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Originally Posted by Lukas-vonderPfalz";p="
Like I said, most Christians probably arent like me, but my father was concerned with the rules in Leviticus, and so I am as well as a result of his teachings.
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Fair enough. You are more consistent than most Christians on this topic.
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I choose willingly not to offer animals to God (as Leviticus does say that you must willingly do so) on account of my father's belief.
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Elaborate, please. I didn't read it as saying that if you didn't want to sacrifice animals, that was dandy. At a minimum I think you had to sacrifice other stuff, like crops.
For instance, while you personally do not farm, do you believe the farming rules should still stand for Christians? Do you believe people should wear only single-fiber clothes?
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So, yes, I agree with the other parts, almost all of them.
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*Almost* all? How do you get to pick and choose? Isn't it all God's word?
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But Leviticus is the best example there is of God's opinion of (*)(*)(*)(*). THEY ARE ABOMINATION.
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Personally, given the datedness of the other parts of the chapter, I think it more reasonable to read Leviticus as the best example of the *Israelites* view of gays -- and a lot of other things. For instance, it expressly condones slavery, as in 22:11, 25:39, 25:44 and 25:48. Do you support that?
As an aside, Jesus never mentioned homosexuals. And his approach to outcasts in general was to show mercy and forgive them. He tended to reserve his wrath for the powerful.