-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/10/07 03:50, Joe Hart wrote: > Raquel wrote: >> On Wed, 9 May 2007 16:26:31 -0400 (EDT) >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> It helps to know something of the context when reading the >>> bible. The people who Abraham lived among (Canaanites, IIRC?), >>> practiced sacrificed the "first fruits" to whatever gods they >>> worshipped. It was not uncommon to include the first born >>> son in this. One of the remarkable parts of the story of Abraham, >>> to a contemporary audience is the fact that the God of Israel does >>> not actually call for his people to sacrifice their children. >> And Abraham did not sacrifice Isaac. When Abraham showed up, in >> compliance to the wishes of the God of Israel, God provided a lamb >> in his place. > > > I am playing the Devil's advocate here. So I might as well fulfill my > role. So, you're saying God was merciful on Isaac because a lamb was > sacrificed instead. Fine. So God demanded cruelty to an animal, which > is also against our modern laws.
Cruelty? Where does that come from? Or are you a vegan? > Either way one looks at it, the Bible is condoning behavior that is no > longer accepted as being morally just. Or perhaps it is just telling us > what happened, so we can learn from the past. I can't say that seems > very evident looking at many of the things that happen today. Shedding the blood of animals to *cover* human sin was what YHWH demanded. Jesus' death and the shedding of His blood permanently *washed* away all human sin. Note the different words I used: *cover*, which is temporary and why Jews had to make yearly sacrifices, and *washed* which is permanent. The Law is now fulfilled, and now all that is left is for man to believe. That, at least, is the way I was taught it by the Assemblies of God. > I really just wish that Christians would adhere to the lessons that they > so firmly believe in. But alas, we have a whole lot of people that seem > to do well on Sunday and forget about the rest of the week. > > Is it a turn the other cheek world we live in or is the eye for an eye > world? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGQuGjS9HxQb37XmcRAsjkAKDJfdkOW2C7c+POKYbyy1DfXGn+RQCePkiK a6Bajbp3IOxGANYAAcUfuv8= =z5gb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]