No more 'bar' mitzvah: Synagogues changing ways to support LGBTQ youth

[Karadeniz]

1. We recently had a post about how the extreme penalties listed in Leviticus were not intended to

be taken seriously. The author listed many biblical instances in which the Leviticus penalties were not meted out when specific offenses clearly occurred.

The Jewish acceptance of LBGTQ members shows, to me, a benefit of not having strict belief standards as Christians have with their creeds. For one thing, even the superficial layer of Scripture is crystal clear on a member's having to demonstrate Jesus's instructions as proof of faith. So what do we have? Creeds that dwell on believing in Jesus's biography, but no mention of loving both one's neighbors and one's enemies. Limiting one's commitment as a follower of Jesus to his biography is just as narrow as Leviticus and Christians should assume the duty of lovingkindness personally, going beyond the incomplete creeds.

I hope I don't get massacred.