Is it all just metaphor?...

[Major Nikon]

10. To be fair, Leviticus is in the the OT

Most Christians will tell you the OT was upgraded to version 2.0 and is no longer current, except for the part about hatin' on teh gays. That part still in effect.

Mind you Jesus actually said version 1.0 is still the law, but there's a good chance that was really just a metaphor. Who doesn't like to eat ham on Easter anyway? Regardless of which version you are talking about, Christians are at liberty to cherry pick whatever they want and discard the rest.

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’

In case you were wondering, Jesus said that shit. But if a Christian thinks that's not really a great idea (or they just don't think they'd get away with actually doing it), then it's magically transformed into "metaphor".