I think you are confusing cleanliness of the mind (which incidentally may be different gor people of different faiths or no faith) with hygiene.
Why wash hands over a dead animal, why not after one had handled the animal?
Washing feet is ritual, what about hands etc.
Not going further...
I think you have in mind the ceremonious ritual of the Pharisees - Mark 7:2-5; Matthew 15:2 __________
David too spoke about washing his hands at Psalms 26:6 in the sense of being morally clean.
Water was used at Deuteronomy 21:6.
Water for hygiene was used at Leviticus 15:5-12 see also...
I used to attend Catholic mass, I know how they use holy water in that manner, as well as baptisms and such.
Lev 12-15, seems to only be talking about bathing. Nothing in there about using holy water for church services or any other use besides bathing sores, and washing unclean clothes.
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On the contrary and where you miss it... God is really really really Holy. Mankind was able to fellowship with God before we sinned, we brought this on ourselves. We still rebel against God then blame Him for the consequences of our bad decisions. He is always seeking us out, calling to us and...
Really? Care to quote chapter and verse?
Of course, you do realize if you are healthy and skip quarantining in favor of going out amongst the masses, you will probably not be healthy for long - like 563,000 of your fellow citizens.
Of course, the Bible also has other good medical advice...
I don't understand your question. But I'm wondering about a certain point now which some bring up about the Law and differences, and that is how the following is applied by observant Jews (because I don't think reform Jews follow this, but haven't taken a survey):
Leviticus15:16 - ‘And when a...
I should have thought baptism is, objectively, an example of a ritual: Definition of RITUAL
One does not need a scriptural reference to describe it as such.
As for your last two statements, I find them strange. Can you offer an alternative explanation for the meaning of the words of...
Sorry if I was.
I'm familiar with the mikveh.
Mikveh & Baptism
Purpose of the mikveh
1. To the ancient Jews, both Essene and non-Essene, the mikveh was a process of spiritual purification and cleansing, especially in relation to the various types of Turmah or ritual defilement...
All this is fine. But if you think Christians are going to observe good language
then you will be waiting a long time. A friend of mine swears and when I remind
her she wants to be an Anglican chaplain she replied, "Our pastor swears."
I seek balance and reasonableness in this topic. Is there any to be had? By the way I am including all Christians in the broadest sense, so I am including liberal Christians and Muslims and Bahai's and LDS and JW's and the whole enchilada. Anybody who says "Yes I'm a Christian" when asked is...
And no one is arguing any differently. The whole point of the thread is to find out why god hates sex outside the context of the missionary position within marriage.
As *sigh* I said in my OP
According to the Bible god doesn't like prostitutes, homosexuality, bestiality, consensual adultery...
Addressing what you said about Paul... the Bible tells us in Acts 8 that Paul met Jesus in a vision on the road to Damascus... The old law was not just about love. Here is just a few laws and statutes given under the Law of Moses. This is just a few of over 600 laws and statutes...
RITUAL...
The following article brings out that the Greek word used in connection with the Incorruptible seed is spo-ra', not sper'ma. As such it is seed that has already been sown. Not seed that is ready to be sown. (But then the argument was not regarding whether the seed was in the state of being...
There is absolutely no indication that what Lot did was wrong, and he was deemed righteous, in the Christian scriptures no less, long after offering them up as sacrificial lambs. Similarly, there is absolutely no indication that the Levite who sacrificed his concubine to a similar mob in Judges...
In fact, masturbation is not mentioned at all in Genesis 38. In Gen 38:8, Judah directs Onan to go to his brother's wife and Onan, knowing that the offspring of the union would not be his, "went in to his brother's wife he spilled the semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his...
ALSO, YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE NOT STUDIED THE LAW OF GOD CALLED TORAH. YOU NEED TO READ WHAT THE LAWS ARE ON DEFILEMENT. JESUS NEVER WAS DEFILED AND NEVER DEFILED ANYONE. HE DID NOT HAVE SEX WITH ANY WOMAN...
(570)The seed of copulation defiles. “If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall...
Are you insane?
So if a person gets married, then they don't love their partner until the wedding night? What about all those people who vow not to have sex until they are married? Do the never fall in love until they are married?
First of all, the Bible states that sex is to be between a...