Weighting the Cherries.

[Godscreated]

from the KJB

Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.

Theists, I know the bible is a rule book on how to live our lives.
I also know that in today's modern age, we've abandoned some bits because ...because we don't want to go to jail!

I want to know what guides you in your bible cherry picking? Your parents? Your priest? Your own morals! (god forbid!)?
And when you do cherry pick the non moralistic rules, how confident are you that God also doesn't mind what you're ignoring from HIS book?
Maybe God frowns down on murder just as much as wearing mixed fabrics?
On what authority do you know otherwise? From another man? You mean God hasn't told you it's OK to wear mixed fabrics? You are so brave in my book!

I agree, why stop at BONDS polycotton undies.
If we're gonna burn, let's do it properly!
Why not cherry pick the shit out of it till there's nothing left then? The burn isn't going get any hotter is it?

Let the walls of the fallacy dam burst right open!

Indeed!

 If you do not study the Bible and the history of other cultures during those years you can't know why these laws were given. It does seem funny to us about mixing different materials in one piece of clothing or planting two different types of grapes in one field or two different crops in the same field and cooking meat and milk together. We also do not see things such as pork, camel and rabbit to be a problem to eat. We have to look at what God was doing with the Israelites to understand why these laws were given. God wanted His chosen to be separate from the nations around them as he separates himself from sin. In other words these are laws of purity for a nation that was to bring God the Son to the world. The Canaanites (referring to the different nations living in the promised land) did all these things mentioned above, so by not doing those things Israel would keep itself separate from them. God told the Israelites not to marry into the Canaanite families another separation and it is why God wanted Israel to destroy all those peoples, He knew if they didn't they would wind up doing the things they did and would fall to worshiping their gods. And we know the rest of the story. The Israelites didn't destroy all those nations and took up with them in the things they do and worshiped their gods. So you see these were laws for the Israelites to obey to separate themselves from the world around them. Also the animals that were forbidden as food did not fit into categories of animals that could be used for sacrifice. The pig has cloven hooves yet doesn't chew the cud and it will also eat meat, the heron flies with it's neck tucked in, the other birds of that area flew with extended necks. Even the laws about purification apply here, many of these things were not sinful it was that the person was not pure for different reasons and need to be cleansed to return to the nation of Israel. There are many laws pertaining to this very thing and there are worship laws that God had them to follow that no longer apply. It is the moral code that is important to Christianity, God said "Be holy as I am holy," meaning separate yourselves from the world as I'm separate from the world, this is what God wanted from the Israelites because they were to be His representatives in those lands and today Christians are to live to a higher moral standard to show they are separating themselves from the world. So before you condemn or ridicule Christians I would suggest a little homework from the atheist is in order. Even though you do not believe in God why do you throw the first stone of accusation at Christians when you deliberately disobey the laws of God's moral code. Unless you can live to that standard whether you believe in it or not don't try picking the splinter out of our eyes until you drag that log out of your own.

GC