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RE: Without the Shedding of Blood There is No Remission of Sin
May 11, 2017 at 10:00 am
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(May 7, 2017 at 11:28 am)Drich Wrote: In essence one must ultimately do it God's way or at least ask Him for Help to do it His way.
Doing it "god's way" only ends up being doing it one's own way, because god is nothing more than the reflection of one's own subconscious.
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RE: Without the Shedding of Blood There is No Remission of Sin
May 11, 2017 at 10:18 am
Lek Wrote:If I commit murder, it doesn't absolve me of my sins. The only blood that does is the blood of Jesus. That is the only blood sacrifice that saves us. The old testament sacrifices were useless to absolve anyone from sin.
What WERE all those animal sacrifices for, anyway? God liked the smell of burning animal flesh (it's mentioned almost 40 times), sure, but was that all there was to it?
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RE: Without the Shedding of Blood There is No Remission of Sin
May 11, 2017 at 10:24 am
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When one finds out he originated as a Canaanite war god, suddenly the sacrifices, and mass killings make more sense.
Though they will tell you it was a lead-up to Jesus' sacrifice. they had to normalize the idea of killing something pure to appease god after sinning, so they'd find Human sacrifice more acceptable.
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RE: Without the Shedding of Blood There is No Remission of Sin
May 11, 2017 at 12:02 pm
(May 11, 2017 at 10:18 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: Lek Wrote:If I commit murder, it doesn't absolve me of my sins. The only blood that does is the blood of Jesus. That is the only blood sacrifice that saves us. The old testament sacrifices were useless to absolve anyone from sin.
What WERE all those animal sacrifices for, anyway? God liked the smell of burning animal flesh (it's mentioned almost 40 times), sure, but was that all there was to it?
They were foreshadowing the sacrifice of Jesus.
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RE: Without the Shedding of Blood There is No Remission of Sin
May 11, 2017 at 1:02 pm
(May 11, 2017 at 12:02 pm)Lek Wrote: (May 11, 2017 at 10:18 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: What WERE all those animal sacrifices for, anyway? God liked the smell of burning animal flesh (it's mentioned almost 40 times), sure, but was that all there was to it?
They were foreshadowing the sacrifice of Jesus. Like so much of Christian apologetics, it boils down to the end justifying the means.
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RE: Without the Shedding of Blood There is No Remission of Sin
May 11, 2017 at 2:48 pm
(May 11, 2017 at 12:02 pm)Lek Wrote: (May 11, 2017 at 10:18 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: What WERE all those animal sacrifices for, anyway? God liked the smell of burning animal flesh (it's mentioned almost 40 times), sure, but was that all there was to it?
They were foreshadowing the sacrifice of Jesus.
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RE: Without the Shedding of Blood There is No Remission of Sin
May 11, 2017 at 3:18 pm
(May 11, 2017 at 1:02 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: (May 11, 2017 at 12:02 pm)Lek Wrote: They were foreshadowing the sacrifice of Jesus. Like so much of Christian apologetics, it boils down to the end justifying the means.
Smells of retconning . . . .
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RE: Without the Shedding of Blood There is No Remission of Sin
May 11, 2017 at 4:34 pm
(May 11, 2017 at 12:02 pm)Lek Wrote: (May 11, 2017 at 10:18 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: What WERE all those animal sacrifices for, anyway? God liked the smell of burning animal flesh (it's mentioned almost 40 times), sure, but was that all there was to it?
They were foreshadowing the sacrifice of Jesus.
That wasn't the original purpose of animal sacrifices.
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RE: Without the Shedding of Blood There is No Remission of Sin
May 11, 2017 at 5:53 pm
It foreshadowed the sacrifice of Jesus, which in turn foreshadowed the fact that this "God" guy is a psychopath. Of course this should have been obvious from all the murdering he does. But the author wanted to be exceptionally clear: God is a sociopath incapable of compassion or empathy.
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RE: Without the Shedding of Blood There is No Remission of Sin
May 11, 2017 at 6:51 pm
Jesus on the cross contemplating a comparison of being turned into a pleasing odor to waft up to His dad's nostrils is a little bizarre . . .
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