Do Jews still do animal sacrifices to God?
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The "sacrifice" issue is not just about animals,\n(which God never perceived as clean and unclean);\nFor God saw only good x 6, very good the 7th time.\n\nNor did God ever desire any sacrifice, for sin,\nis "of the law", which His Grace will not have,\nand the not part is not then, not now, not ever.\nPs 40:6; 51:16; Hos 6:6; Mt 9:13; Mt 12:7; Heb 10\n\nMt 9:13 Go ye and learn what meaneth:\n"I will have mercy, and not sacrifice".\nhttp://www.godshew.org/ShewBread5.htm#willx2\nWhich (law/grace)things(sons) are an "allegory".\nhttp://www.godshew.org/Allegory.htm\n\nIt OBVIOUSLY meaneth God will have grace, and not law;\nFor biblical & historical "evidence" makes it "EVIDENT"\nthat no man is justified by the law in the sight of God.\n\nAll who think other wise, the sacrifice wise, of the law,\ncan also bend over and dble kiss their cheri bums bye bye.\nAnd such is not to be merciless, but rather to be merciful.\nFor it won't change the end that's notably already written,\nbut it will make what's evident ever more evident unto all.\n\nThe "grace" of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.
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you say   In worship services in mosques, Jews are referred to as "pigs" and "rats" and "dogs" that "must be killed for Allah."\nare you muslim? do you attend alot of their services if not? \nhate runs amok, comments like yours only fuel the fire
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Why?\nThe Kosher Slaughter of animals is no less different from a plain Slaughter
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You mean the "akeidat Yitzchak" which is Hebrew for the Binding of Isaac when Abraham offered Isaac up on an altar and almost sacrificed him at God's behest.
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yes before the time of Jesus the Jews would purify themselves before they would inter a holy place, the temple of Solomon for example. outside these holy places they would have huge tubs where the Jews would "Bathe" (I guess is a good way to put it) and after a woman would give birth she was ordered by Jewish law to purify herself in the same manner.
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Of course.  There is a large Christian population that is not subject to the Jewish or Muslim dietary laws.  In addition, there are now many immigrants from Russia and the former communist sattelite countries that grew up without kosher foods and learned to eat non-kosher meat.
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A resounding yes (to the previous post).  Passover is also relevant as it is symbolic of the way in which the blood of Jesus, the Lamb of God, shed for us, means we are forgiven of sin, and "passed over" by God's wrath and the death which all of our sins naturally earn for us.
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The people who lived in Canaan before the children of Israel got there were involved in child sacrifice.  \n\nAccording to Jewish tradition, the people of Canaan were given the choice:\na) change the way you live\nb) leave the land\nc) die fighting\n\nIn fact, the children of Israel were squeamish and DID NOT kill all the people of Canaan.  See the first two chapters of the book of Judges, in which God rebukes the children of Israel for NOT killing them.
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Hindus DEFINATELY do.\n\nMy husband's family does this to this day.  They are from a smaller village in Tamil Nadu (southern tip of India).  Not all Hindus practice this.  If you are a metropolitan, well educated, or have money it's less likely you'll still do this. Your sect (follow Shiva, Vishnu, or Brahama) doesn't matter.\n\nBut, they go to the family god and sacrifice a goat.  In fact, they want us to do this when we visit this winter.  In honor of our son being born...
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Jews do that... in the Old Testament it says "Thou shalt not take the "LORD GOD'S" Name in vain.  Jews have a very strict "law" that prohibits from using the name of god (which, btw, is NOT lord god, nor is it GOD).  But out of respect they decline from using GOD altogether and instead use G_D or something similar.
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Jehovah's Witnesses believe that the scriptures demonstrate a clear pattern indicating the sacredness with which Jehovah God (and thus god-fearing humankind) views all creature blood.\n\nPredates Mosaic Law.\nFor example, over a thousand years before the birth of Moses, the pre-Israel, pre-Jewish, pre-Hebrew man Noah received what the scriptures record as only the second restrictive command on humans (after Garden of Eden's tree):\n\n"Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. For your lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning; of every beast I will require it [that is, lifeblood] and of man" (Genesis 9:3-5)\n\nJewish Law.\nLater, God's feeling regarding blood was codified into the Mosaic Law. This part of the Law dealing with blood was unique in that it applied, not just to Israel, but also to non-Jewish foreigners among them. It's also interesting that besides forbidding the consumption of blood, the Law also mandated that it be 'poured out on the ground', not used for any purpose.\n\n"No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who sojourns among you eat blood. Any man also of the people of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, who takes in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten shall pour out its blood and cover it with dust." (Lev 17:12,13)\n\nBy comparison, it's significant that the Law also forbid the consumption of ceremonial animal fat, but that didn't apply to non-Jewish foreigners and it DID allow the fat to be used for other purposes.\n\n"The LORD said to Moses, "Say to the people of Israel, You shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat. The fat of an animal that dies of itself, and the fat of one that is torn by beasts, may be put to any other use" (Lev 7:22-24)\n\nEarly Christian era.\nThe Christian era ended the validity of the Mosaic Law, but remember that the restriction on eating blood preceded the Mosaic Law by over a thousand years. Still, does the New Testament indicate that Jehovah God changed his view of blood's sacredness?\n\n"[God] freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses" (Eph 1:6,7)\n\n"[God's] beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins... and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood" (Colossians 1:13-20)\n\n"we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who turn to God, but should write to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols and from unchastity and from what is strangled and from blood." Acts 15:19,20\n\n"For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from unchastity." Acts 15:28,29\n\n\nFor most Jehovah's Witness parents, they would never "let their child die" but would work with every health care professional they could find to pursue every non-blood treatment they could think of.
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I like the way they used to do sacrifices before Judeo/Christian Religions were born. In Ancient America tribes used to rip the victims heart out while it was still beating. \n\nMaybe this "God" will be pleased with us, if we do it in this manner. I mean if this "God" forgave people by killing his own son, then he would be even more pleased if we kill Jesus as cruelly as possible.
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Besides for a bit of resentment for missionaries that go after the young and the ignorant. I have a fairly positive outlook on Christianity today. Some of my best friends are Christians. As for Judaism we believe that a person can be Christian and go to heaven.  Our religion states that all a gentile needs to do is believe in G-d and be a moral person. On the other hand Christianity is unacceptable for a Jew in part due to the Christian concept of the trinity it for us (and only us) would equate to idol worship and it is better to sacrifice ones life than to do this. For more info email me.
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first off I have never heard of large pig farms in Israel.\n\nI am not saying they dont exist, but I have never heard of them.\n\nBesides that all the major grocery stores are under the auspices of the Rabbinate, and as part of Israeli law pork products and others are forbidden to be sold. I think the same is in PA areas.\n\nThat being said I think it is possible to get pork in Israel, but its very hard. You baicly have to search out for a small east European specialty store, and even that is imported. Most of the consumers of those places are not even Jewish but Russian immigrants.\n\nSo to answer your question the Pork consumption of Jews/Arabs in Israel is very, very low.
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None of the above it was done by rabbi's. It you read it you will know that Judaism is not from God or of God. The religion of Judaism is a deceiver.
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Their temple was destroyed in 70 AD. No temple, no sacrifice. Their is a group of Jewish leaders in Israel whom have decided if the Temple was ever rebuilt, not to re-establish animal sacrifices.
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1)there is no such thing as 'Jewish blood.' A person can convert TO Judaism, and is therefore a Jew, and a person can convert from Judaism to another faith and is no longer a Jew. Jews define who is a Jew, not the wannabe-Jews.\n\n2)'clean' and 'unclean' are a bad translation. better would be something like, 'they will be considered gross to you,' or 'disgusting.'\n\n3)to answer your question, they are still relevant today TO JEWS. Jews were at Sinai, Jews received the commandments, and Jews were the ones commanded. \n\nPlease see http://WhatJewsBelieve.org