July 25, 2018 - Day 108 - Leviticus 18

I am writing from my hotel room in Eugene, OR.

Leviticus 18:

LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX BABY.

This one is gonna be long...

There's a lot of don't's in this chapter.  Let's get to 'em!

Don't act like the Canaanites or Egyptians, though it isn't clear on what they do that you should not.

Don't have sex with your family.

Well this is monumental because there was so much incest in Genesis.  I'd say they got this one right.

Don't bang your mom.

Don't pork any of your dad's wives.

Don't make love with your sister.

Don't get freaky with your granddaughter.

Don't fornicate with your half-sister.

Don't smash bits with your aunt.

Don't get busy with your daughter-in-law.

Don't shag your sister-in-law.

Don't bone both a woman and her daughter.

Don't take your wife's sister to pound town.

Don't hook up with a woman on her period.  This goes back to the unclean thing and I think its a bit ridiculous.

Don't copulate with your neighbor's wife.

Curve ball:  Don't give your children to be sacrificed to Molek.  Whatever that means.

AND NOW, one of the most controversial passages in the Bible:

"Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable."

For centuries, this passage has been used to treat people like dirt.

NO MORE.

If anyone should overwhelm the LGBTQ community with love, it should be the church.

Women were property at this time.  Men were not.  You don't treat men like property as you would a woman, the would be detestable.  This has nothing to do with same sex relationships and is painfully obvious.  How did we get this so wrong??

Back to the chapter...

Don't go mattress dancing with an animal.

This chapter closes with a reminder from God not to do the stuff just mentioned.







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