Fallacy of picking and choosing

In response to Nancy Herman's letter published May 16, this kind of holier than thou stuff makes my eyes roll into the back of my head.

As long as people profess to live by the "word", what do they do about these?

Exodus 21:7 allows me to sell my daughter (if I had one) into slavery as long as she isn't treated like a male slave.

Exodus 35:2 tells us to put to death anyone who works on the Sabbath.

My Sabbath is on Saturday. When is yours?

Leviticus 11:7-8 tells us we can't touch or eat the flesh of a pig. How many times have you sinned with this one?

Leviticus 19:19 says farmers cannot plant different crops side by side (there goes crop rotation).

And you are forbidden to wear a garment having two different materials (say goodbye to those cotton/wool blends).

Unfortunately, there is a rather large group of folks out there who pick and choose what rules they want to follow and which ones they don't.

Very convenient I'd say.

And that reminds me of the folks who love to quote the 2nd amendment as "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

They simply ignore the fact that this amendment is 27 words long and they quote only the last 14 words. They conveniently ignore the first part that says, "a well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state." See? When you quote the entire amendment, it significantly changes the meaning.

My point is, if you are going to hold others feet to the fire regarding your beliefs --whether it's the Bible or the U.S. Constitution -- you do not have the right to impose your beliefs about either unless you embrace everything within those documents.

They weren't written for you to pick and choose what is convenient for you to follow and impose on others and what isn't.

Len Brauer

Palatine