[Vasu]

No, i meant that God made a promise to abraham that his decendents would be numerous, and so he had to protect the Jews. Besides, they're the only ones who had acctually ever listened to him, at the time.

Also, i havent done too much research on that part of the topic. i'll check it out if i get the time.

WHATEVER god had promised, WHATEVER he set out to do could have been done without bloodshed unless it was a promise to kill someone (which also proves my point BTW). There isn't really much research required.

i THINK i read something saying that a doctor was allowed to check... im not entirely sure if i read it right, or if the source was reliable though. i'll check it out, though.

Yeah, the only reason I asked is because for some reason dead bodies are considered sacred by many religions.