Damned Estate Agents

http://www.monbiot.com/archives/1996/11/19/were-all-damned/#more-685

Reading interesting article by Monbiot somewhat tongue in cheek. I rather like the idea of estate agents going to hell, though! And some of the food people, especially of GM food, or pre-packaged high-antibiotic junk are certainly ready to go to the same bin as their foodstuffs.

Clearly, I'm in a cranky mood today!

Really it just shows how pick-n-mix fundamentalists are about homosexuality.

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The Bible says homosexuality's an abomination. But estate agents and food manufacturers are in even bigger trouble.
By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 19th November 1996.

Leviticus is pretty clear about homosexuality. "Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind: it is abomination". Like those who defile themselves with beasts, such sinners will be, the Bible tells us, vomited out by the land itself. If evidence of this hideous destiny were ever required, one need look no further than the eructations which greeted the 20th anniversary of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement, celebrated on Saturday in Southwark Cathedral.

Never having lain with a man as with a woman, or with a beast to defile myself therewith, I was, until this weekend, fairly complacent about my chances of being vomited. Then, however, hoping to discover what the fuss was all about, I made the mistake of taking a look at Leviticus. It's odd that no one else seems to have noticed it, but the news is much worse than we thought: terrestrial regurgitation awaits those who commit any one of the "abominable customs" listed in the book. All of us habitually defile ourselves before the Lord, but, as if to prove that He is a just God, food manufacturers and estate agents would seem to have the most to fear, as they lead all the rest of us into temptation. If anyone should be looking out for a cosmic spew, it should surely be them.`

Leviticus leaves little room for doubt. Thou shalt not eat animal fat, or the fruit of a tree you've owned for less than five years. .. Thou shalt not put a stumbling block before the blind (which does for anyone parking on the pavement). Thou shalt not trade in freehold: after 50 years, all property must revert to the people it was bought from.

While God doubtless appreciates the fuss about gays being accepted into the priesthood, He surely can't be very pleased that the rest of His injunctions in this regard have been so manifestly flouted. Leviticus prohibits from officiating in church anyone that hath a blemish, be he lame, crookbackt, with a flat nose, "or any thing superfluous". Quite what this means is anyone's guess, but it must certainly cover deaf aids, spectacles, dentures and toupees, thus barring the greater part of the priesthood from its duties.