Did God invent circumcision to take sexual pleasure away?

Did God invent circumcision to take sexual pleasure away? Oct 9, 2017 21:47:35 GMT

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Post by gadreel on Oct 9, 2017 21:47:35 GMT

Oct 9, 2017 21:37:25 GMT CoolJGS☺ said:

Oct 9, 2017 20:46:25 GMT gadreel said:

Actually that seems less likely to me, but as I said there is actually a rationale for most of the rules.

Why?

There is already information regarding the priest being allowed to wear mixed fabrics and there were already sufficient markers to separate the from other tribes - circumcision, tattoos, etc...

Were there other tribes out there with mixed garments and, if so, why would the priests have them?

Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart:

These and other prohibitions were designed to forbid the Israelites to engage in fertility cult practices of the Canaanites. The Canaanites believed in sympathetic magic, the idea that symbolic actions can influence the gods and nature…. Mixing animal breeds, seeds, or materials was thought to “marry” them” so as magically to produce “offspring,” that is, agricultural bounty in the future.

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It's not about seperating them from other tribes it is about avoiding pagan practices.