Politicians commonly turn to religion to help deal with the modern decline in morality, only to be confronted with failure even among its leaders. To some extent, the contradiction between what the Church preaches and what it does can be explained by the fact that moral change is energised by the Spirit, who however does not work in society as a whole, does not force but prompts, and changes pe...

Abomination does not appear in the earliest legal collection (Covenant Code) but Deuteronomy and Deuteronomistic literature, it refers to what is incompatible with YHWH both cultically ethically order maintain uniqueness of holy cult Israel amongst its neighbours. also used priestly literature only youngest collections (Holiness Code). The prohibition male-male sexual intercourse Lev 18:22 20:1...