Morality?

[newnature]

Morality is not just an obligation equal in importance to the cult or religious obligations of Israel, but that morality is perhaps superior to the cult. The crimes that are denounced as being utterly unacceptable to Yahweh, infuriating Yahweh to the point of destruction of the nation of Israel, are the kinds of crimes we see around us everyday, taking bribes, improper weights and balances, lack of charity to the poor, indifference to the plight of the debtor. Injustice is sacrilege, the ideals of the covenant are of utmost importance. Prophets were sent to Israel, these prophets are called the standard bearers of the covenant, harking back to the covenant obligations. And without these, without the ideals of the covenant, the fulfillment of ritual obligations in and of itself is a farce. What Yahweh requires of Israel is morality and not cultic service. The prophets raised morality to the level of an absolute religious value, and they did so because they saw morality as essentially divine. The essence of Yahweh is his moral nature. Moral attributes are the essence of Yahweh himself, one strives to be Yahweh-like by his moral actions. Read more http://thatlifeyahwehhas.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2012-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=12

[BoneDog]

You're preaching to the converted here brother.

[newnature]

No, just some cool stuff, like I could live up to that moral thing?

[BoneDog]

Hmmm, I thought you were one of those bot spam thingymajigs.

So what brought you to Foxestalk, if you don't mind me asking?

[newnature]

I just stumble and bumble my way here somehow in my crazy learning quest, cool how people know a little here and their, always trying to learn more, thanks.

[BoneDog]

Crackerjack

Welcome to FT and I hope you have a nice stay. Overall it's a friendly place and sometimes there is plenty going off.