In Judges Ch. 11, why did God allow a girl to be sacrificed?

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Judges 11:30-31  And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, and said, "If thou wilt give the Ammonites into my hand, then whoever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious from the Ammonites, shall be the Lord's, and I will offer him up for a burnt offering".

So, Jephthah defeated the Ammonites and his daughter is the first to come out of the house when he returns.  (Judges 11:32-34)

Judges 11:39  And at the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had made.

So, His vow was to kill the first to come out of his home if God helped him defeat the Ammonites.  God did help Jephthah defeat the Ammonites and he fulfilled the vow, which means that Jephthah burned his daughter as a sacrifice to the Lord.  Why did he not stop this like in the story of Abraham and Isaac?

Geekier Than Thou · Accepted Answer

There's one key difference between this story and the one about Abraham and Isaac. God ASKED Abraham to sacrifice his son to prove Abraham's faith. 

Jephthah was just stupid. He was cocky and needed to suffer the consequences of his pride.

ascencio · Answer

Abraham substitute into being examined, yet Jephthah made a rash vow. Jephthah needless to say had an reason to offer some thing efficient to God in replace for help in conflict, and a few would say to the factor of burning that present to him. yet whilst he did actually sacrifice her to God, there is not any way God would have been delighted by it, for it substitute right into a contravention of the regulation of the burnt offering in Leviticus and "Thou shalt no longer kill" of Exodus 20:13. God did help him in conflict, in spite of the incontrovertible fact that it substitute into Jepththah who took the blame for the effect of that vow. even with this in spite of the incontrovertible fact that, it somewhat is attainable that he satisified the vow otherwise by offering her up as a living burnt sacrifice, meaning she would stay a virgin for the the remainder of her existence as a dedication to God. in this form, the vow ought to be fulfilled interior the comparable way the Levites have been provided to God in Numbers 8 or interior the way the Nazarenes have been separated to God in Numbers 6. In the two case, God takes no blame for what happened there.

Anonymous · Answer

Here's links to child & sexual abuse by Buddhist Monks:

Sri Lanka 'child abuse' arrests
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3175846.stm

Tibetan Buddhist Master infects Gay Disciples with HIV
http://www.flameout.org/flameout/gurus/tibetan.html

Britain's most influential Tibetan Buddhist Guru found guilty of sexually abusing female disciples
http://www.flameout.org/flameout/gurus/sogyal_sexualhealing.html

Karaoke monk booted out
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/982094.stm

Monks arrested over sexual abuse of Sri Lankan war orphans
http://quickstart.clari.net/qs_se/webnews/wed/bn/Qsrilanka-children-abuse.RHUz_DO8.html

Burmese children forced to become Buddhist monks
http://www.canadianchristianity.com/cgi-bin/na.cgi?international/0404burmese

Buddhist Extremists Attack Christian-Run Children’s Home in Sri Lanka
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/buddhist.extremists.attack.christian.run.childrens.home.in.sri.lanka/7261.htm

Here are some links to articles detailing persecution and violence in the name of Buddha:

BUDDHIST LEADERS FROM ALL SCHOOLS OF BUDDHISM CALLED WW2 ‘A HOLY WAR’ IN THE NAME OF BUDDHA
http://vishvapaniswriting.blogspot.com/2007/02/rude-awakenings-zen-at-war.html

Extremists stir up anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lankan:
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/nov2002/sri-n12.shtml

Crackdown on Burmese Muslims:
http://www.hrw.org/legacy/backgrounder/asia/burma-bck.htm

Ftwasher · Answer

God didnt stop any of jepethahs other sins either

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In Judges Ch. 11, why did God allow a girl to be sacrificed?

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