RE: Deuteronomy 23:2
January 31, 2014 at 12:28 am
(This post was last modified: January 31, 2014 at 12:30 am by Drich.)
(January 30, 2014 at 11:42 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Still not getting why someone should be penalized by something they have no control over.
God in the OT was compared to a consuming fire. And in the temple (the holy of holies) God physically manifested himself. Only the 'perfect'/clean could be near God without being consumed by this fire.. Think Indiana Jones and the raiders of the lost ark, when the nazis opened the ark.
The 'unclean' were order to stay away as to not be consumed by this light or fire.
This was not a punishment but a warning, a way to ensure people followed the rules.
It's like having weapons grade plutonium. What would happen if a kid got hold of a block and carried it to school for show and tell? Everyone would have gotten sick and died.. So what do we do? We keep that stuff out of the reach of kids..
Laws like this were the only way the Jews had of 'classifying' something as common as sex as being as dangerous as plutonium is to us.
(January 30, 2014 at 11:44 pm)The Reality Salesman Wrote: Don't forget to change your underwear. You know, in case there's an emergency. You don't want your first time seeing God being ruined by your shitty drawers. Or do you shit with your heavenly body?
Unfortunately I have a 'track' record making clean underwear 'unclean' in the case of emergencies. So it really does not matter.
