It certainly did not come from the Bible
In the book of Jonah the people of Nineveh sinned against G-d. They repented by fasting, sitting in ashes and asking for forgiveness. As a result they were saved. No sacrifices were brought.
In the book of Esther the Jews sinned. The they repented by fasting, sitting in ashes and asking for forgiveness. As a result they were saved. No sacrifices were brought.
In the case of the Israelites and the sin of the golden calf you see the same thing. All they did was pray and ask for forgiveness. Not a single sacrifice was offered!
2006-08-29 11:48:10 · 15 answers · asked by Gamla Joe 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Prophets disparaged all such outer manifestations of repentance, insisting rather on a complete change of the sinner's mental and spiritual attitude. They demanded a regeneration of the heart, i.e., a determined turning from sin and returning to God by striving after righteousness. "O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and return unto the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept us graciously: so will we render as bullocks the offerings of our lips" (Hos. 14:1-2, Hebrew). "Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and plenteous in mercy, and repenteth him of the evil" (Joel 2:13).
Repentance brings pardon and forgiveness of sin (Isaiah 55:7). Outside of repentance the prophets and apostles know of no way of securing pardon. No sacrifices, nor religious ceremonies can secure it.
2006-08-29 11:48:42 · update #1
so I ask again where did this idea come from???
2006-08-29 11:49:04 · update #2
rosends. your email dose not work email me.
2006-08-29 12:00:22 · update #3
bbwgoddess60
I know what passage you are talking about that still dose not say anything about sacrifice removeing sin
2006-08-29 12:02:56 · update #4
bbwgoddess60
I know what passage you are talking about that still dose not say anything about sacrifice removeing sin
2006-08-29 12:03:03 · update #5
The first thing that someone should be considering is whether the idea of sin is actually real.
If God is supposed to be perfect how could She have made anything or anyone that wasn't.
Think about it. The idea of sin assumes certain things about God that seem highly unlikely.
All this talk about sin sounds like a bunch of nonsense to me.
First it assumes a God who is too incompetent to organize a simple educational field excursion and figure out a way to get all of the students home safely.
How likely is this that God would not be smart enough to come up with a plan for our salvation that is going to work?
It also assumes that God must have created us imperfect if we are sinners.
One might assume that God would be able to create someone perfect each and every time if he chose to. Assuming God is capable of this, then it follows logically that we must be perfect creations if we are actually creations of this perfect God.
Unless of course you are saying that God chose to create us imperfect.
If God created us imperfect then anything that may go wrong is Gods fault, not ours. This seems a bit illogical at best so I think that we need to assume that What God creates would have to be perfect.
If this is the case and Gods creations are perfect, then nothing that we can do could change what God created perfect and make it imperfect unless we think that we are more powerful than God is.
How likely is it that we the creation could be more powerful than the creator. I personally find this idea somewhat amusing, and a bit absurd.
Religion tells us that God is perfect. If this is true then it could hardly be logically for Gods creations to be considered to be anything less than perfect.
If this is the case then Nothing that we can ever do could possibly change this perfection that God willed, unless we were so powerful that our choices could override and change the will of God.
How likely is that????
Think about it.
The idea of sin is simple nonsense; a lie made up about God by religion.
Love and blessings
don
2006-09-02 01:10:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It grow to be the laying off of blood to make amends for sin. The Bible says that for the wages of sin is demise. interior the previous testomony, human beings might sacrifice animals by utilising laying their hands on the animal. That symbolized the shifting of one's sin and passing it onto the animal. The animal grow to be then killed. while Jesus got here and died on the go, He grew to grow to be the sacrifice as He took upon Himself each and all the sins of the international. as a result there isn't any ought to sacrifice anymore animals. in simple terms confess your sins to God and say sorry.
2016-10-01 01:38:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Selective quoting of scripture is a great way to promote your theory, so long as no one else quotes the rest. The idea of animal sacrifice is so prevalent throughout the Old Testament you can't have missed it. From Abraham through Moses, the founding of the Temple... examples of sacrifice are myriad. Scripture even lists specific rules on sacrifice; the types of animals, the times of sacrifice, the method, the quality... so many hundreds of verses...
You pick a handful of verses out of the Bible, ignoring hundreds of others directly on point, and you call this theology?
2006-08-29 12:06:52 · answer #3 · answered by antirion 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Jesus came to both fulfill the Old laws and to bring the Gospel(Good News) that He was to be the final sacrifice.
He said,"Go and find the meaning of the words'What I want is mercy not sacrifice'"
And " Love your neighbor as yourself"
To me, this means God is more concerned with our loving and charity than with sacrifices.
The Old testament is filled with animal sacrifices and it is told that God even asked Abraham to sacrifice his son on the altar where the animals were sacrificed.
2006-09-06 11:43:05 · answer #4 · answered by a_phantoms_rose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genesis 3:21 This is the first sacrifice and, just where might you think the coats of skins came from. And you skipped over half of the Old Testament, go back and read it all before you come and try to explain things. Hebrews 9:22 "Wiithout the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin".
2006-08-29 12:04:52 · answer #5 · answered by PREACHER'S WIFE 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Look at Numbers 15:25-26. You can twist it so it's no proof, but it's close. Undoubtably both prayer and sacrifice are needed, which is what Joel talks about.
2006-08-29 14:02:56 · answer #6 · answered by ysk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that, although there were other ways to repent, animal sacrifices were just the most popular. Repentance doesn't have to be anything in particular, just a true display that you are sorry.
2006-08-29 11:55:01 · answer #7 · answered by Sean J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually, there IS a passage in the bible, although i can't give u chapter and verse or exact wording, but it goes much like this:
a burnt offering sends a pleasing smell up to the lord
burnt offerings are mentioned throughout the bible and abraham was asked by god to sacrifice his only child (HUMAN sacrifice here) to god to show his love and devotion to god above his family.
oh yes, the bible has sacrifices in it, too.
2006-08-29 11:58:55 · answer #8 · answered by bbwgoddess60 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It DID come from the Bible! Haven't you ever read the Old Testament?? (I have...twice)
You will find plenty of lamb sacrificing there. This is why Jesus came and shed his blood--so that there would not have to be any more of this.
2006-09-05 11:07:10 · answer #9 · answered by Ana 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the idea is that a small type of sins CAN be expiated by sacrifice (but there are other methods besides sacrifice even in that case).
this explains the basis
http://karaites-usa.org/Target_Tanakh/atonement_according_to_tanakh.htm
i have other sites which explain the rest if you'd like
2006-08-29 11:55:19 · answer #10 · answered by rosends 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋