Hostyle said:
I love how most religious peoples pick and choose what they will believe and not believe. Leviticus 18:22 says "you may not lie with a man as with a woman; it is an abomination," but if you take a closer look at Leviticus, it also says if a priest's daughter "plays the whore," she shall be burned alive (21:9). Leviticus forbids eating fat (7:23), letting a woman into church until 42 days after giving birth (12:4-5), and seeing your uncle naked. The Latter, incidentally, is also called an abomination (18:14,26). It says that a beard must have square corners (19:27) and my personal favorite- We may purchase slaves from neighboring states (25:44). So you faithful servants follow those teachings, its God's will! <3
When you make the statement that religious people pick and choose, I fully agree with you. I see this regarding every religon, including atheism and agnostism. (religion being defined on dictionary.com as - "a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe").
Just a note though to help other readers not be mislead by the rest of your post, and to hopefully clear up some misconceptions that you may have been taught somewhere. (I used to be highly mislead and now that I have studied and understand more, It aggrevates me to see others mislead as well)
All your quotes are from Leviticus, which is known as the Holiness Code. The Holiness Code was given from God to Moses to pass on to the people he was leading. IThe Holiness Code was written to help guide the Isrealites in maintaining a relationship with their holy God, when they themselves are not holy and are surrounded by a world that is mostly pagan. It also describes atonement (making oneself clean via sacrifice (usually a blood one)) in order to achieve this holiness.
If by your statements
So you faithful servants follow those teachings, its God's will
you are refering to Jewish peoples beliefs, then you are correct, as they believe they are still bound by all the old testament laws.
By not adhering to these laws, and making the appropriate sacrifices, then, according to their beliefs, a Jewish believer would be thrusting themselves outside of relationship with their God.
If you are attempting to refer to "Christians" (defined as believers that Jesus Christ is the messiah) then you missed one huge point. Jesus followers believe that Jesus came to fullfill the law (He did not break the law and thus is able to be a blood sacrifice for all who believe that He is who he say's He is). By fullfilling the law, Jesus is able to establish a new covenant with the people that want to accept this new covenant. One where they are not repressed and made slaves to laws, but are set free to live, enjoy life, and love one another.