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Well, I can't answer all of your questions, but I do know why we don't sacrifice animals anymore. The sacrifice of animals in the OT was an imperfect symbol of Christ's perfect sacrifice. Christ's sacrifice is perfect and completely sufficient, so we don't need to offer sacrifices anymore.
Also, he sacrificed himself to God. Yes, I know that the Trinity doesn't exactly make rational sense, but hey, if this was something people made up, don't you think they'd have bothered to have things make sense?
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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