Your points do not wash Ken. Let me take them one at a time.

1. Polygamy.
Many OT figures who were in close contact with God had more than one wife. God could have told them it was wrong. He did not apparently. The OT therefore clearly allows it.

I may be incorrect here but was there not an OT figure who already had a wife and God told him to take another? Your OT knowledge beats mine so you can tell me here.

In any case polygamy is plain wrong and we all know it and you are making a bad case worse by pretending that somehow the OT does not give it the thumbs up.

2. Marrying your brother's wife.
OK the text refers to the you living with your brother and, if so, you might be unmarried. BUT suppose you were living with your brother and you happened to be married [large house perhaps]. Or suppose you were single but your brother's widow did not love you enough to marry. Do you say in these circumstances that it is God's will that you marry her and it would be sinful not to? You MUST if you believe the Bible.

Please tell me then, would it or would it not be sinful? No evasions please.
[PS I bet though that you do avoid this question in some way]

3.Seeds in a field
Farmers who sow different seeds in the same field may be poor farmers but are they realy sinful? And farmers do some times plant different crops in the same field. Some flowers planted next to carrots draws harmful insects away from the carrots I'm told. These farmers are sinful? Orchards contain different types of tree quite often. Is that sinful?

I may have a carnal mind Ken but it can see that the reasons you gave did not answer my points but just pointed out occasions when the rules might be OK. But you ought to believe that they always apply.

Best wishes

Laurie

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