"biblical sense"
I'm not sure if I understand why having sex with someone is considered knowing them "in the biblical sense".
I mean, I'm not really much of a bible-guy. I could point one out on a bookshelf. I know the rough outlines of some of the more interesting stories, but not the morals.
Like-- what's the moral of the Adam and Eve getting kicked out of the garden story? Was the whole reason solely because they didn't listen to God's instructions? Or, is there something bad about apples? Or is it to show how unreasonable God is (I mean, apples are GOOD for you)? I think if God had gotten around to creating a good attorney, Adam and Eve would have been better off.
And the story about Samson. How many rabid-christians grow their hair down to their asses and commit suicide whilst killing as many heathens as possible? Yes, I like the story-- I just don't understand the moral. The obvious possibilities just can't be the main point. Hair=Strength (this one is obviously true). Don't trust women (debatable). Donkey-jawbones=WMDs (maybe this could help out Bush?).
And the story of Sodom and Gomorrah is completely confusing. For one thing, Abraham is able to logically argue with God using an argument which resembles a classical logical paradox (Zeno's paradox), whereby he diminishes God's initial requirement of finding 50 good people to just 5 in order to save the city. When the people of Sodom surround Lot's house and demand to "know" his guests (two angels), Lot offers his two virgin daughters instead. Okay--- how is that right? Can't angels fend for themselves a lot better than two little girls? Then Lot's wife is turned into salt for looking back over her shoulder at the city God is destroying. AND then, Lot's two daughters get him drunk and have sex with him and bear his children. I know that there's a moral here somewhere.
Obviously I don't have much of a biblical sense.
I mean, I'm not really much of a bible-guy. I could point one out on a bookshelf. I know the rough outlines of some of the more interesting stories, but not the morals.
Like-- what's the moral of the Adam and Eve getting kicked out of the garden story? Was the whole reason solely because they didn't listen to God's instructions? Or, is there something bad about apples? Or is it to show how unreasonable God is (I mean, apples are GOOD for you)? I think if God had gotten around to creating a good attorney, Adam and Eve would have been better off.
And the story about Samson. How many rabid-christians grow their hair down to their asses and commit suicide whilst killing as many heathens as possible? Yes, I like the story-- I just don't understand the moral. The obvious possibilities just can't be the main point. Hair=Strength (this one is obviously true). Don't trust women (debatable). Donkey-jawbones=WMDs (maybe this could help out Bush?).
And the story of Sodom and Gomorrah is completely confusing. For one thing, Abraham is able to logically argue with God using an argument which resembles a classical logical paradox (Zeno's paradox), whereby he diminishes God's initial requirement of finding 50 good people to just 5 in order to save the city. When the people of Sodom surround Lot's house and demand to "know" his guests (two angels), Lot offers his two virgin daughters instead. Okay--- how is that right? Can't angels fend for themselves a lot better than two little girls? Then Lot's wife is turned into salt for looking back over her shoulder at the city God is destroying. AND then, Lot's two daughters get him drunk and have sex with him and bear his children. I know that there's a moral here somewhere.
Obviously I don't have much of a biblical sense.
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