Leviticus, holier-than-thou pickers and choosers.

 So today a friend of mine posted on FB about getting a new tattoo.

 Someone quickly responded with a post that only said:

"Leviticus 19:28"


 Which states- "'Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD" (This is from the 1984 version of the bible....I do not understand how you can make new versions of the bible...but...okay)

 With that in mind, the previous scripture, Leviticus 19:27 says :

"'Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard."



 This is also the book of the bible that deems homosexuality an abomination, and says that if a priests daughter has premarital sex she should be BURNED TO DEATH...I believe it also says something about burning any furniture that a menstruating woman has used...


 I don't know what I am getting at here, I just found this response to my friend to be super judgey, and I'm sure it was made by a person who clips the hair at the sides of their head. What kind of cognitive dissonance is required to make this work for a person? Also, the fact that a scripture from this very book is used as a main platform in denying rights to gays and lesbians...whaaaa?

I know that there are loads of good Christian people out there, many members of my family are counted in those ranks.....but anyone quoting Leviticus particularly bothers me.



/endrant

Oh, FFS.  I have very few people who leave judgmental comments like that on my FB page, but it does throw me for a loop when they do!

you think somewhere in that whole book there would be a chapter on "Raining on someone's parade" or "party pooping".

And I Say Unto Thee, One who doth Poop upon the Party of another is deemed unclean, and must be cast from your internet dwelling.


 

Where do you find your Facebook friends?

I've never experienced anything like that on Facebook.

 It wasn't my facebook friend! It was just a friend of the newly tattooed girl.

And I Say Unto Thee, One who doth Poop upon the Party of another is deemed unclean, and must be cast from your internet dwelling.

BWAHAHAHAH!!! 

And I Say Unto Thee, One who doth Poop upon the Party of another is deemed unclean, and must be cast from your internet dwelling.


 

  LOL!

Too right. I'm totally down with your rant. A lot of Christian people seem to just pick out the pieces of the good book that they agree with and skim over the parts that they don't agree with. It makes no sense to me.

Somone like that wouldn't last very long on my FB page I'm afraid.  I don't like people who leave snarky or judgemental FB comments on other  people's pages, it's just rude.

 I would definitely delete her were she my friend, I left a quite incendiary response instead. I am bored, I could stand a  fb bible-related flame war right about now:)

I would definitely delete her were she my friend, I left a quite incendiary response instead. I am bored, I could stand a  fb bible-related flame war right about now:)

Make sure to come back and keep us posted on her response!

A lot of Christian people seem to just pick out the pieces of the good book that they agree with and skim over the parts that they don't agree with. 

That would be me! 
Not sure I could deal with it any other way!

Which states- "'Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD"

hmmm....well in that case,why am I in this handbasket and where am I going? 

Make sure to come back and keep us posted on her response!

Hahah, I will!

hmmm....well in that case,why am I in this handbasket and where am I going? 

Is there room for two in that handbasket?

Leviticus, the last time I checked, is in the Old Testament.  A Christian, by definition is one who believes in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, and therefore is saved by this faith, and the laws of the Old Testament do not apply.  I would wonder if this person who posted the passive/aggressive Leviticus passage follows ALL the Old Testament laws, including not eating pork, shellfish or even cheeseburgers.

I am not a fan of tattoos.  I just don't like them.  But I have no problem if others want them.  It doesn't bother me, it is none of my business.  But as a Christian, I find "drive-by" shootings of holier-than-thou instructions truly offensive.  If someone pulled that kind of nastiness on my FB page, I would quote back this Bible verse:  "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."   There is nothing in the New Testament that prohibits tattoos, but that FB comment doesn't exactly "love thy neighbor as thyself"!"