Kali is a fearful and ferocious form of a mother goddess. In Elizabeth Harding’s book, Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar, she became powerful and popular by a Godly creature, Devi Mahatmya, developed in the 5th-6thcentury AD. In these writings she is depicted as having been born from the brow of Goddess Durga during one of her battles with the evil forces. In the battle, Kali destroyed and killed everything in sight. To stop her, Lord Shiva, begged her to stop and she stuck her tongue out in astonishment (xii)
The common image of Kali shows her with four arms, with a sword in one hand and the head of a demon in another. The other two hands bless her worshippers, and say, "fear not"! She has two dead heads for her earrings, a string of skulls as necklace, and a girdle made of human hands as her clothing. Her tongue protrudes from her mouth, her eyes are red, and her face and breasts are sullied with blood. She stands with one foot on the thigh, and another on the chest of her husband, Lord Shiva (Harding xxix).
When Joshua and Biff witness the bloody sacrifices to Kali, Joshua does not believe this is right. He believes the people shouldn't worship their God's this way. He says, "No more sacrifices, no more blood." I don't think he is only talking about the Hindu ways of worship, but Judaism worship as well. He believes they should be worshiping a God who does not make them sacrifice, he has feelings people should be worshiping his God or his father.
“For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins” is seen in the American Standard Version of the Bible in Hebrews 10:26. It goes along with what Joshua was expressing. His idea of sacrifice as silly and there are other ways to prove to your God your faith.
The common image of Kali shows her with four arms, with a sword in one hand and the head of a demon in another. The other two hands bless her worshippers, and say, "fear not"! She has two dead heads for her earrings, a string of skulls as necklace, and a girdle made of human hands as her clothing. Her tongue protrudes from her mouth, her eyes are red, and her face and breasts are sullied with blood. She stands with one foot on the thigh, and another on the chest of her husband, Lord Shiva (Harding xxix).
When Joshua and Biff witness the bloody sacrifices to Kali, Joshua does not believe this is right. He believes the people shouldn't worship their God's this way. He says, "No more sacrifices, no more blood." I don't think he is only talking about the Hindu ways of worship, but Judaism worship as well. He believes they should be worshiping a God who does not make them sacrifice, he has feelings people should be worshiping his God or his father.
“For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more a sacrifice for sins” is seen in the American Standard Version of the Bible in Hebrews 10:26. It goes along with what Joshua was expressing. His idea of sacrifice as silly and there are other ways to prove to your God your faith.
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