RE: Why are some people too ugly for god?
November 20, 2012 at 12:38 pm
(November 20, 2012 at 12:29 pm)Drich Wrote: No, because this was an OT Jewish law directed to a very specific person and his decendants. (verse 17)
The OT Jewish part is irrelevant. The descendants part is less so, but it opens two questions. How many people are his descendants today (assuming he existed) and, why? Why would he make this law, regardless of who it is applied to?
(November 20, 2012 at 12:29 pm)Drich Wrote: Quote:2) How could jesus and this god be the same one in the light of this scripture?
The law of Moses serves one purpose. To show that we (in some form or fashion) fall short of the standard of God.
Once the law establishes that, and we understand that Righteousness can not be obtained through our deeds, we must seek another way to obtain the righteousness needed for eternal life. Enter Christ and His sacerfice. Once one takes on the sacerfice of Christ upon himself, he is made whole, complete or righteous before The God in this scripture.
God made us with built-in flaws, and then trys to make us feel bad for them. Nice...
(November 20, 2012 at 12:29 pm)Drich Wrote: Quote:3) If god "made" the ugly, and handicapped, A.K.A. "Blemished," why would he shun them from his alter?
The word Holy means to set apart or apart from the common or everyday use. God has set a precedence that only the perfection is allowed before Him.
God is discriminating against his own creation because he messed up in making them?
(November 20, 2012 at 12:29 pm)Drich Wrote: Quote:Why did god draw the line at grotesque and handicapped?
God is illustrating here that only the ones without blemish may approach Him, and the physical blemishes physically show or illustrate a principle that was not known to these people to that point. That our Souls can be 'belmished' just like the handicaped's bodies can be belmished, and like wise not acceptable to God. God started with something they could see and relate to, and eventually evolved this concept to include a prinicple that they would not have understood without this illustration.
So...god discriminated against external ugliness because he couldn't (read:didn't) explain what internal ugliness was? (As if they couldn't understand that, right...)
(November 20, 2012 at 12:29 pm)Drich Wrote: Quote: Why didn't he say that the priest must be a "Ford Model" with perfect skin and the most perfect "Winsome" face? With no dirt under his nails and no stinky arm pits?
Because their were no 'ford models' to be had. No soap.
Nice dodge. You said he only allowed perfection before him in your third point of the post. So, why do you dodge this?
