(February 11, 2015 at 6:46 am)TubbyTubby Wrote: Leviticus 15:29 KJV
"And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation."
Been discussing this particular bible bull with a colleague recently. How was this chapter supposed to apply in real life, when it mentions 'a woman' does that mean every woman or just a select few. Ignoring the overall sheer stupidity of the chapter, I was curious if they had mass turtle and pigeon breeding facilities just to keep up with the priests sacrificial requirement?
And what is the relevance of turtles and pigeons? Did they have loads of pigeons but then after realising they were running out, pick another creature at random. "What about them turtles, shall we use them?", "Yeh why not, no fucking use for anything else".
It really makes you wonder how the book writers originally came up with these fucked up ideas.
Perhaps Drich and GC can shed some light.
Dear TubbyTubby
my understanding of why the old ways of doing things are in the Bible
is to show the progression. The NT is about living by the spirit of the laws,
where the "sacrifices" made are NOT like these old ways. The sacrifice of Christ
represents forgiveness and restoration (one person here refers to redemption),
and followers are called to make those kind of sacrifices instead.
When someone asks for you to walk a few miles with them, you walk 14.
Most Christians will tell you the point is that instead of ritual sacrifices,
which didn't cleanse the cause of sins and suffering in man,
the point of the Bible is the spiritual sacrifice to atone for and resolve
the spiritual causes of sin and suffering, to bring healing and an end to strife.
None of these rituals worked.
