With the “Hearts on Fire” Conference at the Methodist run Lake Junaluska Assembly fast approaching, the local newpaper is quickly becoming a forum for those who want to spout intolerance and hatred. This shit drives me crazy. God forbid that “Christians” love thy neighbor.
My not-so-intelligent retort that I sent to the local paper:
To the Editor:
With the furor over the “Hearts on Fire” conference going on, it would be interesting to know how many of the “Christians” that use Leviticus 20:13 as their justification to decry homosexuality actually follow all the entire Levitical Codes themselves.
Accordingly those codes, these Christians would:
– Never eat shrimp, pork, or any number of other animals deemed unclean (Leviticus 11)
– Never steal (Leviticus 19:11)
– Never work one day and get paid on another (Leviticus 19:13)
– Never plant two kinds of seed in the same field (Leviticus 19:19)
– Never wear clothes made with two kinds of cloth (Leviticus 19:19)
– Never eat meat cooked rare to medium-well (Leviticus 19:26)
– Never shave your sideburns or trim your beard (Leviticus 19:27)
– Never get a tattoo (Leviticus 19:28)
– Always worship and never work on Saturday (Leviticus 19:30)
– Always stand when someone older than you enters a room (Leviticus 19:32)
Also these Christians would be killing anyone who:
– Swears at his father or mother (Leviticus 20:9)
– Commits adultery (Leviticus 20:10).
– Uses God’s name in vain (Leviticus 24:16)
– Kills another person (Leviticus 24:17)
– Works, travels far, or prepares a meal on a Saturday (Numbers 15)
It seems to me that those members of the Christian religion would be better served with the “love thy neighbor” teachings instead of using The Bible as a way to spread intolerance and hatred in the name of God.
Charles Mills
Waynesville, NC
good for you! hope they print that. (not holding breath, though).
Amen!! Let me know when it appears in The Mountaineer and I’ll check it out on line.
Good on ya Chas!
Good letter, Chas! Our church (the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) is voting today on blessing same-sex unions and allowing pastors that are in committed relationships. Neither will pass, but they won’t fail by much either. In time…
Amen! I hope they print it. I’m also on AOL and deal with the fundies there for years now and Leviticus is a fave of theirs and it irks them to no end as well as it silencing them when they get it thrown back in their faces with what you said.