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Let’s examine the animals used by the Israelites in the Bible, listed by economic value, to see how sacrificing affected an individual economically.
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The Bible on Scientific Nomenclature
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If the Bible is the truth, how come we don’t see scientific distinctions in nature with the naming of creatures and objects? For example, some people question how there have been no deaths before the fall if God allowed humans and animals to eat plants, aren’t plants alive? The first audience of the Bible didn’t have the same knowledge and understanding as we have today, so the text needed to be simple enough to be understood over time at different levels of human knowledge, as well as across cultures, regardless of the level of education. Jesus’ parables are primarily about agriculture because, no matter how much humans progress scientifically, we all still rely on the same process of sowing and reaping.
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Flying creatures only have to be herbivores, and land creatures that were herbivores that chewed cud (regurgitated grass) and had split hooves were considered clean. Land and air creatures that were omnivores, carnivores, and scavengers were all classified as unclean. This may have been connected to why humans are forbidden from consuming blood as a moral sin in the Bible (Genesis 9:4, Leviticus 7:25-26, Leviticus 17:10-14, Leviticus 19:26, Deuteronomy 12:16, Deuteronomy 12:22-25, Deuteronomy 15:23, Acts 15:20 & 29). What if animals that eat meat (who consume blood) are classified as sinful in a sense because they don’t drain the blood? Land creatures are even further distinguished by their anatomy (split hooves), which may provide clues into their digestive processes. For example, rabbits are cud chewers, but they also eat their dung, which may be viewed as unclean.
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