biblical books make relationship pronouncements:
Duteronomy 22:13-21
"a marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. If the wife is not a virgin, she shall be executed."

So let's get biblical, people! First, strip down to your cotton undies! WHo's got the gasoline and rocks?

progressoid

(49,824 posts)
11. Great list except footballs aren't made of pigskin anymore.
Fri May 25, 2012, 08:22 AM
May 2012

Actually, back in the day, it was the pigs' bladder that was used which was then covered with leather.

Today, it's cow leather with a polyurethane bladder.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_%28ball%29

 

Zalatix

(8,994 posts)
16. I'm not sure if ANY of that was valid after the Second Testament.
Fri May 25, 2012, 09:09 AM
May 2012

Which means the tattooed guy is an outright fool.

tclambert

(11,080 posts)
29. I like the way you said "Second Testament" as if we should expect a third and a fourth.
Fri May 25, 2012, 03:47 PM
May 2012

Are you saying the "Book of Mormon" is the third testament?

NewJeffCT

(56,827 posts)
27. Does a woman have to wear a sweater with a scarlet "M" on it?
Fri May 25, 2012, 02:59 PM
May 2012

for "Menstruating"? Then, us men will know to avoid her? or, should women just stay inside as shut-ins instead? That way, they don't have to chance contact with men.

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
12. Weren't the laws in Leviticus meant for Rabbi's only?
Fri May 25, 2012, 08:30 AM
May 2012

Maybe I'm mistaken but that seems to ring a bell for me.

intheflow

(28,403 posts)
14. I don't think so.
Fri May 25, 2012, 09:05 AM
May 2012

But even if they were, that's Jewish tradition and not how modern Christian Biblical literalists interpret the text. When they bother to read it in its entirety, that is.

vaberella

(24,634 posts)
15. Not for Christians.
Fri May 25, 2012, 09:08 AM
May 2012

Remember Christians use the same few books as found in Judaism. Problem is, we are supposed to follow all the rules of the bible and there is no, one rule for Rabbi's only since Christianity has no Rabbi's.

As a point of clarity Judaism forbids tattoos for everyone--not just Rabbi's. If you have a tattoo, you can't be buried, ditto for piercings I believe. I lived with a Jewish family. The girl did get her ears pierced but her mother was a bit more lax on the rules.

intheflow

(28,403 posts)
25. True.
Fri May 25, 2012, 12:59 PM
May 2012

This was why the Jews in the concentration camps felt additionally violated when their arms were tattooed with prisoner numbers. I remember some discussion about letting those survivors be buried in Jewish cemeteries but believe it was decided by most if not all that an exception could be made in those circumstances because the tattoos were forced upon them.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
22. I admit I would never get a tattoo myself
Fri May 25, 2012, 11:21 AM
May 2012

But if I did, it would be a beautiful design. It would never be a quote from Leviticus against homosexuality. This person is insane about the subject. Even being a sincerely religious person who believes it is wrong - there's something more to it to get tattooed to make that point.

Martin Eden

(12,802 posts)
26. Here's another verse (my own)
Fri May 25, 2012, 02:06 PM
May 2012

Faith impenetrable to reason or thought
Brains at birth gifted, mostly for naught
Critical thinking replaced by a quote
Words have no wisdom when learned by rote

ladym55

(2,577 posts)
32. Ah, yes, the chuckle-headed "Christians"
Fri May 25, 2012, 06:09 PM
May 2012

While they are busy screaming about Leviticus 18:22, they are forgetting that there is a SECOND book in their bible called the New Testament. In THAT book, Jesus, the person they profess to follow sets forth TWO commandments that all should follow and indicates the old laws have been replaced. Jesus, who spent HIS time hanging with the poor and marginalized, told his followers to love God and their neighbor. Jesus NEVER talked about homosexuality. He spent most of his time addressing income inequality and urged his followers to care for each other.

Sure wouldn't want to do THAT now, would we? Better we take a specific verse of Leviticus literally and IGNORE all that being kind and loving and sharing stuff.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
37. I hate so much I'm willing to pay money to etch hatred on my skin. Forever.
Fri May 25, 2012, 08:39 PM
May 2012

Champion.

Nice wifebeater, tool.

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