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Subject: Re: Drinking Blood

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LiLJew

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Date Posted: 18:14:31 09/27/04 Mon
In reply to: LiLJew 's message, "Re: Drinking Blood" on 18:10:24 09/27/04 Mon

>>Hi, I have a friend who's daughter is interested in
>>drinking blood but would like "proof" that the bible
>>says it's wrong. If anyone has any useful information
>>for me could you please email it or reply with it.
>>Thanks So Much!
>
>
>Here are some other reasons. Im sorry if you get a bit
>too annoyed w/ me, but i hope that you dont, cuz i
>just recently did a study on Hebrews chapter 9 and
>there it mentions a lot about the blood covenant and
>all that stuff. I know that this sounds a bit
>off-topic to you now but believe me im gonna come back.
>
>There are several places in the Bible where it says
>about drinking (or eating something) w/ its blood.
>Here are some of the most important ones that I've
>used:
>
>Genesis 4:10
>Leviticus 17:11
>Deuteronomy 12:23
>
>It comes down to first knowing what the word BLOOD
>means in general. It is a LIFE sustaining fluid that
>runs in our bodies. Its something that keeps us alive.
>W/out blood we'd be dead. Some people think that even
>our soul lies w/in our blood or IT IS our blood. In
>Genesis 4:10 it reads, "Your brother's BLOOD cries out
>to me" that is the same thing as saying "Your
>brother's LIFE cries out to me." that is one of the
>reasons why we are told not only to murder but also
>drink blood.
>
>Leviticus 17:11 mentions "For the LIFE of a creature
>(Yes that includes us human beings too.) IS IN THE
>BLOOD. and I have given it to you to make atonement
>for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that
>makes atonement for one's life." That verse really
>goes in depth of why blood covenants were important
>but that is not the case only the part where it says,
>"For the LIFE of a creature IN IN THE BLOOD." that
>gives us another reason why we shouldnt drink or eat
>something that is still bleeding.
>
>In Deuteronomy 12:23 it says, "But be sure that you do
>not eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and
>you must not eat the life with meat." That does not
>only go towards eating animals that also concerns
>canibalism as well. Although we shouldnt be eating
>other human beings to begin w/, its one sin in itself
>but it is wrong in general to drink blood or eat
>something that is still bleeding not only because it
>can make you sick but because its a full complete
>murdering. When one kills another and just leaves, its
>an unfinished murder because that person was striving
>to take the WHOLE of a life of that person. but if
>another comes by and starts drinking the blood, that
>is, in my opion a full blown committed murder. That is
>one of the other reasons why it says in the bible "Do
>not murder."
>
>I know that I've gotten way to far in this but i hope
>that in some way it helps.

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