Sentences with phrase «about animal sacrifice»

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Hajj is very busy event where about 3 million people in remembrance of prophet Ibrahim (a.k.a. Abraham) and his wife as ordered by God running between 2 mountains, sacrificing animals on 10th day, stoning symbolic satan who tried to deceive Ibrahim.

We can assume that all the Justices sitting on the Court today, like other humans, have their own preferences and biases about religion, but the judicial opinions of one of them, Justice John Paul Stevens, raise more than a slight suspicion that some of his actions on the bench stem from animosity, if not to animal sacrifice, at least to certain less exotic religious beliefs and practices.

Recently there has been great agitation in Pakistan about the enormous wastage involved in animal sacrifice and suggestions have been made that the money spent on slaughtering animals should be spent on social and philanthropic activities, but the conservative groups remain unconvinced.

Even though it does not describe vividly in Genesis 3 about God required sacrifice to replace Adam and Eve sin, but God showed Adam and Eve how to replace them as the one who should die because of their sin, by killing an animal and make the clothes for them.

Nevertheless, Mr. Bottum is right about the symbolic power of sacrifice, whether human or animal, to sustain a culture.

So first the animal sacrifices were set up so we could feel better about ourselves then he presented the only sacrifice that can save us, Christ.

«Saved by...», yeah just don't read those gory bits about sacrificing animals to god, and that bit about don't eat shellfish.

And they got upset and were trying to figure things out and finally became so frustrated that the Law was so hard to follow and God kept sending them into captivity and there was so much death and eventually the prophets started prophesying about a day that would come where the hearts of the fathers would return to their children and a sacrifice that would be the final sacrifice so that they could all stop killing so many animals (which God also admitted He never wanted in the first place because that was not the point), and also that God would eventually wipe out the old system and write his law on their hearts and minds so that they could finally follow him without making so many mistakes and messing up everything.

Furthermore, «those [scholars] who write about Jesus» desire to return the Temple to its «original,» «true» purpose, the «pure» worship of God, seem to forget that the principal function of any temple is to serve as a place for sacrifice, and that sacrifices require the supply of suitable animals» and, by implication, money - changers to facilitate their sale.

«food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sëxual immorality» hmmm... I thought much of the Levitical / Mosaic code was about just these things, blood and proper slaughtering techniques.

Now, Leo, since you keep spewing about your evil bible, note that the bible is also very clear that you should sacrifice and burn an animal today because the smell makes your sicko Christian sky fairy happy.

No doubt he was but more importantly he was making a statement that animal sacrifices would no longer be necessary because he was about to become the sacrificial lamb for everyone's atonement of sins.

Even when speaking of the ancient Hebrews, it is correct to say their «cult» when speaking about how they worshiped Yahweh — they had a priestly class that sacrificed animals, etc..

The Bible is very specific and exceedingly redundant about how to sacrifice animals, smear the blood on your clothes, on the door of your tent, etc..

She supported herself as a lab tech in nearby Durham's Research Triangle Park — a job she got because having grown up hunting rabbits and squirrels, she didn't feel queasy about sacrificing lab animals.

There are countless books and videos available to teach your children about birth in a responsible manner, without sacrificing animals to do so.