Why doesn't God love "defective" people as much as he loves everyone else?

Question

Leviticus 21:16-23

16 And Jehovah continued to speak to Moses, saying: 17 "Speak to Aaron, saying, 'No man of your seed throughout their generations in whom there proves to be a defect may come near to present the bread of his God. 18 In case there is any man in whom there is a defect, he may not come near: a man blind or lame or with his nose slit or with one member too long, 19 or a man in whom there proves to be a fracture of the foot or a fracture of the hand, 20 or hunchback or thin or diseased in his eyes or scabby or having ringworms or having his testicles broken. 21 Any man of the seed of Aaron the priest in whom there is a defect may not approach to present Jehovah's offerings made by fire. There is a defect in him. He may not approach to present the bread of his God. 22 He may eat the bread of his God from the most holy things and from the holy things. 23 However, he may not come in near the curtain, and he may not approach the altar, because there is a defect in him; and he should not profane my sanctuary, for I am Jehovah who is sanctifying them.'"

Answer 1

Because the Christian god really isn't as all-loving as Christians think he is, if he existed to begin with.

Answer 2

Those are laws pertain to the Levite priesthood, not all humanity. God doesn't say anything at all about not loving one person as much as another. He simply lays down the rules one must follow as a kind of ''representative'' for His people.

To us Christians, that's not the same anymore, as we have a High Priest in Christ Jesus. We have a new covenant. That's why we pray *to* the Father, *through* the Son, *in* the Holy Spirit.

Answer 3

The entire Temple and procedures were a picture of the coming Messiah - a man without defect (sin) who would sacrifice unto God. God loves everyone the same, infinitely, and God Himself is Love and is Infinite. The pictures in the Old Testament were there to point out the fact that we all fall short of perfection, we all sin, and therefore, we all need the saving grace of the redeemer, who was at that time still to come.

Answer 4

The 'defect' is in relation to an office and not to the person themselves. For example, you can be perfectly acceptable person and be 'defective' for the task of speaking if you had a very low, hoarse voice. It is a relative term as a couple other answers here seem to be saying.

Answer 5

God transformed this shattered vessel full of self-will, rebellion, and the world, to a living testimony to the regenerative power of Holy Ghost. There was no other way I could circumsize the sin from my heart & walk away from my heathen lifestyle without the Holy Ghost.

Answer 6

He does allow defective people to come to Him, because my friend we are all defective because of sin, not just physically. BY they way, the passage your are quoting was for the priests only that came into the temple of God- they were "examples of Christ- who is the only one with defect that could actually cleanse us of all sins

Answer 7

It wasn't that Jehovah didn't care for them but, it was important to keep the holy sacrificial place clean and holy. Diseases could be transmitted and was considered unclean.
They had to deal with the sick much differently then because of there limited knowledge of health and care of the sick.

Answer 8

Nice try at justifying it, bibliophile1954. It doesn't explain why your god was such a pr!ck to begin with. Why did he hate on defective people before Jesus came??? Do explain.

Answer 9

That only refers to the priests in the Temple.

Answer 10

It is said apostal Paul was a hunchback...
go figure....


http://www.ehcweb.ehc.edu/faculty/fkellogg/132u3.htm

http://www.daveblackonline.com/paul's_thorn.htm