I don’t think picking a choosing from Leviticus is such a bad idea. Leviticus is a breakdown of what God says is good for us. It tells us how we can please Him. I mean, don’t you want to please God? Should we ignore the whole thing? Is putting marks on your body like the heathens do that important to people that they would risk displeasing God?
People lose credibility when they talk about Leviticus commanding this & that -- while conveniently ignoring all the other things commanded in Leviticus.
Is putting marks on your body like the heathens do that important to people that they would risk displeasing God?
It can just as easily be argued that having pierced ears, eating pork & shellfish, planting different seeds in the same field, not standing in the presence of elderly & working on the Sabbath (among dozens of other admonishments) also displease God.
But nobody seems to care.