Misunderstanding the Old Testament  A friend of mine recently
posted the following picture on Facebook:  OT NonsenseI took it
upon myself to try and respond to the misunderstanding
exemplified by this picture. I’ll post the response below for
the benefit of anyone who may be interested in reading it. You
may notice that it isn’t as detailed or as precise as my usual
writing. Therefore, since I have written on these topics before,
I’ll include a link to an article that I did on the book of
Sirach.  Here’s my comment:  Due to time/energy constraints, I’m
going to write this briefly and I’m mostly going to make
biblical allusions, not quotations.  Firstly, there’s the
question of how Christians are supposed to approach the Mosaic
Law. Luckily for me, there is a connection between this and the
question of homosexual marriage. There are some allusions to the
Mosaic Law in the Gospels, but I think that the clearest
references (clearest in terms of meaning) are those found in
Acts of the Apostles and the Letter to t