Extremist rabbis call for return of animal sacrifice

[dogday]

JERUSALEM (AP) -- A fringe group of extremist rabbis wants to resume the biblical practice of animal sacrifice at an explosive religious site in Jerusalem, members said Wednesday.

The request defied centuries of religious bans and triggered a stiff protest from a Muslim leader.

When the Jewish Temples stood in the Old City of Jerusalem more than 2,000 year ago, animal sacrifice was a centerpiece of the religion. After the destruction of the Temples, sacrifices were banned and rabbinical teachings took their place as the focus of Judaism.

Now a group, called the "Re-established Sanhedrin" after the Temple-era religious high court, has decided to buy some sheep and try to find one that is ritually perfect for sacrifice, with an eye toward resuming the practice at the Jerusalem site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount.

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/28/israel.animal.ap/index.html

[BonnieJW]

1. Yeah, like that's going to happen.

[porphyrian]

2. Christian fundamentalists must be excited - they think this will bring "The Rapture." - n/t

[RebelOne]

7. Yes, they are definitely excited.

http://www.rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=294866

[demnan]

3. Why not go all the way back to Genesis

How about a first born son on the altar? God should be most pleased with that.

[xchrom]

4. somebody bring these folks a calendar -- and show them the year.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. With all the dough the preachers collect, you'd think God could afford chickens.

Make that pheasant and Beef Wellington.

[Lance_Boyle]

6. 'an explosive religious site in Jerusalem'

Poor choice of words, that.