{"id":1411,"date":"2004-11-16T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2004-11-16T23:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/2004\/11\/16\/mr-president-im-confused-about-gods-law\/"},"modified":"2004-11-16T16:17:00","modified_gmt":"2004-11-16T23:17:00","slug":"mr-president-im-confused-about-gods-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/2004\/11\/mr-president-im-confused-about-gods-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. President, I’m confused about God’s Law."},"content":{"rendered":"

Friend_And_Neighbor_David… sent this to me today. I thought it was pretty damn funny. I’m not sure how accurate it is so buyer beware. I’ll look it up in my Bible when I get home. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Dear President Bush,
\nThank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God’s law. I have learned a great deal from you and understand why you would propose and support a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. As you said, “In the eyes of God, marriage is between a man a woman.” I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind
\nthem that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination . . . end of debate.<\/p>\n

I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other elements of God’s laws and how to follow them:
\n<\/p>\n

  • Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can’t I own Canadians?<\/li>\n
  • I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?<\/li>\n
  • I know that a man is allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanness–Leviticus 15:19-24. The problem is, most women take offense when they’re asked if they’re unclean.<\/li>\n
  • When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord–Leviticus 1:9. The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?<\/li>\n
  • I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states that he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or should I ask the police to do it?<\/li>\n
  • A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination (Leviticus 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don’t agree. Can you settle this? Are there degrees of
    \nabomination?<\/li>\n
  • Leviticus 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20\/20, or is there some wiggle room here?<\/li>\n
  • Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Leviticus 19:27. How should they die?<\/li>\n
  • I know from Leviticus 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?<\/li>\n
  • My uncle has a farm. He violates Leviticus 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton-polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them (Leviticus 24:10-16). Couldn’t we just burn them to death at a private family affair, as we do with people who sleep with their in-laws (Leviticus 20:14)?<\/li>\n

    I know you have studied these things extensively and thus enjoy considerable expertise in such matters, so I am confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God’s word is eternal and unchanging.<\/cite><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Friend_And_Neighbor_David… sent this to me today. I thought it was pretty damn funny. I’m not sure how accurate it is so buyer beware. I’ll look it up in my Bible when I get home. \ud83d\ude00 Dear President Bush, Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God’s law. I have learned a great…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lalato.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}