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I’ve never understood which group of Christians follow what part of the “Old Testament” and why. I hear a lot about the 10 Commandments from Christians. Did you know there are actually 613?

I’ve also heard about distinction between ethical and ritual laws. Did you know that kosher slaughter is an ethical law because it commands the most pain free way known (at the time) to kill the animal?

So, I’m really laughing at this whole gay marriage thing. Lev. 18:22 commands no anal rape. So what? I don’t think anyone has a problem with that rule. I’m not sure what the Priestly authors would have done with a loving homosexual relationship. Probably not too fond. But the thing is, there are a lot of rules in there that even Jews have more or less discarded.

Slavery’s rules are dictated in the Torah. Polygamy was the practice of all of the major figures of the Hebrew Bible except Isaac.

And don’t get me started on the sabbath. Say just for the sake of the argument that Saturday wasn’t the correct sabbath, that Christians have it right and it’s Sunday. What part of don’t light fires etc. etc. don’t you understand?

Both versions of the 10 commandments require sabbath observance. “Keep” and “Remember.”

The Right wing obsession with one mitzvah that doesn’t even mean what they think it means and zero textual support even in the New Testament for no gay marriage shows just how homophobic this matter is.

If I was going to spend millions making sure one mitzvah got enforced, I might consider Do not Murder, or perhaps When you go to the land, plant trees there.