\u00deegar \u00e9g var v\u00edg\u00f0ur til dj\u00e1kna\u00fej\u00f3nustu hj\u00e1 \u00c6skul\u00fd\u00f0ssambandi kirkjunnar \u00ed Reykjav\u00edkurpr\u00f3fastsd\u00e6mum af \u00fe\u00e1verandi biskup \u00cdslands var \u00e9g 24 \u00e1ra gamall. \u00c9g var um t\u00edma yngsti v\u00edg\u00f0i \u00fej\u00f3nn \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0kirkjunnar en \u00e9g vissi \u00fe\u00f3 sem var a\u00f0 yngri prestar hef\u00f0i fengi\u00f0 v\u00edgslu \u00ed einhverjum tilvikum, \u00fe\u00f3 enginn v\u00e6ri yngri en \u00e9g \u00e1 \u00feessum t\u00edma.<\/p>\n
M\u00e9r \u00fe\u00f3tti \u00feetta \u00e1hugavert vegna \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00e9g \u00fe\u00f3ttist muna eftir a\u00f0 samkv\u00e6mt kirkjusam\u00feykktum fr\u00e1 fyrsta \u00e1r\u00fe\u00fasundi eftir Krist v\u00e6ru til sam\u00feykktir um a\u00f0 ekki v\u00e6ri heimilt a\u00f0 v\u00edgja einstaklinga til kirkjulegrar \u00fej\u00f3nustu fyrr en eftir 25 \u00e1ra aldur. \u00c9g hef reyndar aldrei leita\u00f0 \u00feessar kirkjusam\u00feykktir uppi, en \u00ed h\u00e9r \u00ed 8. kaflanum \u00ed 4. M\u00f3seb\u00f3k er mi\u00f0a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 lev\u00edtar hafi n\u00e1\u00f0 25 \u00e1ra aldri \u00e1\u00f0ur en \u00feeir koma til \u00fej\u00f3nustu \u00ed helgihaldinu.<\/p>\n
Reyndar er ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur \u00e1hugavert a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 er gert r\u00e1\u00f0 fyrir a\u00f0 formlegri \u00fej\u00f3nustu lj\u00faki vi\u00f0 fimmtugt, \u00fe\u00f3 \u00feeim sem eldri eru s\u00e9 leyft a\u00f0 hj\u00e1lpa til.<\/p>\n
Annars er tvennt anna\u00f0 \u00ed \u00feessum texta sem vakti athygli m\u00edna. \u00dea\u00f0 er einv\u00f6r\u00f0ungu M\u00f3ses sem talar vi\u00f0 Gu\u00f0, og s\u00e9r um a\u00f0 koma skilabo\u00f0um til Arons. Aron og Gu\u00f0 vir\u00f0ast ekki eiga \u00ed millili\u00f0alausum samskiptum.<\/p>\n
\u00de\u00e1 er \u00feessi a\u00f0greining Lev\u00edtanna enn a\u00f0 trufla mig. Spurningin m\u00edn um hverjir Lev\u00edtarnir voru\/eru ver\u00f0ur sterkari og sterkari. Hva\u00f0 veldur s\u00e9rst\u00f6\u00f0u \u00feeirra \u00ed h\u00f3pi \u00cdsraelsmanna?<\/p>\n
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Eftir a\u00f0 \u00e9g skrifa\u00f0i f\u00e6rsluna f\u00f3r \u00e9g a\u00f0 velta fyrir m\u00e9r v\u00edgsluath\u00f6fninni sem er l\u00fdst. \u00dea\u00f0 er skemmtilegt a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 eru \u00cdsraelsmenn sem heild sem eru sag\u00f0ir leggja hendur yfir Lev\u00edtana vi\u00f0 v\u00edgsluna, ekki einv\u00f6r\u00f0ungu Lev\u00edtarnir sj\u00e1lfir. En \u00ed prestsv\u00edgslu sem \u00e9g t\u00f3k \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed fyrir nokkrum \u00e1rum \u00ed Michigan, var einmitt svo st\u00f3rkostlegt a\u00f0 allur s\u00f6fnu\u00f0urinn lag\u00f0i fram hendur \u00ed fyrirb\u00e6n fyrir hinum v\u00edg\u00f0a, en ekki einv\u00f6r\u00f0ungu hinir prestarnir. Myndin sem fylgir f\u00e6rslunni er fr\u00e1 vi\u00f0komandi prestsv\u00edgslu (af Facebook s\u00ed\u00f0u Stephen Springstubbe<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00deegar \u00e9g var v\u00edg\u00f0ur til dj\u00e1kna\u00fej\u00f3nustu hj\u00e1 \u00c6skul\u00fd\u00f0ssambandi kirkjunnar \u00ed Reykjav\u00edkurpr\u00f3fastsd\u00e6mum af \u00fe\u00e1verandi biskup \u00cdslands var \u00e9g 24 \u00e1ra gamall. \u00c9g var um t\u00edma yngsti v\u00edg\u00f0i \u00fej\u00f3nn \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0kirkjunnar en \u00e9g vissi \u00fe\u00f3 sem var a\u00f0 yngri prestar hef\u00f0i fengi\u00f0 v\u00edgslu \u00ed einhverjum tilvikum, \u00fe\u00f3 enginn v\u00e6ri yngri en \u00e9g \u00e1 \u00feessum t\u00edma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6,31,70,165],"class_list":["post-5946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lestur","tag-ageism","tag-clergy","tag-gods-plan","tag-worship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}