Christians: What's bad about wool and linen blended together?

[ckboddic]

"Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together." -- Deuteronomy 22:11

Isn't this a bit silly?

Also, why does God not like transvestites? Any reason you know of? What are your thoughts?

"The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God." -- Deuteronomy 22:5

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"Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together." -- Deuteronomy 22:11

Isn't this a bit silly?

Also, why does God not like transvestites? Any reason you know of? What are your thoughts?

"The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God." -- Deuteronomy 22:5

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Um, it's God's word. If you don't understand it follow it anyway.

And obviously God doesn't like crossdressers. At least that one makes a little 'sense'.

Oh, one more base to cover. Context. It's all about context. Sometimes things don't mean what they plainly do mean because of context. Sometimes context makes things mean the opposite of what they mean. Here context means, "it's ok to wear mixed clothes".

[arahant]

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"Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together." -- Deuteronomy 22:11

Isn't this a bit silly?

Also, why does God not like transvestites? Any reason you know of? What are your thoughts?

"The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God." -- Deuteronomy 22:5

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Some people trace shatnes' origins to the story of Cain and Abel: Cain killed Abel after Abel offered sheep - the source of wool - as a sacrifice to God. Cain offered flax, the source of linen, Tomaszewki explained.

Because the mixture caused humanity's first murder, some posit, it is prohibited. But that's only a theory.

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-www.jewishaz.com

not so silly NOW, is it!

The reasoning for why god doesn't like transvestites is a bit more complex:
1) premarital sex is a sin
2) thus, we need a non-genitalia indicator of sex, or else
3) same genders may marry
4) and everyone knows nothing pisses off god more

Man, you are SLOW...you need to do more churchy things!

[BluffTHIS!]

Another MidGe-like retarded thread. Especially since the questions should be addressed to Jews and not Christians. With a few exceptions like the decalogue, the OT laws such as this and others do not bind on Christians. That's why we can eat pork and it's OK with God.

[yurk]

Its the old testament, the mixing fabrics issue was a cultural statement for the hebrew nation to distinguish them from the surrounding cultures (which were pretty messed up ex: Assyrians, Samarians, etc), and the crossdressing thing is god stating the importence of an individuals uality as he created them.

[yurk]

I agree with bluff, christians are not subject to religious rules, christ gave freedom from that.

[Prodigy54321]

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Another MidGe-like retarded thread. Especially since the questions should be addressed to Jews and not Christians. With a few exceptions like the decalogue, the OT laws such as this and others do not bind on Christians. That's why we can eat pork and it's OK with God.

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would you mind referencing where it says this?

[BluffTHIS!]

It's a matter of doctrine based on biblical interpretation and you can do a search on an online bible to find where the NT expressly includes the decalogue, makes it clear various non-ethical laws don't apply to Christians (Acts), and even goes so far in the words of Jesus as saying the spirit of the law is summed up in loving the Lord with your whole heart, mind and soul, and in loving your neighbor as yourself. No major christian denomination holds otherwise.

[felson]

the wool-linen laws are not binding for Christians, as their meaning relates to purity rather than ethics. so they fall under the same category as the dietary restrictions, which are lifted in passages such as Acts 10.

regarding the intention of the wool-linen law, the explanation that i heard is that it relates to pagan fertility practices. other religions believed that combining different things (wearing fabric of two different fibers, different seeds in the same field, boiling a young goat in its mother's milk) was somehow related to the male-female dichotomy and would thus produce fertility. prohibiting the wool-linen mixture is thus a prohibition on worshiping other gods.

but i suspect that if you asked an orthodox jew, his answer may be different.

[RJT]

Regardless of the law - the quote is from the Old Testament. Thus Jews should be asked the question, too. Including Christians in the question is fine, but directing the question solely to Christians makes one suspect the motives of the OP in asking.