Not to long long ago I saw rather touching film that wasn't at all what I expected. Clint Eastwood's "Gran Torino", in a nut shell a crotchety old Korean war veteran is settling into his new life as a widower. As the movie progresses from his wife funeral, it is clear he is a man without compassion. Disgusted by his adult kids, grand kids and the ever increasing ghetto of Vietnamese growing about him.
He is a proud line employee from the Ford plant who put the steering column into the Gran Torino he keeps in perfect condition.
In one seance he is a local pub with his buddies sharing racial jokes (His contribution is: A Mexican a Jew and a Coloured guy walk into a bar. the bartender looks up and says "get the fuck outta here")
A shocker in this day and age but even that joke is cleaned up from what we can imagine was it's original form. (You'll have to see the film to see this characters redemption, but it is not what you'd entirely expect from Clint)
I remember thinking , it's been ages since I heard a joke like that. A blatant show of racism, worthy of Archie Bunker.
Now we are less likely to hear such jokes but we swing far to the other side.
The old version of this extreme is "But some of my best friends are...."
A subtler form of racism, where we go to extremes to garner Black (any one remember this Bloom County gem?:
Mrs. Dallas: "Look at the colored children playing outside..."
Steve: "People of color, Mom."
Mrs. Dallas: "That's what I said. Colored children."), Asian, Latino, Gay...etc.
I've seen so many liberals go out of their way to be accepting it's almost as blatant as the far right (I'll pick on my own people) "Mic" jokes.
At some point we have to let go. Yes in the 1960's 70's blacks were still second class citizens. A lot has changed, we have a Black president, several women have made a run at the office, and now the new minority is homosexuals.
I guess we spin one plate at a time. Sure there are still strides to made in the black community, but the majority of hate crimes seem leveled at who and how we love. This scares me. Now the government is still looking into our bedrooms. Sodomy laws, adultery laws and yes oral sex laws are still on the books and in some cases being enforced.
Now we are so scared of sex crimes a 12 year old boys life was ruined for a text message (4-15-2009 Indiana:Boy could face pornography charges INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Police are investigating another case of sexual text messages being sent between children. This time, a 12-year-old Perry Township boy could be facing felony pornography charges. Or this gem: Sexting Tweens Arrested in Chicago
Posted by Dan Savage on Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:55 PM
Chicago Tribune:
The students were caught when the 13-year-old girl's cell phone rang in class, and her teacher confiscated it, according to a police report. The girl cried that she would get in trouble because a 12-year-old boy sent her a "dirty picture."
The girl and the boy are guilty of playing you-show-me-yours-i'll-show-you-mine—a game we all played as children—but with a tech assist. For that they were both arrested and charged with "child exploitation and possession of child pornography," both felonies." Which is ridiculous. Even more ridiculous: both will have to register as sex offenders if insanity prevails and they are tried and convicted for their "crime." Laws against child pornography are supposed to protect children from the trauma of being exploited by adult predators, not from themselves, and certainly not from games of you-show-me-yours-I'll-show-you-mine. These two children may wind up traumatized for life by the overzealous enforcement of laws designed to protect them. And it that wasn't enough to make your head explode, check out this quote:
Louis Kraus [is] head of child and adolescent psychiatry at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.... Boys sext because they're proud of their new, more mature bodies, while girls sext because a boy asks them to, he said. Girls want to develop the relationship and think sexting will help, Kraus said. But he warns that's no different than a girl who might be pressured into sex before she's ready.
Girls have no naturally occurring interest in sex, girls are never proud of their new, more mature bodies, girls have no sexual agency or desire or urges or impulses of their own. Girls only want relationships and boys—sex-crazed boys!—know it and use it against girls to get pictures of their bodies because there just aren't enough pictures of boobs available to boys with access to the Internet.
Has this Kraus guy ever met an actual teenage girl?)
Now this is a tricky area to delegate for sure but 12 and 13 year olds as registered sex offenders?
And what about those who lovingly practice S&M?
Here is a more personal case, a 19 year old girl I know was with her boy friend. They were playing soccer. Now she is a fair skinned girl who burns at a picture of the sun. A small knock she has a bruise on her arm. Next day at her school a woman hands her a n Abuse Hotline card, when the girl insisted it was an accident, the reply was "that's what they all say dear, just call that number"
Really? Does anyone else see the dangerous slope we are on? Is abuse a serious crime? Of course it is. Is child sexual molestation an abomination? Hell yes it is.
But when do we put our minds on hold and let slip insanity, and lose all common sense?
What defense is there if there is just an accident? It's like the Life of Brian:
ARTHUR: Hail Messiah!
BRIAN: I'm not the Messiah!
ARTHUR: I say You are, Lord, and I should know. I've followed a few.
FOLLOWERS: Hail Messiah!
BRIAN: I'm not the Messiah! Will you please listen? I am not the Messiah, do you understand?! Honestly!
GIRL: Only the true Messiah denies His divinity.
BRIAN: What?! Well, what sort of chance does that give me? All right! I am the Messiah!
FOLLOWERS: He is! He is the Messiah!
I'm not anti liberal, hell some of my best friends are liberals... I'm not sure what I am, I think the closest is Libertarian, but that makes people cringe so I dunno.
But I am pro use your head. Apply common sense.
I have no idea why this is relevant but I'll close with a quote from Bill Hicks:
"Your denial is beneath you, and thanks to the use of hallucinogenic drugs, I see through you"
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
A one sided argument
Recently I stumbled across this video and posted a reply. I was not surprised to see that comments were approved by the poster, before set out. I am sure he gets inundated with obscene and hateful diatribes regularly. But I posted what I thought was a somewhat intelligent response (if not a bit sarcastic) here was my post:
eahazell
13 hours ago
you get out of any symbolism what you put into it. You can make a symbol mean what ever you want it to. But then you probably thing Carl Jung was a Satanist, in fact any great thinker who asks us to question seems to be a satanist, don't they? I bet in his day that rapscallion Edison an d his evil light bulbs was a Satanist. And who was that free thinker who though fire was a good idea? Or that vile wheel? And those wicked airplanes.
God save me, from your "good" people
surprisingly he let it through and responded, however when I went to reply I found I was blocked. here was his reply:
#
david1057
7 hours ago
@eahazell So you're saying that everyone of us created these signs & symbols, when in fact they have been established by people in power & authority?
Keep on sleeping if you like!
david1057 7 hours ago
of course any attempt to respond is now halted and it will appear that he "shut me up"
Now don't get me wrong people are free to their ideas, what they believe, and free to share (not impose ) them. It is a dangerous consideration this internet we've woven. How free do we allow ourselves to be? At some points it is easy to say there is a line we shall not cross. Posting kiddie porn for example. I doubt anyone will agree that's a good thing to allow. But as we move closer to more aspects of what we allow were do we get to a line that impinges on personal freedoms? When does the Nanny state begin? Big Brother.
It is no trite comment Stan Lee made when he put these words into Uncle Ben's mouth:
"With Great Power there must also always be great responsibility."
We hold great power in our hands with this web of information. But who should control it? And how much. Sure david1057 was well within his rights for his personal site to block me. No matter how fearful and weak it makes him appear, no matter what it does to my credibility on his site.
And he is free to post his propaganda as is every well thinking and even not so well thinking mindless zealots are free to express their views. But one must open their mind when regarding any information. Because when you come down to it, almost all history is hearsay, subject to the presenters biases either purposefully or unconsciously.
But freedom comes at a cost a cost most of us are so far removed from, we don't value it as we should. Our lives have not been threatened, our way of life is not in immediate danger, instead it slips away subtly bite by bite. The Patriot act, new laws to regulate information on the net across the globe.
Soon, Maybe Alan Moore's "V" was not so far from the mark during this rather prophetic speech. Maybe we need our caged rattled.
V: Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of the everyday routine, the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration - whereby those important events of the past, usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, are celebrated with a nice holiday - I thought we could mark this November the fifth, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat.
There are, of course, those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now orders are being shouted into telephones and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there?
Cruelty and injustice...intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance, coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those who are more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable. But again, truth be told...if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War. Terror. Disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you and in your panic, you turned to the now High Chancellor Adam Sutler. He promised you order. He promised you peace. And all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent.
Last night, I sought to end that silence. Last night, I destroyed the Old Bailey to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago, a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice and freedom are more than words - they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you, then I would suggest that you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek...then I ask you to stand beside me, one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament. And together, we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever, be forgot!"
or as Thomas Jefferson so aptly put it even more succinctly:
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."
eahazell
13 hours ago
you get out of any symbolism what you put into it. You can make a symbol mean what ever you want it to. But then you probably thing Carl Jung was a Satanist, in fact any great thinker who asks us to question seems to be a satanist, don't they? I bet in his day that rapscallion Edison an d his evil light bulbs was a Satanist. And who was that free thinker who though fire was a good idea? Or that vile wheel? And those wicked airplanes.
God save me, from your "good" people
surprisingly he let it through and responded, however when I went to reply I found I was blocked. here was his reply:
#
david1057
7 hours ago
@eahazell So you're saying that everyone of us created these signs & symbols, when in fact they have been established by people in power & authority?
Keep on sleeping if you like!
david1057 7 hours ago
of course any attempt to respond is now halted and it will appear that he "shut me up"
Now don't get me wrong people are free to their ideas, what they believe, and free to share (not impose ) them. It is a dangerous consideration this internet we've woven. How free do we allow ourselves to be? At some points it is easy to say there is a line we shall not cross. Posting kiddie porn for example. I doubt anyone will agree that's a good thing to allow. But as we move closer to more aspects of what we allow were do we get to a line that impinges on personal freedoms? When does the Nanny state begin? Big Brother.
It is no trite comment Stan Lee made when he put these words into Uncle Ben's mouth:
"With Great Power there must also always be great responsibility."
We hold great power in our hands with this web of information. But who should control it? And how much. Sure david1057 was well within his rights for his personal site to block me. No matter how fearful and weak it makes him appear, no matter what it does to my credibility on his site.
And he is free to post his propaganda as is every well thinking and even not so well thinking mindless zealots are free to express their views. But one must open their mind when regarding any information. Because when you come down to it, almost all history is hearsay, subject to the presenters biases either purposefully or unconsciously.
But freedom comes at a cost a cost most of us are so far removed from, we don't value it as we should. Our lives have not been threatened, our way of life is not in immediate danger, instead it slips away subtly bite by bite. The Patriot act, new laws to regulate information on the net across the globe.
Soon, Maybe Alan Moore's "V" was not so far from the mark during this rather prophetic speech. Maybe we need our caged rattled.
V: Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of the everyday routine, the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration - whereby those important events of the past, usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, are celebrated with a nice holiday - I thought we could mark this November the fifth, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat.
There are, of course, those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now orders are being shouted into telephones and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there?
Cruelty and injustice...intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance, coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those who are more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable. But again, truth be told...if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War. Terror. Disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you and in your panic, you turned to the now High Chancellor Adam Sutler. He promised you order. He promised you peace. And all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent.
Last night, I sought to end that silence. Last night, I destroyed the Old Bailey to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago, a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice and freedom are more than words - they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you, then I would suggest that you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek...then I ask you to stand beside me, one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament. And together, we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever, be forgot!"
or as Thomas Jefferson so aptly put it even more succinctly:
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."
Sunday, July 4, 2010
A few years ago aletter to Dr Schlessinger was making the rounds...It's worth keeping fresh
For those of you that are not following the recent controversy that has to do with Laura Schlessinger: she is a radio personality who dispenses advice to people who call in to her radio show. Paramount Television Group is currently producing a "Dr. Laura" television show. Recently she has become a convert to Judaism, and now she is Ba'al T'shuvah. Recently, she has made some statements about homosexuals that has caused the Canadian anti-hate laws to censure her... The following is an open letter to Dr. Laura which was posted on the internet...
J. Kent Ashcraft
May 2000
Dear Dr. Laura,
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind him that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate.
I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the specific laws and how to best follow them.
a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
b) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?
c) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness (Lev 15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.
d) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?
e) I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?
f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an Abomination (Lev 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this?
g) Lev 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?
h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev 19:27. How should they die?
i) I know from Lev 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?
j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? (Lev 24:10-16) Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)
I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help.
Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.
Your devoted disciple and adoring fan.
These are the Biblical verses refered to above, in two different translations: the King James Version [KJV], and New International Version [NIV]
Lev 18:22 [KJV] Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. [NIV] Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.
Lev 1:9 [KJV] But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. [NIV] He is to wash the inner parts and the legs with water, and the priest is to burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.
Exodus 21:7 [KJV] And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. [NIV] If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as menservants do.
Lev 15:19-24 [KJV] And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. 20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. 21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. 24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.
[NIV] When a woman has her regular flow of blood, the impurity of her monthly period will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening. 20 Anything she lies on during her period will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. 21 Whoever touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till evening. 22 Whoever touches anything she sits on must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till evening. 23 Whether it is the bed or anything she was sitting on, when anyone touches it, he will be unclean till evening. 24 If a man lies with her and her monthly flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days; any bed he lies on will be unclean.
Lev 25:44 [KJV] Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. [NIV] Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.
Exodus 35:2 [KJV] Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. [NIV] For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.
Lev 11:10 [KJV] And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you [NIV] But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales --- whether among all the swarming things or among all the other living creatures in the water --- you are to detest.
Lev 21:20 [KJV] Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken [NIV] or who is hunchbacked or dwarfed, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles.
Lev 19:27 [KJV] Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. [NIV] Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
Lev 11:6-8 [KJV] And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
[NIV] The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you. 7 And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divied, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. 8 You must not eat their meat or touch their carcases; they are unclean for you.
Lev 19:19 [KJV] Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. [NIV] Keep my decrees. Do not mate different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.
Lev 24:10-16 [KJV] And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; 11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) 12 And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them. 13 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. 16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.
[NIV] Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite. 11 The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the name of the LORD with a curse; so they brough him to Moses. (His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri the Danite.) 12 They put him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them. 13 Then the LORD said to Moses: 14 Take the blasphemer outside the camp. All those who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the entire assembly is to stone him. 15 Say to the Israelites: If anyone curses his God, he will be held responsible; 16 anyone who blasphemes the name of the LORD must be put to death. The entire assembly must stone him. Whether an alien or native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.
Lev 20:14 [KJV] And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. [NIV] If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is wicked. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that no wickedness will be among you.
J. Kent Ashcraft
May 2000
Dear Dr. Laura,
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind him that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate.
I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the specific laws and how to best follow them.
a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
b) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?
c) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness (Lev 15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.
d) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?
e) I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?
f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an Abomination (Lev 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this?
g) Lev 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?
h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev 19:27. How should they die?
i) I know from Lev 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?
j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? (Lev 24:10-16) Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)
I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help.
Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.
Your devoted disciple and adoring fan.
These are the Biblical verses refered to above, in two different translations: the King James Version [KJV], and New International Version [NIV]
Lev 18:22 [KJV] Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. [NIV] Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.
Lev 1:9 [KJV] But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. [NIV] He is to wash the inner parts and the legs with water, and the priest is to burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.
Exodus 21:7 [KJV] And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. [NIV] If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as menservants do.
Lev 15:19-24 [KJV] And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. 20 And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. 21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 22 And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. 24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.
[NIV] When a woman has her regular flow of blood, the impurity of her monthly period will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening. 20 Anything she lies on during her period will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. 21 Whoever touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till evening. 22 Whoever touches anything she sits on must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean till evening. 23 Whether it is the bed or anything she was sitting on, when anyone touches it, he will be unclean till evening. 24 If a man lies with her and her monthly flow touches him, he will be unclean for seven days; any bed he lies on will be unclean.
Lev 25:44 [KJV] Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. [NIV] Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.
Exodus 35:2 [KJV] Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. [NIV] For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.
Lev 11:10 [KJV] And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you [NIV] But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales --- whether among all the swarming things or among all the other living creatures in the water --- you are to detest.
Lev 21:20 [KJV] Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken [NIV] or who is hunchbacked or dwarfed, or who has any eye defect, or who has festering or running sores or damaged testicles.
Lev 19:27 [KJV] Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. [NIV] Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
Lev 11:6-8 [KJV] And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
[NIV] The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you. 7 And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divied, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. 8 You must not eat their meat or touch their carcases; they are unclean for you.
Lev 19:19 [KJV] Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. [NIV] Keep my decrees. Do not mate different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.
Lev 24:10-16 [KJV] And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; 11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) 12 And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them. 13 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. 16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.
[NIV] Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite. 11 The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the name of the LORD with a curse; so they brough him to Moses. (His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri the Danite.) 12 They put him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them. 13 Then the LORD said to Moses: 14 Take the blasphemer outside the camp. All those who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the entire assembly is to stone him. 15 Say to the Israelites: If anyone curses his God, he will be held responsible; 16 anyone who blasphemes the name of the LORD must be put to death. The entire assembly must stone him. Whether an alien or native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.
Lev 20:14 [KJV] And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. [NIV] If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is wicked. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that no wickedness will be among you.
Who Am I? (I know I've heard this story before....)
Allegedly born dec 25
Only begotten son of God
Annunciation by Angel
born of a virgin -Meri
Foster father -Jo-Seph
Foster Father of Royal decent
born in a cave
birth witnessed by Shepard's
star in the east
adorned by three kings
threatened with death at infancy (by Herut)
teacher at 12
lost years 12-30
baptized/ministry at 30
fate of baptizer : Be headed
12 disciples
performed miracles
healed the sick
walked on water
cast out deamons
stilled sea
raises dead
transfigured on a mountain
Sermon on a mountain
Criteria for salvation at the time of judgment: have given bread to the hungry man and water to the thirsty man and clothing to the naked person and a boat to the shipwrecked mariner."
many names: Lamb of God/the Light/the Truth/Gods Anointed Son/the Good Shepard
taken to a mountain top tempted
resisted temptation
Betrayed
Crucified
with two thieves
buried in a tomb
Dead Three Days
Descended into Hell
Resurrected
Resurrection announced by women
Who am I?
"I am Horus in glory...I am the Lord of Light...I am the victorious one...I am the heir of endless time...I, even I, am he that knoweth the paths of heaven."
"I am Horus, the Prince of Eternity."
"I am Horus who stepeth onward through eternity...Eternity and everlastingness is my name."
"I am the possessor of bread in Anu. I have bread in heaven with Ra."
Horus 3000BC
Only begotten son of God
Annunciation by Angel
born of a virgin -Meri
Foster father -Jo-Seph
Foster Father of Royal decent
born in a cave
birth witnessed by Shepard's
star in the east
adorned by three kings
threatened with death at infancy (by Herut)
teacher at 12
lost years 12-30
baptized/ministry at 30
fate of baptizer : Be headed
12 disciples
performed miracles
healed the sick
walked on water
cast out deamons
stilled sea
raises dead
transfigured on a mountain
Sermon on a mountain
Criteria for salvation at the time of judgment: have given bread to the hungry man and water to the thirsty man and clothing to the naked person and a boat to the shipwrecked mariner."
many names: Lamb of God/the Light/the Truth/Gods Anointed Son/the Good Shepard
taken to a mountain top tempted
resisted temptation
Betrayed
Crucified
with two thieves
buried in a tomb
Dead Three Days
Descended into Hell
Resurrected
Resurrection announced by women
Who am I?
"I am Horus in glory...I am the Lord of Light...I am the victorious one...I am the heir of endless time...I, even I, am he that knoweth the paths of heaven."
"I am Horus, the Prince of Eternity."
"I am Horus who stepeth onward through eternity...Eternity and everlastingness is my name."
"I am the possessor of bread in Anu. I have bread in heaven with Ra."
Horus 3000BC
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