[In response to a post about the OT story about the 42 kids killed by bears -sent by God- for mocking a bald prophet.]
"Kid" can refer to anybody from 5 to 35, I think, in Hebrew.
Maybe the guys weren't just mocking him? Maybe they were carrying weapons. Mocking is just "foreplay" for a personal attack? At least forty-two youths following you, mocking you, maybe even bearing arms...
The situation is a tad-bit different now...
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Time to break out the SWORD project!
Fundies maintain that the Bible is literally true, right? Well, this is a perfect example of the favorite apologetic tactics of "that's what it says, but that's not what it means," and (stretch) maybe (twist) possibly (stretch) could have (twist) might have been thinking.
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That's the point they don't believe the bible. That's why they make up their own versions. If they did take it literally you would find more of them acting like Jesus did. With love. Love is not in their vocabulary. Unless they are saying love the sinner hate the sin. But we all know they hate the sin, hate the sinner and want to stone people who are different than they are.
The Last Conformist said:
"The situation is a tad-bit different now..."
Or, maybe it didn't happen at all and was just made up as a neat little story so that children wouldn't mock authority figures.
Why can't we interpret this another way?
That passage was a favorite of a former Sunday School teacher of mine.
Of course, he was bald, and his kids liked to tease him about it...
"Mocking is just "foreplay" for a personal attack?"
By a bear ? Zoophile, much? But then, just your screename raises a flag or three, Dragons 87. Furry, nay, Herpetophile , much?
Never mind said flags, just this statement alone proves you fail as a Bible apologetic.
But then they all do. One word: Evidence. Or lack of such.
...oh, and as for the Bible, just mere baldness is stretching things, even for the so-called literal 'Word of God'
Telly Savalas was bald by choice , not trichological circumstance Two words: Duncan Goodhew.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Goodhew
And he lost all his body hair.
Maybe they weren't kids at all, maybe they were Sharks. Maybe they were staring at him with their eyes. Maybe their eyes were shooting laser beams at him. At least forty-two Sharks with freakin' lasers for eyes..
The situation is a tad-bit different now...
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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