tabernacle

I like how detailed the builder's specs for the tabernacle are. Paaaaages and paaaaages of expensive building materials."

Christians would be upset to see a tabernacle used out of context. We should show the same respect to the morally equivalent symbols on other cultures.

I made a list of "favorites" and there were plenty to choose from, even tabernacle choir music, Russian spiritual music, etc.

Or a temple, synagogue, cathedral, monastery, abbey, tabernacle, or center?" Church" is just the generic English word for "place of worship".

Yes, he had done them, secretly, filthily, time after time, and, hardened in sinful impenitence, he had dared to wear the mask of holiness before the tabernacle itself while his soul within was a living mass of corruption. How came it that God had not struck him dead?

Necromancer, tabernacle, exsanguinate, odious... the list goes on.

That whole sacrificing-food-by-burning-it thing carries over into the old testament too, with god consuming offerings in the tabernacle via flames. It also struck me how human the Sumerian/Babylonian gods were.

Looking up Mormon tabernacle choir, for instance, shows a high listenership of politically active, religious conservatives, while people that listen to system of a down tend to be moderate liberals with less political involvement. Music demographics data is fascinating!

It’s like when David gave directions for the construction of the temple and Solomon built it, that didn’t mean Moshe’s directions regarding the tabernacle were no longer God’s holy word — even though there never again was a tabernacle.

Actually, the tradition regarding what qualifies as work is significantly more specific than you seem to think; the 39 melochot are the categories of tasks involved in the construction and operation of the tabernacle--all work on which was specifically prohibited for Shabbat, so associated tasks are prohibited into modern times. All systems of thought tend to calcify over time, as the same concepts and results continue to be repeatedly verified; one can't single out religion in this regard, just because the major religions are among the eldest organized systems of thought.