If they think “stoned” means killed, then that directly conflicts with the commandment “thou shouldn’t kill people”.
Since the Bible can’t possibly contradict itself, it must mean to get high.
after getting the stone tablet with Thou Shalt Not Kill on it, Moses takes his entourage and immediately genocides an entire kingdom. It’s right there in the Bible, I don’t think they are that concerned about consistency
You don‘t get it. Moses just beat the enemies with the stone tables to really hammer in the rules. It‘s not his fault the people are dying of the injuries.
Just like The Tower of Babel (I think). The people are building a giant tower, basically, and God doesn’t like it because it would prove to humanity that they don’t need God (for some reason).
So he orders his followers to slaughter all of them and destroy the temple, to remind them they need God.
I don’t think this God guy is as nice as people claim him to be.
Q.E.D.
Anna was specifically forbidden to opine over matters of faith by the very book she discusses here, on account of being a woman. 🤷
I think it’s interesting that that line is thought to be misinterpreted by Christians. Jewish people believe, and have quite a bit of evidence to support their ideas, that the line should be “A grown man shall not have sex with a young boy”. This is also known as “pederasty”.
Here’s an article from The Jewish Standard about it that goes into far more detail than I can provide: https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/redefining-leviticus-2013/
And here’s a wikipedia article about pederasty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederasty
Edit: Sorry that this got posted 4 times. I’m on fedia.io and it seems like it’s not correctly posting things. I think I removed all the other posts now.
What’s funny is I’ve known Jewish people who also interpret it as literally meaning gay men can’t do anal
This type of stuff absolutely blows my mind when it comes to religion. Thousands of years ago, some guy basically wrote “hey dudes, don’t fuck kids.” Then several thousand years later that sentence was rewritten, translated, and misinterpreted - and now we have millions of people who think gay people shouldn’t exist.
One of my favorite facts about what you just described is that “Christ” in Jesus’ name isn’t his last name but instead essentially means “the annointed”. Annointing is a religious practice in which a holy figure puts oil on you. And the name “Jesus” can be translated throughout the ages to basically be equivalent to the name “Joshua” in today’s English. So “Jesus Christ” today is basically “Oily Josh” lol
I agree, almost like an almighty god who created everything, couldn’t tell the future or didn’t care.
who is Leviticus?
@Mistral@lemmings.world Who is Leviticus?
Leviticus is one of the books in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. It is the third book in the Bible and is traditionally attributed to Moses, who is said to have written it during the Israelites’ time in the wilderness. Leviticus primarily focuses on religious, ritual, and moral laws, as well as instructions for sacrifices and offerings. The book is named after the Latin word “levitas,” which means “pertaining to the Levites,” a tribe of Israelites who served as priests and assistants to the priests.
Didn’t this have something to do with male temple prostitutes? Something about it being a pagan ritual to ensure a good harvest? My recollection is blurry, but I swear I read that somewhere.
So there were eunuch temple prostitutes to a goddess of fertility throughout the region, but they weren’t considered men, and were much closer to Hijra
But it’s unlikely that this is a prohibition on frequenting trans sex workers and is more likely a prohibition on pederasty in the style associated with ancient greece
Soooo … It could be reworded as “if a man diddles boys, then he must die a horrible and painful death”?
