The "Cultural Context" Excuse

[Nihilist Virus]

This is the first time I've ever heard this, in all the discussions with theists I've listened to over the last few years. Quite an imagination.

Let's face it, this is what the authors more likely had in mind:

It was a talking snake. Its head was off the floor, with part of its body being vertical to support it. Then God cursed it, and the whole thing went flat.

Talk about having an imagination...

Man, you just keep dodging my questions. You made no real attempt to answer Numbers 5 other than to seemingly say, "Well, it uses the phrase 'her thigh will rot' and instead of thinking about what that means I'll just pretend it's not addressing abortion whatsoever regardless of what the NIV says."

Meanwhile, I said this on the other page:

The text in the KJV says that her "thigh will rot." Given that it says if she's cleared of charges she will be able to procreate, this implies that if she's guilty she will become barren.

If a woman is already preggers and then is cursed so that she will never be able to bear children, what do you think happens to the precious little bundle of joy in her womb? Are you going to tell me that this passage, which clearly describes itself as being about marital jealousy, actually means to say that the woman will be allowed to give birth to her current child (provided she's preggers) even though the child is the result of adultery?