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From: bts@unc.UUCP (Bruce Smith)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Pharaoh's Heart & Is G-D a Vegetarian?
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Date: Wed, 11-Jan-84 02:45:42 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 11 02:45:42 1984
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Steve Collins (scc@mgweed) says:

S  This last Sunday our pastor talked about that passage of Cain and Abel.
T  He explained there was two reasons that God (note) was displeased with
E  Cain. It explained that Abel was a sheperd of his flock. In those days
V  the sheperd of a flock knew all the sheep. Even to the point of calling
E  them by name. This would have been a great sacrifice not like just picking
.  a vegitable from your garden. The second reason is the power in the Blood.
.  When Jesus was crusified his blood washed away the sins of the world.

The first reason, that Abel talked to his sheep, may be a strong argument
in favor of talking to your plants.  I don't see that it explains G-D's
unfavorable reception of Cain's sacrifice.  As for the second reason, the
power of blood, it seems to me that His behavior led to more of it being
spilt.  Did the spilling of Abel's blood accomplish anything positive?
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Bruce Smith, UNC-Chapel Hill
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