• sylver_dragon
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    5211 days ago

    Deuteronomy is originally from the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewish mythology, the book is from the sermons of Moses. Though, it’s believed to be much more recent (something like a 1000 years) than the time period where the figure of Moses (or the person(s) he was based on) would have existed. But, even taking Jewish and Christian mythologies at their word, Jesus had nothing to do with that rule. Also, Jesus probably meant for this rule to end for adherents of Christianity.

    Mark 7:14-23:
    14 Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this.
    15 Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”
    17 After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable.
    18 “Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them?
    19 For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)
    20 He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them.
    21 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder,
    22 adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
    23 All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”

    So, feel free to boil a young goat in its mother’s milk. Jesus is A-ok with that.

    • @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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      11 days ago

      Deuteronomy is originally from the Hebrew Bible

      And further back? Babylonian? There’s some Gilgamesh and Atrahasis in the bible, Moses among others…

      • sylver_dragon
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        110 days ago

        I would be surprised if they were borrowing ideas from other cultures in the area (and vice versa). The various peoples in Mesopotamia were interacting regularly; so, some back and forth of ideas is to be expected. Though as a law code, Deuteronomy seems like it would be more home grown.

        • @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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          39 days ago

          Not at all surprised, christianity has assimilated all kinds of religions, usually as evil or demon prince. Some examples: Moloch, Beelzebub.

          You can literally look up <ancient deity> and search for christianity.

          • sylver_dragon
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            39 days ago

            Sorry, just recognized my typo, I meant to say “I wouldn’t be surprised…”., Not sure how I missed that.

    • @pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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      1311 days ago

      Also, Jesus probably meant for this rule to end for adherents of Christianity.

      I mean, Jesus was Jewish and he wouldn’t have called his followers Christians because he hadn’t died on a cross yet. He would have called them his Jewish brothers and his followers would have done the same for decades afterwards. He was the leader of a sect of Judaism.

      • @Pacattack57@lemmy.world
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        I think what he’s referring to is much of the Jewish traditions (by other Christian denominations) are deemed unnecessary because Jesus fulfilled the prophecies and therefore “preparation” for his coming is no longer required.

        It’s a little hard to explain but that’s why Christians don’t do any of the dietary restrictions in the old testament.

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          I understand what he’s saying, he’s saying that the followers believe something different.

          I’m saying none of that matters. It’s like being Catholic versus Lutheran, but Jewish vs. other Jewish that thinks Jesus was the Messiah. Still Jewish for at least decades, probably centuries.

          They believed that while he was still alive. We know this because he and his disciples celebrated Passover at the last supper and they thought he was the messiah while he was alive.

    • snooggums
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      1011 days ago

      15 Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.”

      Jesus is against the pull out method confirmed.

      • sylver_dragon
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        510 days ago

        Every sperm is sacred. Every sperm is good. If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate.

    • @Sludgeyy@lemmy.world
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      711 days ago

      So, feel free to boil a young goat in its mother’s milk. Jesus is A-ok with that.

      How did you get that it was alright to boil a young goat in its mother’s milk out of that?

      Sure, he says you could eat the young goat that has been boiled in its mother’s milk.

      But nothing saying it’s alright to boil the young goat in the first place, which the OP verse clearly states.

      • @frezik@midwest.social
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        It’s a technicality. Jesus didn’t require any of the old law to be followed unless expressly said otherwise. The only two things that were expressly said otherwise was “love God” and “love your neighbor”. Therefore, baby goat milk boiling is fine.

    • @RattlerSix@lemmy.world
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      This isn’t a sermon of Moses, it’s God’s law. God said to follow his law forever. Christians ignore it, but Jesus said to follow the law forever too.

      • @letsgo@lemm.ee
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        311 days ago

        The Old Testament Law/Covenant still stands today and you have the choice to try to follow it if you want. I don’t see why you would want to because it’s “to be perfect you have to do all this all your life but TLDR you’ve already broken it so it’s impossible and you’re already condemned”. Jesus introduced a new covenant (aka testament, hence “New Testament”, also called “New Covenant” in some bibles) of grace and forgiveness, which is superior to the Old. We don’t ignore the Old as such, we just follow the New because it’s better.

        • @RattlerSix@lemmy.world
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          211 days ago

          I don’t see how quoting the two most important commandments negates any of the rest. It goes against when he said to follow all of them, even the least of them, until the end of the earth

      • sylver_dragon
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        19 days ago

        It’s Yahweh’s laws but the mythology has it provided by Moses in his sermons to the Israelites. As for Christians ignoring bits of it, part of that is based on saying attributed to Jesus in the gospels (e.g. the bit from Mark I quoted above) and also the simple fact that most religions update themselves as society changes. If anything, I think the Catholic church was smart to have a leader who could receive “new revelations from God”. It lets them update canon, while maintaining the illusion that they aren’t just making shit up to stay relevant.