Smeagol
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So things like wearing mixed linen's, and not having a bar on your roof are sins? :lol:
Absolutely.
Unfortunately I haven't had the opportunity to study those passages and in some cases the context of scriptures gives a better understanding. For example, some directives only apply during certain ceremonies or even a record of a conversation where someone was trying to deceive someone else. In such instances you can't decipher if verses of scripture are plucked out of the Bible and presented as stand alone statements.
Nevertheless, there are not a few cases in the Bible where God just wants us to trust Him that he only tells us to do things that are in our best interest. If its in the Bible it must be there for a reason, even if I don't understand why. My job isn't to agree with God only after I've contemplated each leading He's given in the Bible and only follow the things I think are good ideas as if I'm smarter that God. Remember, every horrible thing that's ever happened in human history traces is origins to eating a seemingly harmless piece of fruit. What they didn't know was it apparently contained a poison that caused a mutation in those who consumed it as well as their offspring leading to sickness, death and causes us all become self-consumed and inconsiderate of others to varying degrees. It further seems once digested its adverse affects would spread to nearly all organic life on earth. He didn't go into detail as to why and it possibly made no sense in Adam and Eve. All He said was don't eat it because if you do you'll die. So yeah, if the Bible said don't wear mixed linen's and don't have a bar on your roof, its a sin absent some further contextual clarification.