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People in White Coats<\/a> shared the above cartoon. It highlights a number of important things, including the fact that Leviticus mandates a great deal that\u00a0Christians simply do not follow, or even try to follow, but also the character of a deity envisaged as \u201czapping\u201d those who do not observe the laws.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"