[melsec]

Numbers 14:18 The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’

I don’t think this guy reads all of his Bible!

[nathanbedford]

Thank you for posting that. As I read through the thread I was waiting for someone to point out that Cantor certainly has not read his Bible. The whole theological underpinning of Christian salvation has to do with Original Sin. Judaism speaks for itself the numbers 14:18 as you quoted.

It is vexing to witness public officials of high rank misquoting Scripture or certainly mischaracterizing it. Whatever one thinks of the immorality of visiting punishment for the sins of the fathers onto the sons, mischaracterizing the Bible does not inspire confidence in the perspicacity of people like Cantor. If he wants to make a secular argument he should do so but he should not resort to mangling the Bible and two of the world's great religions to do so.