RE: Help with a Christian girlfriend
January 14, 2012 at 8:11 pm
(This post was last modified: January 14, 2012 at 8:17 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
No, most definitely not. A large majority of this country is christian, any "deviant" sex act is likely to have christians behind it. 
You don't want to flesh out your "choose to be gay" argument at all do you. Can I take that to mean that you're silently acknowledging that it was complete garbage?
Please cite the scripture that states that they were married, and then explain why they snuck around under cover of night..with her pleading for him to leave before sunrise, and he begging her to flee with him away from Jerusalem. Perhaps explain why Solomon is courting a married woman (you see, Solomon is part of a love triangle between these characters...lol). The apologists argument here btw, is that the entirety of the poem is meant to be taken as a dream, with only the final verses regarding sex as taking place in the waking world. Wy do they interpret it this way? Is there anything in the text which would suggest this? In short, no. They interpret it this way because otherwise it has a very strong conflict with existing dogma about marriage, and like you, apologists generally tend to believe that every jot and tittle of their fairy tale has something to say about god. You failed at this harder than they do.
Oh, so quick to sound the retreat. The Song of Songs is not about Solomon, or any wedding of his. It is not about two married lovers, it is not about what god approves of or condemns. It is, as you have finally so succinctly put, a poem. It is riddled with metaphor but is not metaphoric of anything at all itself. "The point of this book" is to be sung before an audience, as I've already mentioned. You should probably avoid speaking for god.
Care to head along to Verse 5 or are we done here?
You don't want to flesh out your "choose to be gay" argument at all do you. Can I take that to mean that you're silently acknowledging that it was complete garbage?
Please cite the scripture that states that they were married, and then explain why they snuck around under cover of night..with her pleading for him to leave before sunrise, and he begging her to flee with him away from Jerusalem. Perhaps explain why Solomon is courting a married woman (you see, Solomon is part of a love triangle between these characters...lol). The apologists argument here btw, is that the entirety of the poem is meant to be taken as a dream, with only the final verses regarding sex as taking place in the waking world. Wy do they interpret it this way? Is there anything in the text which would suggest this? In short, no. They interpret it this way because otherwise it has a very strong conflict with existing dogma about marriage, and like you, apologists generally tend to believe that every jot and tittle of their fairy tale has something to say about god. You failed at this harder than they do.
Oh, so quick to sound the retreat. The Song of Songs is not about Solomon, or any wedding of his. It is not about two married lovers, it is not about what god approves of or condemns. It is, as you have finally so succinctly put, a poem. It is riddled with metaphor but is not metaphoric of anything at all itself. "The point of this book" is to be sung before an audience, as I've already mentioned. You should probably avoid speaking for god.
Care to head along to Verse 5 or are we done here?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
