Sunday Sermonette: Eat crackers!

Here is the rest of Exodus 12. I understand and respect that this is among the most sacred texts of the Jews, and that it underlies the most important ritual tradition of the religion. It is unusual because it happens at home, and does not involve a priest. It is very important to people ' s identities, and their sense of family and belonging. Nevertheless I ' m going to look at with directly and evaluate it without bias, including any pre-supposition of sacrality or allegorical interpretation. I presume most devout Jews believe that this is all literally true and that these events really happened, as do fundamentalist Christians. It is important to confront the implications were that  true.29 At midnight theLord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well.30 Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.I shouldn ' t bother to point out yet again that the livestock are already dead. Anyway, it ' s important to remember why God does this. It is not to liberate the Hebrews; the story is quite explicit that Pharaoh was prepared to let them go on several occasions, but that God " hardened his heart " to make sure the massacre could happen. God makes several claims about his motives. (Credit to theSk...
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