Quote Originally Posted by popcornbird
What I find hilarious (or should I say surprising...or shocking?) is that...

...you are all laughing, joking about, and mocking your OWN faith. Something is wrong here...



For those of you who believe the Bible is from God...don't you think God would be displeased by the mocking of Biblical verses?

For those of you who don't believe the Bible is the true word of God, or take part of it and reject part of it...or that it is changed....

Why do you call yourselves Christians? I mean...if you don't truly believe in it, or follow the teachings of Christianity, or even want to follow what you claim to believe is from God, why consider yourselves Christians? Doesn't Christianity stem from the teachings in the Bible? It doesn't make sense to me.

I am genuinely wondering about this, out of confusion, and don't mean any disrespect to anyone. Just a little confused/baffled here. Maybe I just didn't *get it*. I don't mean to get into a religious discussion, but I'm just so confused. Very confused.
In my opinion, Christians are to follow the NEW testament, not the old. The old testament is there to show us what life would've been like without Jesus coming to save us from ourselves and giving us eternal life. The old testament is not to be taken literal, but to only be a comparison in what life we could have had.

So, for me to laugh at Leviticus, I don't think that's laughing or mocking my own faith. Leviticus is a straaange book. And it contradicts a lot in the bible, and just makes a person wonder. But, the bible contradicts itself. For each opinion, you can find something in the bible to prove you're right - but for the counter opinion, you can also find something to prove that that opinion is right. It's an ongoing battle, you have to decide what you believe is to be literal and what isn't.

I think Leviticus is a silly book. I have a hard time reading Leviticus, but I just take it with a grain of salt because I know that's not how I *have* to believe to be a Christian. So if I want to laugh at that email, I can. I still consider myself a Christian and no one can ever convince me otherwise.