A Fallacious Tear-Jerking Scenario
Lenny Santee lennys@iglou.com
Thu, 11 Sep 1997 08:56:19 -0400 (00874004179, E0x98mO-00072K-00@iglou1)
On Thu, Sep 11, 1997 at 04:02:14AM +0100, Matt Bell wrote:
> > What would you do if your son/daughter was being raped by a group of
men.
> > Intervene or stand back and watch?
>
> Genesis 19:5-8 (NIV)
> 5
> They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to
> you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have
> sex with them."
> 6
> Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door
> behind him
> 7
> and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked
> thing.
> 8
> Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with
> a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do
> what you like with them. But don't do anything to
> these men, for they have come under the protection of
> my roof."
>
> 2 Peter 2:7-8 (NIV)
> 7
> and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was
> distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men
> 8
> (for that righteous man, living among them day after
> day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the
> lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
>
> (The KJV is not substantially different except being more difficult to
> read)
>
> Apparently, I can offer my son or daughter to be raped and still be
> righteous. Moments after offering his daughers to be raped, he was
> still "righteous" enough to be rescued from Sodom. So, anyhow,
> biblically I think it is the parent who is supposed to offer the
> daughters up for rape, but I don't know if he has to watch.
> Intervening is not in the picture.
>
> That's the scriptural answer.
>
> Why, what answer did you hope for?
>
> Jeff
LENNY
Before Farrell and April got themselves kicked off Jerry's list they said
that under some circumstances this would be the morally right thing to do.
In fact April was going to offer her daughter and Till was going to rape
her. Maybe they do believe in the Bible?
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Lenny
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