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Date Posted: 09:21:21 02/25/08 Mon
Author: Betsy Peters
Subject: Re: A Question about Worship/Sacrifice/Ritual
In reply to: Jfish 's message, "Re: A Question about Worship/Sacrifice/Ritual" on 20:33:31 02/24/08 Sun

Is this then what David means in Psalm 51:
"Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God [...] For you do not desire sacrfice, or else I would give it. You do not delight in burnt offerings. The sacrifices of a broken spirit are a humble and contrite heart. These, O God, you will not despise."
David acknowledges that God wants sacrficies of heart not of bloody violence. At the same time, this begs the question, does God still, then, want sacrifices? David assumes that the answer is yes (and no). Are we equivocating on the word "sacrifice"- i.e. 1) a vicitm that is violently offered on behalf of the many or of another to restore order to the community and 2) I am not sure how to define sacrifice in the latter use, but it can't be performing the same function as bloody sacrifice if "broken heart sacrifice" checks against ending violence with violence.

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