Why did "god" save Abraham's SON, but allow the daughter in Judges chapter 11 to be sacrificed?
(THIS IS A SECOND POSTING BECAUSE NO ONE ANSWERED THE FIRST)
We know that the Christian God was "pleased" with blood offerings and needed blood to wash sins...the blood of christ.
But why is it the christian cult god wanted the blood of the girl in Judges?
2007-08-31 18:53:01 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Christian God loves blood and burnt offerings, pretty insane stuff!
Oh, he also loves sending people to an eternal torture, but he "loves" us, he also had the earth populated with incest.
QUITE A LOVELY GOD, ISN'T?
And the Christians wonder why we don't want them in our government!
2007-08-31 19:01:03 · answer #1 · answered by . 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
God did not ask for the sacrifice Jephtha promised. The thematic purpose of the book of Judges was the gradual unraveling of justice and reason in Israel before the monarchy was established. The judges in the first part of the book acted wisely and saved Israel from a variety of threats. But as the book goes on, subsequent judges make poorer and poorer decisions. Jephtha was one of the latter, but not as bad as, say, the Levite in the last few chapters. A phrase repeats in the book: "In those days there was no king in Israel and everyone did what he thought was right." It means different things at the beginning and the end.
2007-09-01 02:17:24 · answer #2 · answered by skepsis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you want to follow a religion, you should stop asking rational questions. I was raised Christian and taught the values from birth. I know that if you WANT to believe, you should quit accessing the logical part of your brain. Fact and Fantasy don't always work together.
Religion and Reason are like oil and water. They don't mix. You can't explain the more fanatical parts of religion by being rational.
They simply can't be explained rationally, which probably explains why nobody answered your first question.
Most people on Yahoo! Answers are rational people.
2007-09-01 02:03:48 · answer #3 · answered by Cosmodot 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This has long been a misconception, in thinking that the girl in question was sacrificed.
In actuality, she was sent to the priests to perform duties for the rest of her life, and would never be allowed to marry, as she was strictly dedicated to God by Jephthah's foolish vow.
That's why she told her father that she needed two month's time to bewail her virginity, as she would never bear children but would be a virgin her entire life.
I hope rthis answers your question?
2007-09-01 02:04:18 · answer #4 · answered by Foxfire 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Call TBN or Dr. Michelle from breath of the spirits ministries to get someone to answer your question and pray with you...Not all the time people will have answers for you, because God is trying to show you something in the spirit. Good luck!
2007-09-01 02:59:24 · answer #5 · answered by HOPE 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You could ask why someone was healed of cancer, another died.
(Isaac typified Messiah in the Bible, by the way....he was offered by the father, born of a miracle birth and married the responsive, willing, OBEDIENT bride who followed the holy spirit to the son and then to the father....read Genesis 25)
Anyhow, to answer your question, read Isaiah 55:8-10
2007-09-01 02:03:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
When Abraham set out to sacrifice Issac, he done so because he was instructed to by God.
God was testing Abraham's faith. When he was obedient to God's command God not only allowed his son to live but also entered in to a covenant with him because of his FAITH.
The story of the young girl in Judges was somewhat different. The father of the young girl made a VOW to God that if he would deliver his enemies into his hands that he would sacrifice the first thing that came out of his door. Which happened to be his youngest daughter.
The difference is who initiated the sacrifice.
God instructed Abraham. But Jephthah vowed to God.
If WE enter in to a covenant with God by our own consent then he expects us to honor our word just as he will always honor his.
2007-09-01 02:12:46 · answer #7 · answered by North Carolina 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I don't know, but I will try to find out for ya.
your account doesn't allow email, so I am not sure how to get it to ya.
maybe you could ask a pastor. that what i was going to do.
2007-09-01 02:01:48 · answer #8 · answered by shoptheflower 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He didn't want the blood of a young girl. If you re read that, you might find that God was conspicuously silent during that affair.
2007-09-01 01:59:28 · answer #9 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i really think you have the wrong idea about this passage.
but who am i to judge, i really am just as dumbfounded as you.
but i hope that when you find the answer, its a good one.
2007-09-01 01:58:34 · answer #10 · answered by Charissa M 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋