Short term memory loss... Leviticus 20:13 comes after 19:19.

They cherry pick the verses which coincide with preexisting prejudices and discard the rest.

Homosexuality is mentioned in the NT.

Romans 1:26-27 "For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet." That's the new testament and very clearly against lesbianism and homosexuality.

For starters, nothing in the old testament instructs Christians since they did not exist. This is why Christians are able to cherry pick. They disregard stuff they want to do and latch on to things they wish to condemn in others.

The "prohibitions" against mixed fiber cloth and sowing a field with two different seeds weren't even prohibitions for the Jews, let alone Christians... at least not literally. The passage comes as a seal on a list of the highest and most exalted moral instructions (a recapitulation/elaboration of the Decalogue). The culminating passage reads: "I am the LORD, *keep* my commandments. You shall not yoke together two kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment of two kinds of thread mixed together." These last 3 injunctions ... aren't! They're ancient agrarian proverbs that just mean don't mix things that don't mix, in this case, the laws of God with the customs and laws of heathans. Consider: no person in these times needed to be told not to do these things: yoke an ox and a donkey together and they fight or go in circles; sow a field with two different crops at the same time, and you'll waste at least one of them and probably ruin both since they mature and ripen at different rates and you can't harvest them independently at different times; weave a cloth with some threads of wool and others of linen and it will wear and shrink unevenly ruining it. Everyone knew these things and none would do them. They are proverbs on the order of "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" and "Don't count your chickens until they've hatched." In their context these are just proverbs used to emphasize exactly what was meant by "*KEEP* my commandments". They weren't only to obey the commandments of 19:1-18, they were to preserve them and not muck them up by confusing and combining them with other outside influences -- which simultaneously cautioned against mixed-marriages with non-Israelites. As for the Leviticus passage against homosexuality, that falls in the middle of a section forbidding adultery, incest, rape, child-sacrifice, and various forms of sexual perversion including beastiality and temple prostitution - all of which are still pretty much on the modern generally accepted NO-NO list. Now, if you want something you can throw back in the faces of at least many Christians, point out that one of the perversions forbidden and condemned in Chapter 20 is sexual relations during menstruation, and it comes just 5 verses after the prohibition of homosexuality (between males - Lesbianism isn't even hinted at). Of course, the penalty for sex during menstruation is exile while the penalty for sex between males is death, but it's still classed as a major-league sin. All that being said, the NT specifically forbids and condemns homosexual acts, and would seem to say that homosexual desires are a defiling confusion/affliction brought on by the sin of "worshipping creatures and created things instead of the creator." Thus Christians are certainly warrented (arguably required) by their religion to believe and teach that homosexual acts are sins.

6-5-2017 To understand the bible, the first thing you have to get straight is TO WHOM IT IS ADDRESSED. Portions of the bible are addressed to Jews, gentiles, or the church of God, and something addressed to one group may or may not apply to another group. The name of that book is Leviticus, which means "to the Levites". Christians can read it and learn from it, but when it says to do something, that does not apply to them because it is not addressed to them. Homosexuality destabilizes a community because a young man needs a woman. Another man is not good enough.

Actually I do look at the labels on the clothes because of that scripture. 100% cotton is what is recommended in the Bible. I still buy blends as well but find my skin prefers the pure materials. Not all Christians ignore that scripture, we just see it as a RECOMMENDATION not a LAW.

Leviticus 19:19 "You are to keep My statutes. You must not crossbreed two different kinds of your livestock, sow your fields with two kinds of seed, or put on a garment made of two kinds of material." Deuteronomy 22:11 "Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together." Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wool ----------------------------------- Linen /ˈlɪnᵻn/ is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linen

Exodus 34:26 "The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk." ------------------------------------------ Do not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. Lambs eat flax plants... ---------------------------------------- ----------------------------- Maybe, do not put the Provider and the Provided together as one as 'equal'.. Servant is not greater than his Master...And borrower is not equal to the lender.. And creatures and creation is not equal to The Creator. I guess if I can keep that in mind, I will always remember that i am lower than HIM.

The mixing of different seeds in sowing was not permitted, though seeds of different kinds could be sown, each kind in separate places in the same field. (Le 19:19; Isa 28:25) This may have been to keep the Israelites mindful of their separateness and distinctness as God

because the darn 'christians' like to pick'n choose what they wanna believe, or what they want 'us' to believe.......another one that cracks me up is the one about shellfish.........hell, if that was followed, there'd be no Red Lobster restaurants, right? LOL..................ridiculous all the way around!!!!!!!!!!!

Not all the "laws" of the Old Testament are for Gentiles but for the Jews only. Also when Jesus arose from the grave He gave us a new law, The Law of Love. (Matthew 22:36-40) The Old Testament Law was done away with Jesus Christ's Resurrection. Those whom have accepted Jesus Christ as their Saviour are saved from the Old Testament Law. If you do not accept Jesus Christ as your Saviour you are still subject to the Old Testament Laws with regard to the gentiles.