Abomination

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'''Abomination''' is a term frequently used in the [[King James Version]] English translation of the [[Bible]] to refer to acts that are abhorrent to the [[Judaism|Jewish]], [[Christianity|Christian]], and  [[Islam]]ic [[God]], a.k.a. [[Yahweh]], [[Jehovah]], or [[Allah]]. The [[English]] word "abomination" as used in the Bible is a translation of at least four different [[Hebrew]] words{{efn|related words ''shiqquts'' (שיקוץ‎), ''sheqets'' (שקץ‎), derived from ''shâqats'' as well as the entirely different ''tōʻēḇā'' (תֹּועֵבָה‎)}} so, how exact can it be?

Similar to the term "[[degenerate]]" used by the alt-right, it is an example of the [[argumentum ad fastidium|appeal to disgust]] fallacy, basically stating, "This thing is bad because God thinks it's icky!"

==List==
Such acts include but surely are not limited to:

# Images and other paraphernalia of forbidden [[cult]]s ({{bible|Deuteronomy|27|15}}, {{bible|Deuteronomy|29|17|18}})
# The practice of [[witchcraft]] and kindred arts ({{bible|2 Kings|23|24}})
# Eating animals that are regarded as [[Kosher|unclean]]
#* Seafood that lacks fins and scales ({{bible|Leviticus|11|10|12}})
#* Insects other than locusts, crickets and grasshoppers ({{bible|Leviticus|11|20|23}})
# The falsification of weights and measures ({{bible|Deuteronomy|25|13|19}}, {{bible|Proverbs|11|1}})
# [[Evil]] thoughts ({{bible|Proverbs|15|26}})
# Evil deeds ({{bible|Jeremiah|44|22}})
# On occasion, lewdness and [[Prostitution|harlotry]] ({{bible|Ezekiel|16|22}}, {{bible|Ezekiel|16|58}}, {{bible|Ezekiel|22|11}}, {{bible|Ezekiel|33|26}})
# Wearing clothes woven with different fabrics, or planting different crops in the same field ({{bible|Leviticus|19|19}}, {{bible|Deuteronomy|22|11}})
# [[Homosexuality]] ({{bible|Leviticus|18|22}}, {{bible|Leviticus|20|13}})

==Punishment==
Public stoning was frequently seen as being a fitting [[punishment]] for engaging in abominations. Lesser abominations resulted in being "shut off from your people."<ref> Hartdegen, Fr. Stephen J., General Editor, ''Nelson's Complete Concordance of the New American Bible'', G.R. Welch Co., Ltd., Toronto, Canada</ref><ref>Hastings, James, editor, ''Dictionary of the Bible'', Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1963 </ref> There remains some question how bad such a punishment is, to be shut off from a people who would stone you for breaking some of their other rules.

==Equivocation==
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The joy of being a so-called "[[Fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] [[Biblical literalism|literalist]]", is that one can use the art of word trickery (which was not a sign of humor until after [[Christ]]) to confound the believers. That is to say, the act of eating shellfish or having a rockin' night of [[Homosexuality|same-sex love]],{{efn|{{bible|Leviticus|18|22}}, {{bible|Leviticus|20|13}} which themselves are equivocal (what exactly "as he lieth with a woman" or "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind" means is up for grabs) [[Special pleading|special pleading]] (what about lesbians?).}} which are only a "minor abomination" are now conveniently and easily equated with the truly vile acts of witchcraft.

==Hulk==
{{wpl|Abomination (character)|The Abomination}} could also refer to The Incredible Hulk's rival monster-thing.{{efn|I smell [[Biblical foreknowledge]]!}}

==See also==
*[[Yeti|Abominable Snowman]]
*[[Homophobia]]
*[[God hates shrimp]]
*[[Appeal to shame]]
*[[Argumentum ad fastidium]]
*[[Degenerate]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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