Posted on 05/06/2010 4:31:20 AM PDT by Kaslin
There's a lot of material there that you don't want to explain to kids. I knew the story of the mob that attacked Abraham's nephew Lot in Sodom years before I had any idea what that mob was after. I can still remember the way my dad looked at me when I mentioned the story to him, as if he were wondering how much I understood at the age of 8.
All the same, you might check out how when the Bible recounts such stuff, it avoids the titillation that you find in pr0n. Stuff like the rape of Tamar by Amnon, where the writer manages to make the scene practically materialize before the reader, as he does with all the events in his history, but completely without salacious details. If a modern novelist were to write the same story, there would be no avoiding such.
loved your response...
An interesting perspective on the history presented by the Bible.
THX FOR THE PING.
Will check it out.
But the Old Testament writers dont say this. Instead they depict their own people as sinful and fickle slaves who, time after time, are miraculously rescued by God, but who abandon him every chance they get.
Just like the rest of us fallen creatures unless and until God grabs us by the collar, gives us new ears and new eyes and a heart of flesh in place of our heart of stone, and renews our mind by the Holy Spirit so that we can understand the things of God and believe in Jesus Christ as Lord, God and Savior.
Initially, a bit "embarrassing," given none of us sinners deserves any of those free gifts. But all in all, a miraculous plan ordained by God, all for His glory and the welfare of His family, named and numbered from among all nations and races and eras who mercifully have been redeemed by the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
I like your homepage. Just think how different this world would be today if Duncan Hunter had been elected to the Presidency. (((sigh)))
The page has been taken down from Townhall.
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Still comes up for me.
Isn't that the truth!
Right! And saying Song of Solomon is R-rated would be too nice.
Must’ve been temporarily down, I have it now, thanks.
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Right! And saying Song of Solomon is R-rated would be too nice.
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I’m no Biblical expert...but I do recall hearing on some radio program
(Focus On The Family??) that “Song of Solomon” was generally kept
behind locked doors (during Biblical times).
And it was only available to young Israelis when they were approaching “adult” status.
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