Why does YHWH desire blood sacrifices?

[Gaura Priya]

So I've reached listening to Leviticus from the audio of the New World Translation... and I find it quite atrocious that this Divinity demands sacrificing animals, sprinkling their blood, and burning them for Eir satisfaction. Why does YHWH even demand this?

Even when Christians say that Jehovah's Son, Jesus Christ, completed this need for sacrificial offerings, it still comes back to why the heck Jehovah would require them in the first place.

In my religion, Krishna says that even a leaf, flower, fruit or a little water (of which we can share and partake) is acceptable to Him, for He partakes in the love and devotion of that offering, and not the substance. And yet, Jehovah's blood offerings are quite ghastly to me. What was the purpose of expiating sins through the killing of animals? :cover:

 

[Awoon]

Later prophets said YHWH didnt want sacrifices.

So the ritual was human created.

 

[outhouse]

Why does YHWH even demand this?

he was a warrior deity

Trust me he demanded alot worse lol

So the ritual was human created.

So was the deity in my opinion. its all at mans hands. Thats why all the terrible things the deity asks for all have human qualities uncluding the emotions the deity is said to have possessed

 

[Gaura Priya]

Later prophets said YHWH didnt want sacrifices.

So the ritual was human created.

But Jehovah says in first person to tell Moses to give these instructions. So was Jehovah indecisive?

"...and the priest shall offer the whole, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah."

"And the anointed priest shall take of the blood of the bullock, and bring it to the tent of meeting: and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before Jehovah, before the veil of the sanctuary. And the priest shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Jehovah, which is in the tent of meeting; and all the blood of the bullock shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting."

"And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood thereof, and put it upon the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot."

 

[Gaura Priya]

he was a warrior deity

Trust me he demanded alot worse lol






So was the deity in my opinion. its all at mans hands. Thats why all the terrible things the deity asks for all have human qualities uncluding the emotions the deity is said to have possessed

I believe in God as in Lord Vishnu or Krishna, and we have nothing in our Scriptures like this.

 

[Rakhel]

It wasn't blood sacrifices. It was burnt offerings. I realize this doesn't sound like it makes a difference, but it does.

 

[Awoon]

But Jehovah says in first person to tell Moses to give these instructions. So was Jehovah indecisive?

"...and the priest shall offer the whole, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah."

"And the anointed priest shall take of the blood of the bullock, and bring it to the tent of meeting: and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before Jehovah, before the veil of the sanctuary. And the priest shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Jehovah, which is in the tent of meeting; and all the blood of the bullock shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting."

"And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood thereof, and put it upon the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot."

Moses set up a family religion with a central headquarters and his family as the head of the hierarchy.

The writer puts "Jehovah" in the first person.

 

[SCHIZO]

Animal sacrifice was a cultural tradition/ritual long before the Jews were Jews. They carried this belief over to the Jewish faith believing that it was their God that told them to do such things. It's just like circumcision. Circumcumcision isn't even necessary but became tradition. Since it became tradition it became associated with the deity of the faith, telling them that it was necessary. That's what happens in culture and faith. Something may occur as tradition but appear as divine ordination.

 

[outhouse]

Moses set up a family religion with a central headquarters and his family as the head of the hierarchy.

The writer puts "Jehovah" in the first person.

Wrong

Moses has no historicity and his legends roots can be traced bcak to literary circles roughly 700 years after the hebrew culture existed

 

[Awoon]

Wrong

Moses has no historicity and his legends roots can be traced bcak to literary circles roughly 700 years after the hebrew culture existed

Doesnt matter. Some Human did it.

 

[Gaura Priya]

It wasn't blood sacrifices. It was burnt offerings. I realize this doesn't sound like it makes a difference, but it does.

The animals were still slaughtered, the fat still utilised, and the blood sprinkled. Just the idea of a poor animal being utilised as an expiation for another person's sin just seems kind of cruel.

I am sure there must be some good explanation from the Jewish perspective though, and why such things are no longer practiced (not that I would like them to be nowadays anyway).

 

[Awoon]

The animals were still slaughtered, the fat still utilised, and the blood sprinkled. Just the idea of a poor animal being utilised as an expiation for another person's sin just seems kind of cruel.

I am sure there must be some good explanation from the Jewish perspective though, and why such things are no longer practiced (not that I would like them to be nowadays anyway).

It was a barbecue and family ritual cookout.

 

[Gaura Priya]

Animal sacrifice was a cultural tradition/ritual long before the Jews were Jews. They carried this belief over to the Jewish faith believing that it was their God that told them to do such things. It's just like circumcision. Circumcumcision isn't even necessary but became tradition. Since it became tradition it became associated with the deity of the faith, telling them that it was necessary. That's what happens in culture and faith. Something may occur as tradition but appear as divine ordination.

That's a little nice alternative to hear. Although it is for one of a few reasons why Christians still hold onto the Tanakh for dear life as opposed to the wealth of Christian apocrypha out there.

 

[Gaura Priya]

It was a barbecue and family ritual cookout.

So Yehovah is appeased by the smell of fleshy meats, as well as blood being sprinkled all over? That just does not even sound pleasant, to be honest. But I am biased as a vegetarian anyways.

 

[Awoon]

So Yehovah is appeased by the smell of fleshy meats, as well as blood being sprinkled all over? That just does not even sound pleasant, to be honest. But I am biased as a vegetarian anyways.

The Priests and people loved the smell of the animals cooking.

Vegetables are living until you kill them for food and they smell good cooking also.

Do they appease your appetite?

 

[outhouse]

The Priests and people loved the smell of the animals cooking.

Vegetables are living until you kill them for food and they smell good cooking also.

Do they appease your appetite?

do you have any evidence that they ate the sacrifice????

this wasnt a BBQ


Apperenty there is some chemical released that gets people high from turning flesh and fat into charcoal. [ive heard]

 

[Awoon]

do you have any evidence that they ate the sacrifice????

this wasnt a BBQ


Apperenty there is some chemical released that gets people high from turning flesh and fat into charcoal. [ive heard]

Of course it was. Noone gonna cook a steak without eating it.

 

[outhouse]

Of course it was. Noone gonna cook a steak without eating it.

I said do you have any sources, because I already know they burned the animals flesh to charcoal.

Your personal opinion based on imagination means nothing when we are talking about facts

 

[Tarheeler]

do you have any evidence that they ate the sacrifice????

this wasnt a BBQ


Apperenty there is some chemical released that gets people high from turning flesh and fat into charcoal. [ive heard]

The Torah specifically gives the meat of the sacrifice to the priests.

Some of it was burnt, the rest was eaten.
And flesh wasn't the only sacrifice offered; grains, oil, fruits of the harvest, and incense were all used.

 

[Awoon]

I said do you have any sources, because I already know they burned the animals flesh to charcoal.

Your personal opinion based on imagination means nothing when we are talking about facts

Exodus 29:32