Andrew, you wrote a letter claiming that “The Bible, God’s word, is not some trend like Vans slip-ons; it is immutable.” If that is unfailingly true, I hope you intend to follow all of the rules. I believe there are quite a few (more than just 10 commandments), and you may find some of them more difficult to follow.
Given your vast knowledge of the Bible, I’m sure you know what I mean. This one should be easy, at least: “Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard” (Leviticus 19:27, KJV).There’s a book called “A Year of Living Biblically” by A.J. Jacobs that I’d recommend, but you probably already stopped reading what I have to say.
David Hicks
mechanical engineering senior
Firstly who you are responding to is probably a Christian so why would they be bound to a specific set of laws for Levite Men? (in fact the book of Leviticus is commonly referred to as the Torah of priests) The Levite men were the designated priests of the Isralite tribes and so even in these times had the strictest laws imposed against them. Citing just a snippet of Bible verse is misleading and doesn’t show the context. That wouldn’t be tolerated in journalism today so why does it work here? Read the entire books of Romans and Hebrews, Paul is saying that Salvation comes through faith in Jesus Christ not in following religious law.