For the Jews who rejected Jesus as their Messiah, animal sacrifices done in obedience to the Old Testament covenant were stopped in A.D. 70. For the Christian community, animal sacrifices stopped with the death and resurrection of Christ. In the name culture, customs and language the Navajo Nation are sustaining a savage behavior. Truly sad.
This was all reported in the Los Angeles Times.
The 69th annual Miss Navajo Nation Pageant began on a Monday just before 7 a.m. with three young women in long colorful dresses and aprons standing over a trio of trussed, bleating sheep.
(David Kelly / For The Times)
The contestants patted the animals with small pine branches, blessing them. The women drew knives, grabbed the sheep by their chins and slit their throats. Blood spilled into the dirt. The contestants had one hour to kill, skin and gut the sheep, 30 minutes to clean the intestines and 20 minutes to cut up the meat.
The article did not show any of the slaughtered animals.
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