I always wanted to teach a course called “Creative Prooftexting,” the premise of it finding the most absurd and outrageous ways to take individual verses of the Bible out of context. Here’s a prime example:
It’s a tattoo quoting the Christianists’ favorite verse against Gays. Of course Leviticus prohibits tattoos:
“You shall not make any gashes in your flesh for the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord.” Lev. 19:28
Preaching Grace on the Square 