Bruce wrote:
....
> As if your friend in the sky likes you more if you torture animals
> extra.

the only reason that the new testament and Jesus became
critical was that there were too many sins and not enough
animals could ever be provided to make the blood sacrifices
for sins to be possible any longer.

the context is always important and as such it was also
similar to how in a different earlier context that many of
the sins of the OT bible were such because a nomadic warrior
tribe required every male possible to be born so they could
fight or make more babies. *** people not allowed because
the society would be overrun by any other tribe that could
use a larger percentage of their population for fighting.

of course women not allowed. not often. just bad luck.
which with the rates of childred dying young and compli-
cations of birthing is a good idea anyways, back then. now
we just ship the women out with the guys to get shot at.
we're more civilized that way.


songbird