Distractions: Alcohol, Guns, Pornography, Video Games, Gambling...

[RandyPNW]

I can't believe you took so much time, and typed so much, yet couldn't explain why some verses in the chapter are binding and some are free to be ignored.

It's a big subject. If you can't see the big picture, the little details will make no sense. Again, the laws were designed only for ancient Israel, since God knew the Roman Empire would eventually take the Law away, speaking of *all* the Law, including the Priesthood, the Temple, and the Sacrifices.

Many of the laws were designed to get Israel to refrain from even looking like the pagans, whose ceremonies and practices were devoted to corrupt gods. The principle of separation from paganism is the eternal part of many of these laws, which symbolized evil. Some laws may have prohibited practices that caused deception in the market place. The value in prohibiting injustice of any kind would be an eternal principle.

So the answer is short and sweet. You keep eternal moral principles, but you don't keep antiquated laws that pertain to only a limited time in history and to a limited covenant of Law that no longer exists in the form of Priesthood, Temple, and Sacrifices.

[Fenris]

So the answer is short and sweet. You keep eternal moral principles, but you don't keep antiquated laws that pertain to only a limited time in history and to a limited covenant of Law that no longer exists in the form of Priesthood, Temple, and Sacrifices.

The bible says nothing of the sort. You literally just invented that. Laws you want to keep are "moral problems" but laws you find uninteresting are swept under the rug as "Priesthood, Temple, and Sacrifices."

[jeremiah1five]

Hello.
I have a question.

Concerning your present activity...smoking, is this activity sin?

[RabbiKnife]

That’s between you and the Holy Spirit and your job as a steward

[jeremiah1five]

That’s between you and the Holy Spirit and your job as a steward

Thanks, RabbiKnife.

[Athanasius]

But also, that something may not be sin does not mean it is therefore wise.

[IMINXTC]

But also, that something may not be sin does not mean it is therefore wise.

Like other highly tragic vices.