Wow. It’s become rare to read something I have to re-read to understand entirely. Kudos for that alone. And the point you make is brilliant. May I also add, not only do I recall there being a passage in the Bible where God quite explicitly told man not to take Leviticus seriously (though unfortunately, I’ve forgotten which passage that was), I am pretty sure the meaning of ‘abomination’ has swung pretty far the other way since the time the Bible was conceived. Originally, ‘abomination’ was not something you associated with hideous monsters and a horrid fate with the Devil (who, after taking classes on Greek Mythology and the transition of Southern Europe to Christianity, really seems to be a very nice old man. Hades went around closing up holes in the ground because the dead were afraid of the light after being underground so long, and he seemed rather shy. But I digress.), it was very simply something you didn’t do during worship.