Tuesday, June 22, 2004
The idea of the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) is the cleansing of sins, thus becoming “at one” atoned, with God. On this day, sins are placed on two goats. One, with no name at all, as far as I can tell, stays with the “congregation” and is subsequently sacrificed. The other, named “Azazel” or, in... Sign in to see full entry.
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
You know, we should talk about that in depth. My though is that we should devote a blog entirely to the subject (not the one immediately below this one [maybe above this one by the time you read it]). The idea is to pretend that we are government and that we have decided to make God an integral part... Sign in to see full entry.