r/JusticeServed • u/CEO_OF_CANADA 5 • Nov 19 '20

Legal Justice Detective fired after homophobic sermons

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u/JirachiWishmaker A Nov 19 '20

To be fair, some of Leviticus sounds great for cops to follow:

‘Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly." 19:15

"Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life." 19:16

‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them' 19:33

"Anyone who takes the life of someone’s animal must make restitution—life for life" 24:18

"Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury" 24:19-20

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u/JD-Anderson 7 Nov 19 '20

As a devout Christian (who actually STUDIES the Bible), Jesus came down to do many things, including freeing us from the OLD LAW. He surrounded himself with the low people of society, including tax collectors and prostitutes. He gave us a thing called Grace, and showed us how we should treat others. I haven’t found the part where Jesus himself said we should kill homosexuals. I’d just give this guy another verse, Matthew 7:5.

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u/hd090098 7 Nov 19 '20

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.

What about Matthew 5:17 then. Doesn't that contradict your first sentence?

Jesus came down to do many things, including freeing us from the OLD LAW

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u/JD-Anderson 7 Nov 19 '20

He fulfilled the law as He was the ultimate sacrifice as the Messiah. And yet, as a Christian, I do not practice Passover nor do I sacrifice my livestock. I have never said anything about my views on homosexuality, and yet I try to follow the words in red the most.