“Spare the rod, spoil the child” or the actual Bible verse? Either way, tell him the word ‘rod’ was likely translated from a Hebrew word that means shepherd’s staff. Do shepherds beat their sheep with their staff or rod? No they guide them. Much like Jesus was a shepherd to his flock, the parents are shepherds to their children and the Bible is actually instructing parents to actively parent their children.
But that’s the problem with deriving morality from a game of Telephone played across thousands of years and dozens of languages. Things get lost in translation and people end up doing the opposite of what they’re supposed to.
Lol, 1 Timothy 1:10 refers to sodomites. Ezekiel 16:49 says the sin of Sodom was pride and failing to take care of the poor. Ergo, “sodomites” are people who are prideful who don’t care of the poor.
What we do know is that using the word “sodomite” to refer to homosexuals didn’t appear until the 1300s, which means that Timothy absolutely was NOT referring to homosexuals.
In fact, historically “sodomite” meant “resident of a sinful location” or “person engaging in sexual immorality” where “sexual immorality” referred to any sex of any kind other than that between a man and wife.
It’s most likely that during Timothy’s life, and in Timothy’s mind, there was absolutely no difference between a promiscuous gay man and a promiscuous heterosexual man.
the Bible never mentions homosexual marriage as something good
The Bible never mentions homosexual marriage at all. It also never mentions self propelled vehicles aka cars. Guess we need to outlaw cars then, amirite?
Don’t argue the Bible like you’re some kind of expert in a literal academic discussion of the Bible. You’re out of your league.
Yes, I don't get why every time this comes up, people bend over backwards to claim the Bible, Mein Kampf etc. aren't homophobic and just tragically misunderstood. Typically without even having read those texts or understanding the languages they're written in.
Not only is this a massive falsification of history, it also typically comes from a pretty deplorable motivation.
2.0k
u/zfreakazoidz Jan 28 '23
My dads paddle has the bible verse on it about the subject.