Video of Dalai Lama Asking a Child to Suck His Tongue is a Cry for Torah

CNN reported this week about about a video of the Dalai Lama kissing a young boy and asking the child to suck his tongue. This is just the latest in a long succession of crimes against children committed by so called “holy men.”  This is why the wisdom of the Torah is needed today more desperately than ever. Leviticus teaches us  what should be done to a man who has sex with a child as part of a religious ceremony. Leviticus assures us that a man who does this should be put to death.

Excuses Made for Video of Dalai Lama Asking a Child to Suck His Tongue

Unfortuatly for the children of our world, we rarely put people to death these days. The laws against pedophilia in the holy texts have been mistranslated. Worst of all, religious leaders often get away with little or no punishment. Already, the Tibetan community has began to make excuses for this behaivor. The Dalai Lama’s spoke people said: “His Holiness often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way, even in public and before cameras.”

Meanwhile, followers have said that showing someone your tongue is a part of Tibetan culture. An evil King in Tibet had a black tongue and there are those who believe he has been reincarnated. By showing someone your tongue you prove you are not him and that they are safe with you. However, these explanations do not explain The Dalai Lama’s asking the boy to suck his tongue. This is not part of Tibetan culture. There is nothing funny or innocent about asking a minor child to suck a man’s tongue.

Pain to Children Caused By Mistranslations of Torah

Incidents like this video of the Dalai Lama asking a child to suck his tongue, confuse and  harm children. Often these children have been raised in a faith. Thus, they have trust of the religious leaders. Children often feel guilty when abused by a faith leader. They wonder if G-d approves of  what has been done to them.  For this reason,the truth of our scriptures needs to be made known to the world.  The world has misinterpreted them and used them for hate.

Still, what has been done to the gay community by the Christian Church’s mistranslation of Leviticus isn’t the worst thing the church’s homophobic lies have caused. It is horrible yes, but the worst thing is the damage done to children! So many children have been sexually abused by clergy, by “priest,” and “holy” men.  These children live with the pain of thinking G-d had nothing to say about the act that ruined their lives. They see very specific sexual laws in the holy texts and nothing agianst pedophilia. The reason is that every verse in which G-d spoke against the crime of pedophilia has been changed by the church to appear as though it was about gays.

A Cry for Torah Truth

However, G-d is not silent on this issue.  G-d has told us exactly what to do about such situations.  It is our calling as Jews to bring the truth of G-d’s law to the world. We now  need to remind the world that Leviticus does not speak against two men lying together! Leviticus speaks against a man lying with a boy! Thats the Hebrew! Also, the verse is preceded by a warning about giving your children to Molech. Molech’s worship involved having sex with underage boys on the alter! We must tell the children of the world that G-d loves them and he has spoken against so called religious men who would do them harm. G-d is always on the side of the victim.

Leviticus 18:22

Leviticus  18:22 is the most commonly quoted verse against homosexuality. In the King James Version of the Bible The verse reads: “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.”

The word translated as abomination is the Hebrew word Tovah. Tovah is only ever used in the Biblical text in instances of idolatry.  How does sex with a male become idolatry? The pagans practiced temple prostitution in which grown men had sex with young boys as part of worship.

One of the gods that was worshipped in this manner was Molech.  This is interesting, because the verse dircelty before this one warns against giving your children to Molech.  Leviticus 18:21 reads: “And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.” Clearly, these two verses warn against temple prostituion which is idolatry and pedophilia.  The verse speaks of sex with men and boys as part of the worship of foriegn gods. Therefore, this is not about consenting adult relationships. 

Leviticus 20:13

In the New King James Version of the Bible, Leviticus 20:13 reads: “If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.” However,  the Hebrew here uses two different terms for the word man. Why? The first term, ish,  is used only to apply to Adult men while the seconod, zachar, can also apply to a male child. Had the verse meant to make no distinction in age it would have used ish in both instances. Since that is not the case a proper translation of Leviticus 20:13 would read,  If a man lies with a boy as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. This means the verse is about pedophilia not homosexuality.

Conclusion: TheVideo of Dalai Lama Asking a Child to Suck His Tongue Is Unacceptable

To the young man in the video and all other children who have been sexually abused I want to say please do not spend your life thinking G-d had nothing to say about what happened to you. G-d has a lot to say about it. He said it is an abomination and that the person who did this to you should be put to death.  I am so sorry the church has lied to you all these years! The church purposely translated the verses so that it would not have to convict their priest who are practicing the same pagan rituals these verses are really against.

To learn more about what the Bible or Torah say about Homosexuality please see The Torah is Not Against Homosexuality. Also, read my book Faith Under the Rainbow: Reclaiming the Truth about Homosexuality and the Bible.