A Beautiful Chapter
Everyone cherry-picks the Bible. That is, everyone picks what they want and rejects what they don't like. If there is a chapter in the Bible that stands as exhibit "A" for those who would use the Bible against itself it is Leviticus 19. Consider the following directives: Leviticus 19:19 (ESV) “You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material. Leviticus 19:27 (ESV) You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard. Leviticus 19:23 (ESV) “When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, then you shall regard its fruit as forbidden. Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten. And of course, 21st Century Evangelical Christianity's most favorite-to-ignore passage: Leviticus 19:28 (ESV) You shall not make any cuts on your body for the...