[1] An abomination offends God (i.e., it is a sin) because it is offensive on religious grounds.
[1] It includes the sins of idolatry, placing or worshiping false gods in the temple, eating unclean animals, magic, divination, perversion (incest, pederasty, homosexuality[3] and bestiality),[4] cheating, lying, killing the innocent, false witness, illegal offerings (imperfect animals, etc.
), hypocritical offerings (seeking atonement without repentance), and offending the religious sense of another people (for example, the Israelites sacrificing cattle, eating bread, and shepherding sheep were abhorrent to the ancient Egyptians).
[7] Shekez or sheketz (detestable or loathsome) is the middle level or kind of abomination.
Some Jews do not expect to return to making animal offerings,[9] express a wide variety of views on sexual ethics, including homosexuality,[10] some see no contradiction between being a Jew and disbelieving in God,[11] some believe lying is not intrinsically wrong,[12] and some do not follow the dietary laws.