(April 20, 2016 at 12:38 pm)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote:(April 20, 2016 at 12:09 pm)Drich Wrote: You do understand that only the levites could enter the temple right? (go beyond the court yards) The temple was not a church very few if any common jews were ever allowed to see the inner temple. (the points in which the levitical priests and the requirements of pureity are demanded.)
Yes, I understand. Do you understand that the Levites were an entire tribe? Thousands of people. Those who were not Kohanim (priests) served as other forms of worker in the Temple. Levite children were not allowed to become priests or serve any other role in the Temple if they were in any way deformed... because, apparently, God is a dick.
But God isn't real. It was the Levite priests (and other Kohanim) who made up the rules that said nobody who was physically deformed could be among their number, or worship in the Temple.
And here's the kicker: you're now asserting that they had enough information about people to tell if they were legitimate Levites or not (or otherwise entitled to enter)... which is probably so. This begs the question of why you'd make up that BS about Egyptians "sneaking in" for the gold, etc.
Holy crap dude it was joke. Who ever takes a character assessment seriously if it is based on a physical trait? It's like saying people with brown eyes lie more than people with green. or people with crooked teeth tend to be better listeners because they dont want other to see their teeth.
Their is a very long standing joke in jewish community that goes something like "All Egyptians are crooks, if you shake ones hand you'd better count your fingers afterwards."
