We seem to live in a civilized society. And even more or less we observe the 10 commandments: we don't kill, we don't steal, don't … well, and so on. But in the Bible there are still a bunch of prohibitions, for violation of which half the world could be stoned to death. For example, under the death ban are …
1. TATTOOS
Yes, yes, death is also due for this. In general, a good half of civilized and not very civilized society has been sentenced for many years. What is it about a cute bow tie on the bottom, or a formidable dragon on the shoulder? Just a beautiful picture, and you can always appeal to the fact that “look at the samurai”, but the Japanese Shintoists are generally different, and it is said: “Do not make cuts on your body and do not inject letters on yourself. I am the Lord. (Leviticus 19:28)
2. Trimming the Mustache and Beard (ALSO MODEL HAIRCUTS)
Thrill hipsters and rockers of all ages. Well, and at the same time all male fashionistas. To be a true Christian is essentially to remain a caveman, because the Bible very often tells us that we need to care not about the appearance, but about the soul. In the end, the same Leviticus, a stern and generous book with all sorts of prohibitions, says: "Do not cut your head around, and do not spoil the edges of your beard." (Leviticus 19:27)
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3. Fortune-tellers and horoscopes
Well, just don’t say that you never went to a fortune teller, or, okay, did not read the horoscope on the last page of the newspaper / magazine. Even if you don’t believe, there is not a single person on earth who doesn’t catch a glimpse - and what will happen next week at Aries / Gemini / Lions. However, even this in Leviticus has its own rule: “Do not turn to those who summon the dead, and do not go to wizards, and do not bring yourself to desecration from them. I am the Lord your God”(Leviticus 19:31)
4. DISABLED
Well, not all, but only with specific problems, similar to what happened to the hero of Hemingway's novel "Fiesta". This does not happen often, but if suddenly some war veteran was torn away by an explosion of his manhood (or part of it), then he can no longer hope for the Kingdom of Heaven: “Whoever has a yatra crushed or a genital member is cut off, he cannot enter into the company of the Lord. " (Deuteronomy 23: 1)
5. WIFE HELPING HUSBAND DURING A FIGHT
We know how women fight - they use all the methods to win for sure: they grab their hair, gouge out their eyes, kick in the balls. Oops, this is just - God forbid.
If the next time you, inadvertently, fight in front of your faithful, and she rushes to help you, keep her away from the causal places of her rival, for it is said: “When men fight among themselves, and the wife of one will come up to take her husband out of hands of the one who beats him, and stretching out his hand, he will grab him by the shameful oud: Then cut off her hand: may your eyes not spare her. (Deuteronomy 25: 11-12)
6. HAM, RABBIT (AND MUCH MORE)
What did you think? True Christians, like Muslims and Jews, should not eat pork and rabbit meat. Never! Firstly, it is tasty, and secondly: “Just do not eat these of those who chew gum and have cloven hooves: a camel, because he chews cud, but his hooves are not cloven, he is unclean for you; … and a hare, therefore that he chews cud, but his hooves are not split, he is unclean to you; and a pig, because her hooves are cloven and her hooves are deeply cut, but she does not chew gum, she is unclean to you; Do not eat their meat, and do not touch their corpses; they are unclean to you. Leviticus 11: 3-8)
7. ALSO ALL SEAFOOD INCLUDING OYSTERS, SHRIMPS AND LOBSTERS
Do you live in France / Spain / Italy / Portugal, in Sochi / Evpatoria, after all? Are you going to relax in Thailand, on the islands or in India? Congratulations! You will stay hungry! Actually, the same applies to those who are accustomed to wrap shrimp with garlic under a misted glass of beer, because: “all those who have no feathers and scales, whether in the seas or rivers, from all those floating in the waters and from everything living in waters, filth for you; they must be filthy to you: do not eat their meat, and abhor their carcasses”(Leviticus 11: 10-11) Instead, Leviticus suggests eating locusts. Well, this, frankly, is very much an amateur.
8. SECONDARY MARRIAGE / MARRY
Do you think formal marriage has ever saved the day? Not a fig. In the Bible, in general, everything related to the relationship between the sexes is under a mass of strange prohibitions.
Now, after several unsuccessful attempts at relationships, having finally met your one and only, and flying on the wings of love to propose, think hard if you need it: “He told them: whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery from her; and if a wife divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.” (Gospel of Mark 10: 11-12) Well, you already know about adultery - a mortal sin.
9. MARRY NOT A VIRGIN
Actually, it's almost impossible to find a virgin bride now. And who needs it, to be honest? Marrying a “girl” is like playing roulette: if you are lucky, you will not be lucky. And, if suddenly, you are unlucky, then read the commandments of Moses, especially concerning adultery.
And you, young ladies, be afraid, because: “If what has been said is true, and the maid will not find virginity, then let the maiden be brought to the door of her father's house, and the inhabitants of her city will stone her to death, for she did a shameful deed in the midst of Israel, having committed fornication in his father's house; and [so] destroy evil from among you. " (Deuteronomy 22: 21-22)
10. WORK ON SATURDAYS
Another law that Christians share in half with the Jews. On Saturdays, that is, on Shabbat, work is prohibited. But is this real in our society, where everything is built on workaholism and a sincere desire not to lose your job? That is, do you seriously think that there are people somewhere who work only from Monday to Friday from 9 to 5?
Now, if the chef delays you on Friday night (yeah, Shabbat comes with sunset on Friday) or, God forbid, on Saturday to finish a burning project, you can safely declare that you want to live longer, because: “And keep Saturday, for it is holy to you: whoever defiles it, let him be betrayed.
