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11 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Other things that the Bible calls abominations, but that Biblical illiterates like @MaryBentley73 ignore:
Shellfish, mollusks, frogs, squid (including calamari)(Leviticus 11:12), grass-hoppers, locusts, crickets, chameleons, geckos, lizards, tortoises, snakes (Lev 11:41-42).../1
..approaching a menstruating woman with the intent of undressing her (Lev 18:19), sleeping with a woman married to someone else(Lev 18:20), ejaculating into a fire built to appease the god Molech (Lev 18:12), desiring gold or silver from graven images (Deut 7:25...see below).../2
...anyone who worshipped any but Hebrew God Yahweh (or Elohim sometimes, depending on section you read) (Deut 17:4), remarrying ex-wife after divorcing her (Deut 24:4), any molten image (see below again) anyone who shortchanges you on weight of sold product (Deut 24:14-16).../3
...bottom line: Probably no term appears more in the Old Testament than "abomination." And if Biblical illiterates and hypocrites like @MaryBentley73 go after one, she better go after all - or else reveal she cherry picks the Bible to justify her hate. Which, yah, she does.
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