Deuteronomy 12:31 "Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods."
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Genesis 22:2 "And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of."
Exodus 22:29 "For thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors; the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me."
Judges 11:30-39 "And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hand, Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
2006-10-17 14:01:09 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon . . . and the Lord delivered them into his hands. . . . And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: . . . And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed."
II Samuel 21:8-14 "But the king [David] took the two sons of Rizpah . . . and the five sons of Michal . . . and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest . . . And after that God was intreated for the land."
Hebrews 10:10-12 " . . . we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ . . . But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God."
I Corinthians 5:7 " .For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us
2006-10-17 14:01:53 · update #1
only if their jews and you got to send a whole pile of them because jews are not worth that much
2006-10-17 14:10:16 · answer #1 · answered by godhatesdicksuckers4 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Genesis 22:2 - Notice that this was before the Law. God had not forbidden human sacrifice yet. In the end, He did not have Abraham really kill Isaac, it was only a test to see if Abraham trusted Him completely.
Exodus 22:29 - The firstborn were consecrated to the Lord. They were not killed, but rather set apart as God's.
Judges 11:30-39 - Jephthah thought that it would be an animal that would come out, and didn't plan on a human sacrifice. The end of the story is not told, perhaps God stopped him from sacrificing his daughter.
2006-10-17 21:06:03 · answer #2 · answered by BekaJoy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Irregardless of those passages of the Old Testament, no, God does not condone human sacrifice.
In Gen 22:2, God had no intention of Isaac being killed--and he wasn't. It was a test of faith for his father.
Ex 22:29, does not say of human sacrifice of the firstborns.
Judges 11:29-30, Jephthah made that vow "unto the Lord." Nor does it imply human sacrifice.
2006-10-17 21:11:56 · answer #3 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once upon a time, far, far away - the concept of zero was not known in the Western world. Trade and science suffered, but continued. Then zero came and life was transformed.
Theology grows, matures, and bears fruit the same way. Just as Aton moved Egyptian mountains to bring about monotheism, so the bible chronicles an enormous movement away from human sacrifice. Jesus - God/Man became the ultimate and final sacrifice. No one has figured out how to sacrifice one who is greater than God.
2006-10-17 21:05:06 · answer #4 · answered by Joe Cool 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not going to read all that. But my recollection is G*d used to accept human sacrifice, but changed that to animal sacrifice. Something about requiring someone to sacrifice his son, and then changing the requirement to an animal at the last minute. Of course in the Judeo-Christian world, no actual sacrifices are committed any more.
2006-10-17 21:05:00 · answer #5 · answered by world traveler 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wasn't Jesus supposed to be a human sacrifice?
2006-10-17 21:03:54 · answer #6 · answered by ... 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
and don't forget:
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. [Psalm 106:37-38]
Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Eternal, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but The Valley of Slaughter. [Jeremiah 19:4-6]
Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter? [Ezekiel 16:20]
yes, thats right. G-d just called human sacrifice a "whoredom." maybe he changed his mind though, for jesus...
beka already addressed your other quotes but i am going to add something:
Exodus 22:29 "For thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors; the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me."
yep, he's not talking about sacrificing them. he's saying that the firstborn sons must work in the temple, or if the parents don't want to sent them to work in the temple they can be redeemed from it by paying a price. this is still practiced, its called"pidyon haben" (redemption of the firstborn). since there is no temple jewish parents can't have dedicate their kids to it even if they wanted to, so they have to pay a redemption price, usually about $6.
2006-10-17 21:08:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Presbyterian minister once told me that in the ceremony of communion, the host does not merely represent the body of JC, but it IS his body; therefore Christians do practice human sacrifice... regularly. (her conclusion, not mine. She was responding to a fundamentalist who was trying to disrupt a multifaith conference, accusing Wiccans of human sacrifice. She explained that it was only the Christians who were doing so)
2006-10-17 21:18:46 · answer #8 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
1st example: condemned the practice
2nd example: only a test
3rd example: not 'human sacrifice' of blood
4th example: man's vow, not G-d's requirement
2006-10-17 23:21:55 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He won't need any human sacrifices
He want the true belive in him
2006-10-17 21:03:56 · answer #10 · answered by sami n 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋