God Smoking Cannabis?

Douglas R. Larson berean@brookings.net
Thu, 6 Nov 1997 21:45:15 -0600 (00878895915, 199711070342.VAA25312@serv.brookings.net)



> >> DOUG LARSON
> >> >I want what God is smoking. We should all want what God is smoking!
> >> >I need what God is smoking. We all need what God is smoking!
> >>
> >> RALPH NIELSEN
> >> I didn't know that YHWH liked the smoke of burnt plants; but he tells
us in
> >> his Book that the smoke from the burning bodies of birds and animals
is "a
> >> pleasing odor" to him (Genesis 8:20-21a).
>
> CLAIRE O'CONNOR
> >WHAT I LEARNED WHEN WE STUDIED THE BOOK OF GENESIS:
> >This tidbit from the Yahwist author was a leftover from the Babylonian
> >flood myth. The Israelites later unequivocally rejected the
> >(anthropomorphic) pagan notion that food offered to the gods was
> >actually eaten by them.
> >
> RALPH NIELSEN
> The Bible doesn't say the YHWH ate the sacrifices, only that he enjoyed
the
> the smoke. But I wonder, did he "inhale?"
Well, he'd have to inhale in order to smell the pleasing aroma! After all the sins being reconciled from the burndt offerings, it's simply amazing that any animals were left to graze the grasses after YaWeH finished with the Levitical & Mosaic Law's. I'll just betcha every steer, oxen, and sheep, were saying "OH SHIT" under their breath! It's Good to be God--it's good to be at the top of the food chain!
> The priests ate the sacrifices. They tended to suffer from constant
> diarrhea as a result. They also ate frankincense to make themselves smell
> nicer.
Oy Vey! ;-) No A-1 or Heinz 57 steak sauce. Doug Larson