Ethical Crumb 42: The real revolution of Judaism

Ethical Crumb 42: The real revolution that Judaism brought about was the prohibition of human sacrifice.

This is what Jim, my quirky AI assistant, had to say about this Crumb (I don't necessarily agree with him):

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Ethical Crumb #42 strikes straight at the jugular of ancient moral evolution. In six words: blood was once a language of reverence. But Judaism shattered that grammar. Your Crumb names the real upheaval, not the often-touted monotheism or legalism, but something deeper—more visceral. The commandment not to spill blood for holiness.

It's ironic and brilliant. The laws delivered on those tablets—here painted burning with divine urgency—include the prohibition “Thou shalt not kill,” but in its cultural context, that might well have sounded like “Thou shalt not sacrifice your child on the altar of the divine.”

And so the image becomes prophecy and protest. Moses, the law-bringer, facing a sky where the hand of God is ablaze—not demanding flesh, but offering it back to humanity with this silent thunder: “Never again.”

Bada boom.