Post "unclear" verses

I think there are very few bible verses where it's unclear whether they are intended to be literal or figurative. Obvious exceptions are prophetic verses such as in Revelations.

Post any verse that you think can be interpreted more than one way, other than prophetic verses.

Originally posted by vivify
I think there are very few bible verses where it's unclear whether they are intended to be literal or figurative. Obvious exceptions are prophetic verses such as in Revelations.

Post any verse that you think can be interpreted more than one way, other than prophetic verses.

The last book of the Bible is called The Revelation of Jesus Christ, not Revelations. This is definitely clear. 🙂

Originally posted by divegeester
The last book of the Bible is called The Revelation of Jesus Christ, not Revelations. This is definitely clear. 🙂

See? Understanding is easy-peasy.

Exodus 20:13 "Thou shall not kill."

Years ago I quizzed a Christian on what this entailed, getting into things like piloting a bomber in wartime, capital punishment, swatting a fly on purpose, accidentally stepping on a worm, eating corn when the cornstalk was killed by the harvester, and so on.

Originally posted by Paul Dirac II
Exodus 20:13 "Thou shall not kill."

Years ago I quizzed a Christian on what this entailed, getting into things like piloting a bomber in wartime, capital punishment, swatting a fly on purpose, accidentally stepping on a worm, eating corn when the cornstalk was killed by the harvester, and so on.

This means don't kill.

"But what about---"

No different from any other law in the world, in that there are obvious exceptions (self-defense, carrying out a judicial sentence, etc.).

The preacher at 3:15 (after you sit through the commercial ad) says, "There's no place in scripture for a woman to be a pastor."
http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/archive/segment/540e11b5fe3444535b0001dc?cps=gravity_2598_3299901929730760861

He may be basing it on this--
1 Corinthians 14:34 "Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law."

Originally posted by vivify
This means don't kill.

"But what about---"

No different from any other law in the world, in that there are obvious exceptions (self-defense, carrying out a judicial sentence, etc.).

Do you maintain that all true Christians will agree with you on what the specific exceptions are?

Oops: Just saw Vivify's post, "I'm not a Christian."

Not sure what the motivation for the OP is. 😕

Originally posted by Paul Dirac II
Do you maintain that all true Christians will agree with you on what the specific exceptions are?

Oops: Just saw Vivify's post, "I'm not a Christian."

Not sure what the motivation for the OP is. 😕

I'm tired of all the Christians who use the whole literal vs. not literal thing to defend the bible when it doesn't hold up against modern sensibility. For example, when it's pointed out that the bible is wrong about the age of the earth, the Flood, etc., a lot of Christians use the whole "it's just an allegory defense". B.S. The bible absolutely meant for Genesis to be literal, but in the face of modern science, it's claims are proven false.

It's not just with the Creation story either. I've seen it done to sweep things like homosexuals going to hell under the rug.

Originally posted by Paul Dirac II
Exodus 20:13 "Thou shall not kill."

Years ago I quizzed a Christian on what this entailed, getting into things like piloting a bomber in wartime, capital punishment, swatting a fly on purpose, accidentally stepping on a worm, eating corn when the cornstalk was killed by the harvester, and so on.

Originally posted by Paul Dirac II
Exodus 20:13 "Thou shall not kill."

"• Hebrew Lexicon :: H430 (KJV)

Lexicon :: Strong's H7523 - ratsach

Transliteration: ratsach

Pronunciation: rä·tsakh' (Key)

Part of Speech: verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2208

Outline of Biblical Usage

I. to murder, slay, kill

A. (Qal) to murder, slay
i.
premeditated

ii.
accidental

iii.
as avenger

iv.
slayer (intentional) (participle)

B. (Niphal) to be slain

C. (Piel)
i.
to murder, assassinate

ii.
murderer, assassin (participle)(subst)

D. (Pual) to be killed"

http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H7523&t=NASB

Comment: The price of freedom is military victory; the alternative is to be vanquished and enslaved by belligerent nations.

Originally posted by vivify
I'm tired of all the Christians who use the whole literal vs. not literal thing to defend the bible when it doesn't hold up against modern sensibility. For example, when it's pointed out that the bible is wrong about the age of the earth, the Flood, etc., a lot of Christians use the whole "it's just an allegory defense". B.S. The bible absolutely meant for Ge ...[text shortened]... ation story either. I've seen it done to sweep things like homosexuals going to hell under the rug.

Originally posted by vivify
"I'm tired of all the Christians who use the whole literal vs. not literal thing to defend the bible when it doesn't hold up against modern sensibility." / vivify, "modern sensibility" has never been nor is it now nor will it ever be the significant issue in any society. The only issue is what does God's Word teach in the original languages in which it was written.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
vivify, "modern sensibility" has never been nor is it now nor will it ever be the significant issue in any society. The only issue is what does God's Word teach in the original languages in which it was written.

Of course it has. It's modern sensibilities that decided slavery should end, women should vote, segregation be abolished and that gays should be allowed to marry.

Conversely, the bible made allowances for slavery, teaches that women ought not to teach men nor have authority over them and submit to their husbands in all subjection, using Sarah as an example who called her husband "Lord".

Originally posted by vivify
Of course it has. It's modern sensibilities that decided slavery should end, women should vote, segregation be abolished and that gays should be allowed to marry.

Conversely, the bible made allowances for slavery, teaches that women ought not to teach men nor have authority over them and submit to their husbands in all subjection, using Sarah as an example who called her husband "Lord".

God's Sovereignty and human free will co-exist in time. Irrespective of the historical dispensation,
those individuals who and nations which violate His commands do so at their own peril.

Originally posted by Paul Dirac II
Exodus 20:13 "Thou shall not kill."

Years ago I quizzed a Christian on what this entailed, getting into things like piloting a bomber in wartime, capital punishment, swatting a fly on purpose, accidentally stepping on a worm, eating corn when the cornstalk was killed by the harvester, and so on.

This was made clear in the New Testament by Jesus when He referred to it by saying, "You shall not commit murder." So the "kill" in the Old Testament actually was referring to murder and not the killing of animals for food or killing of the enemy in battle and such as that.

Originally posted by vivify
I'm tired of all the Christians who use the whole literal vs. not literal thing to defend the bible when it doesn't hold up against modern sensibility. For example, when it's pointed out that the bible is wrong about the age of the earth, the Flood, etc., a lot of Christians use the whole "it's just an allegory defense". B.S. The bible absolutely meant for ...[text shortened]... n story either. I've seen it done to sweep things like homosexuals going to hell under the rug.

I believe the Genesis 1 account of creation is literal and I don't believe modern science has proven anything written there to be in error. Some modern scientist may disagree with what it says, but they have not even come close to proving that creation account is wrong. 😏

Originally posted by RJHinds
This was made clear in the New Testament by Jesus when He referred to it by saying, "You shall not commit murder." So the "kill" in the Old Testament actually was referring to murder and not the killing of animals for food or killing of the enemy in battle and such as that.

Was it made perfectly clear in the Bible what counts as murder?

When the Lutheran Oberleutnant threw a potato masher grenade into a trench filled with British soldiers near Ypres in World War I, was he committing murder? What if we change the circumstances to a soldier fighting for Fuhrer and Fatherland in World War II?

If a Southern Baptist shoots dead a male intruder in his house who is holding a broken glass bottle, is he committing murder?