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Originally Posted by Crumb's Crunchy Delights
"He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord."
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no.. that is to enter into the Tabernacle or Solomon/Jerrubibal/Herod's Temple. In Moses' time, women who were menstruous or men who had there testicles smashed, removed, or otherwise severely injured, were no permitted to step into the tent/temple, they simply had to pray
outside. Today in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, this same Mosaic ritualistic purity is actively practiced, and menstruous women DO NOT enter into Ethiopian churches, rather they stand outside and pray with all the other folks who got there late (they close the doors after the services starts, if your late you also pray outside)
It has nothing to do with Heaven, Hell, Sin, etc etc
This is one of those rare circumstances where the Bible should be taken ABSOLUTELY LITERALLY within the context of the text.