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	==Christianity==		==Christianity==
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	==Islam==
	In the ], abominations include idolatry, divination, ], and ];<ref></ref> eating blood, dead meat, ], or an offering made to a false god;<ref></ref> ];<ref></ref> and ].<ref></ref> While the Quran does not specify any punishment for committing any abomination, some ] specify the ] for committing homosexuality.<ref></ref> Some ], however, advocate for ] rights.<ref></ref>

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In Judaism, an abomination, horror, or scandal is, in general, an offense against the religious senses of a people, and, in particular, an offense against the religious sense of the Jewish people. An abomination offends God (i.e., it is a sin) because it is offensive on religious grounds. The translation of the Hebrew word for abomination is actually the translation of three different levels or kinds of abominations in terms of severity: toebah, sheḳeẓ, and piggul. While abomination refers mostly to violations of the Mosaic law, specifically violations of the mitzvot on the worship of God in Judaism, it also includes some violations of the moral law (lying, perversion, etc.).

Judaism

Origins

Some Jewish scholars believe the three levels of abomination were not developments in Jewish theology, but originated all in the Ketuvim, from which the Torah and the Nevi'im borrowed, while other Jewish scholars believe the three levels of abomination were developed over time after the Babylonian captivity.

Toebah

Toebah (abominable or taboo) is the highest level or worst kind of abomination. It includes the sins of idolatry, placing or worshiping false gods in the temple, eating unclean animals, magic, divination, perversion (incest, pederasty, homosexuality and bestiality), cheating, lying, killing the innocent, false witness, illegal offerings (imperfect animals, etc.), hypocritical offerings (seeking atonement without repentance), and offending the religious sense of another people (for example, the Israelites sacrificing cattle, eating bread, and shepherding sheep were abhorrent to the ancient Egyptians). Some of the listed sins warranted the death penalty, under specific conditions, in Judaism until the death penalty was effectively abolished in Judaism by the Sanhedrin in 30 CE.

Shekez

Shekez (detestable or loathsome) is the middle level or kind of abomination. It includes the sins of idolatry and eating unclean animals. Oftentimes in the Bible shekez is used interchangeably with toebah.

Piggul

Piggul (unclean or putrid) is the lowest level or least kind of abomination. In the Bible it refers to the sin of illegal offerings. In rabbinic literature it refers to the sin of hypocritical offerings.

Jewish views

In contemporary Judaism, there are mixed views on all of the aforesaid. Some Jews do not want to return to making offerings, some approve of things that others deem perversions (such as homosexuality), some see no contradiction between being a Jew and disbelieving in God, some believe lying is not intrinsically wrong, and some do not follow the dietary laws.

Christianity

In the New Testament, perversion is condemned in general in Jude 1:7, while some believe homosexuality is condemned in particular in Romans 1:26-27. In the former verse, Sodom symbolizes the pervert and his damnation after the fashion of the fallen angels. In the latter verses, homosexuality is linked with idolatry: it is because the people practiced idolatry that they then practiced homosexuality. Homosexuality is regarded as unnatural by some Christians, some of whom advocate for the death penalty for homosexuals. Other Christians opposed to homosexuality also oppose the death penalty.

References

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