Deuteronomy 23:1 "He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the lord."
It sounds like God only wants healthy and whole (but circumsised) male genitalia, so wouldn't a vasectomy exclude you from his posse?
2007-03-05 19:35:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Deut 23:1 no longer applies to New Covenant Christians. We now enter the presence of God in Jesus in the new and living way (Heb 10:19,20). In the Old Covenant it depends on us to enter into God's presence. In the New Covenant we depend on Jesus' finished work which allows God to put us in Christ Jesus to come before His holy presence in heaven. Under the New Covenant anybody who confesses Jesus Christ as His Lord and Savior is seated in Jesus before the throne of God in heaven (Ep 2:6). We are now in God's presence by grace and not by the works of the law (Gal 5:4).
2007-03-05 19:49:36 · answer #1 · answered by seekfind 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Logically, it would apply; the intent of that verse is to demand that a male be fertile in order to marry. But there is no reason whatever to pay attention to that verse -- or to any other verse, as the whole thing is fiction.
2007-03-05 19:43:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deuteronomy only applies in the landfill
2007-03-05 19:38:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since you are not supposed to have sex for other reasons than procreation, vasectomies do not serve any faithful purpose dear.
2007-03-05 22:15:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋