Kill the neighbours to avoid being smitten

I READ with interest the article in which iNkosi Biyela blames the current drought on supernatural punishment for our sins rather than natural weather patterns. He also implies that same-sex marriages causes us all – men, women, children and animals – to suffer the same divine wrath as criminals and murderers.

I have learned a great deal from this article and will try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend homosexual lifestyle, for example, I will simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states that it is an abomination. However, I do need some advice from iNkosi Biyela regarding some other elements of God’s Laws and how to follow them so as not to risk further smiting. • When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odour for the Lord (Lev.1:9). The problem is my neighbours. They claim the odour is not pleasing to them. Will this cause more drought?• I have a neighbour who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or should I ask the police to do it before we are punished with pestilence.

• A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination (Lev. 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don’t agree. Can you settle this? Are there ‘degrees’ of abomination? • Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they be killed before we are visited with famine? • My friend has a farm. He violates Lev.19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? (Lev.24:10-16). Couldn’t we just burn them to death at a private family affair, like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14). iNkosi Biyela seems to have studied these things extensively and thus must enjoy considerable expertise in such matters, so I am confident he can help us avoid future divine retribution. Thank you again for reminding me that God’s word is eternal and unchanging.

DAVID LAWSON