A Fallacious Tear-Jerking Scenario
Ian & Pam Dorion dorioni@ipa.net
Thu, 11 Sep 1997 09:59:01 -0600 (00874015141, 34181545.487@ipa.net)
Lenny Santee wrote:
>
> 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?
>
> TYPE @ U LATER
> Lenny
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IAN
As usual Lenny, you have taken what they have said completely out of
context.