Q. The Bible...There are a lot of sacrificial offerings called for due to a variety of reasons in the name of God. If God is loving why would he want sacrifices made in his name? How is it when Pagans made a sacrifice it was bad, but in the Bible the multiple religions that do it weren't? Should we still be doing burnt and sacrificial offerings?A. When I think about the Bible, Source and God, I do see and feel there is a higher being out there. That being may take different names to different people, but there is an all knowing, powerful, being of light. This being holds such a high vibration, they can be difficult to approach, and their presence is so intense you cannot be near them for long. The easiest way to communicate and understand is to telepathically connect in a spiritual way. This Source wants you to be connected and filled with light. They want you to grow and ascend, and the amount of love is indescribable. It is the purest form of unconditional love that can be felt.
In going back to the idea of sacrifice, I do not get this Source wants any kind of offering. Humans created this logic. It is not something Source requested, expected or ever wanted. Whether the sacrifice be life, money or objects, those aren't useful to Source. Humans put an arbitrary value on these sacrificial items; therefore, associating sacrificing these elements to paying something of perceived value forward to Source. It was thought this "sacrifice" showed your loyalty and a way to pay for the pathway to be with Source, but Source's pathway cannot be bought.
The word "sacrifice" and meanings tied to it don't feel to represent the bigger message Source wanted to convey. Donating food and clothing, should be done with compassion and love, and not viewed as a "sacrifice." The same goes with money, time and effort. The emotion of sacrifice shouldn't be involved. "Sacrificing" animals for the sake of honoring a God or Source, is not what Source wanted. Source would not want some kind of suffrage or intentional loss of life without that life being honored and the "life" being consumed (don't just kill animals unless to do so in gratitude, and then eat the meat- don't waste the life for the sake of wasting). Actions should be done with an open heart, and not because someone/something should suffer to prove a loyalty.
And that is all I have for this reading. Thank you. Love and light, Lynn
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This was a really good question and Lynn's answer seems perfect. The idea that religion always has to be seen through the lens of human experience and social values explains a lot about the sometimes non spiritual aspects of man-made religious laws and practices. I'll bet a lot of religious decrees being written today will look just as strange to those 5 hundred years from now. Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!
Thank you for that reading. It helps to better understand this topic.
Most religions today are actually man-made and not the words of god. I don't know why people still want to celebrate Christmas knowing that ....
Religion is a way to keep us stupid. Most people don't want to hear it anyway. Also we grew up in a "system" and we take it for granted and is normal because we don't know any better...
So indeginous tribes with their shamans are also in the wrong like in africa and south america.
@Robert: Thanks for the comment, and I totally agree. We as humans have put our fingerprints all over a lot of things...
Thanks to all of you for the comments. I hope you had a great holiday time!
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