Abominations

Can you think of a creature that flies and has only four legs?

Neither can I. Maybe the flying squirrel, but it doesn't actually fly? If you ever run across one, though, don't eat it.

Flying creatures with four feet make the list of Biblical abominations. Along with aquatic life without fins or scales, blemished sacrificial animals, artwork made of silver or gold, prostitutes and dogs procured in church, the thoughts of fools, lying lips, tilted scales, sleeping with your wife's mother, and of course, homosexuals. Especially the effeminate kind. You'll find most of these and more listed in Deuteronomy and Leviticus.

Despite their prophetic scope, none of the scriptures of our major religions warns us about many of the abominations we encounter today. So I suppose it's incumbent upon us to identify and warn each other about modern abominations.

I'll start with those that have come to my attention and hope you will make me aware of those I've missed. Wherever possible, I'll post your comments as well.

• SUVs, especially the Hummer H2
  
• Westboro Baptist Church
  
• Advertising, Spam, Popups, Phone Spam, Billboards and all kinds of in-your-face product hustling
  
• Leaf Blowers
  
• Jet Skis
  
• Not recycling
  
• Restaurant comment cards and “How Am I Driving?” bumper stickers
  
• PBS and NPR Pledge Drives, "the fund-raising equivalent of water-boarding"—Charles McGrath
  

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