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Andonites originated ceremonies of. [1]
¶ Animal sacrifice
Abel sacrificed animals in the second garden. [2] Adam substituted offerings of fruit for blood. [3] At first man offered his best animals. [4] At Jerusalem temple. [5] Bullocks. [6] By Andonites. [7] Doves and pigeons for the poor. [8] Held in greater esteem than offerings of agriculture. [9] Isaiah opposed. [10] Jesus opposed. [11] Mithraics ate flesh of animal sacrifices. [12] Replaced human sacrifice. [13]
Atonement for sins of commission and omission. [14] Atonement sacrifice was blanket insurance for racial sin. [15] Barbarous idea of winning God’s favor through. [16] Believed to purchase prosperity. [17] Conceived as message bearer to gods. [18] Debt sacrifice embraced idea of redemption. [19] Drink offering. [20] Earliest idea was neutrality assessment. [21] Examples of early sacrifice. [22] Gift sacrifice connoted attitude of thanksgiving. [23]
¶ Human sacrifice
Ended cannibalism. [24] In foundation provided ghost to protect new structure. [25] Moses forbade. [26] Neanderthalers practiced. [27] Old Testament examples. [28] Physical mutilation became acceptable substitute for. [29] Practice of sacrificing first-born. [30] Practiced by all Andonites except Badonans. [31] Regular feature of weddings among well-to-do. [32] To appease invisible and unknown forces. [33] Virtually universal among primitives. [34]
Idea implies absence of wholehearted affection. [35]
¶ Jesus
Death on cross was not a sacrifice. [36] Did not participate in any religious service of sacrifice. [37] Sought to free apostles from idea of sacrifice. [38] Taught forgiveness without sacrifice. [39]
Melchizedek substituted sacrament of bread and wine for. [40] Place in evolution of religious observances. [41] Primitives only attained favor with God through. [42] Propitiation was positive form of. [43] Seeks to substitute material offerings for consecrated wills. [44] Value gauged by pain suffered. [45]
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- ↑UB 63:6.4
- ↑UB 76:2.2-3
- ↑UB 74:7.21
- ↑UB 89:4.8
- ↑UB 125:1.1,4; UB 125:2.1,3; UB 125:5.5; UB 173:1.1-2
- ↑UB 162:4.3; UB 173:1.6-7
- ↑UB 63:6.4
- ↑UB 122:10.2; UB 173:1.2
- ↑UB 81:1.4
- ↑UB 126:4.5
- ↑UB 125:2.3; UB 125:5.5; UB 173:1
- ↑UB 98:5.4
- ↑UB 89:5.16
- ↑UB 89:0.2
- ↑UB 89:4.5
- ↑UB 4:5.4
- ↑UB 89:8.6
- ↑UB 89:4.3
- ↑UB 89:4.2
- ↑UB 162:4.4
- ↑UB 89:4.5
- ↑UB 89:4.1
- ↑UB 89:4.2
- ↑UB 89:5.15
- ↑UB 89:6.4
- ↑UB 4:5.5
- ↑UB 64:4.12
- ↑UB 89:6.3,6,8
- ↑UB 89:8.2
- ↑UB 89:6.7; UB 93:9.4
- ↑UB 64:3.1
- ↑UB 83:4.4
- ↑UB 64:4.12-13
- ↑UB 89:6.2
- ↑UB 180:1.6
- ↑UB 188:4.3
- ↑UB 179:0.3
- ↑UB 141:4.3
- ↑UB 138:8.2
- ↑UB 93:4.14
- ↑UB 90:0.1
- ↑UB 89:10.1
- ↑UB 89:4.7
- ↑UB 91:2.4
- ↑UB 89:4.1
See also: UB 89:4-9.