check my last question for exact verses and don't tell me that the bible doesn't say it. If we cut off offending body parts, every time they sinned, how long would it be before we were physically incapable of sinning? No tongue to lie, no hands to steal or kill with, no eyes through which to lust, envy or covet, etc. Would this not make for a completely sin free world?
2007-01-15 05:17:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You're right, because once the last offending body part was severed- the head, since the brain is capable of impure thoughts, which is itself a sin- the body would be incapable of sin! Wow! Can't believe Pat Robertson didn't come up with this solution!
2007-01-15 05:30:29 · answer #1 · answered by kena2mi 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If thy right hand offends thee then cut it off and cast it away? No .... the body of Christ is "symbolically" made up of various types of people. When a man goes astray and the word of God becomes lost in his heart and he turns himslef away from God then he drags many out away from the Church with him. Therefore he should be cast aside and this man is symbloic to thine own right hand ( depending on his rank in such a church ). The same holds true for your eye. Believers make up the body of Christ therefore Christ being with us and in us and us in him what ever limb needs be removed from the body when it becomes "corrupt" is quickly removed by a wise people. Also a man's sins can be considered limbs as well "symbolically" so Christ's words about limbs and offenses can have more than one meaning. A man's iniquities, for example, can be viewed as his legs or arms if he holds to his dad's sins and is a lover of his dad's own sins. Like the old addage "Don't be a pu**y you cry baby" that a dad says to his son and his son in turn passes on to his children, when the whole time "Crying" is a relief of pain and sorrow that should not be stiffled. The way God and Christ see things aren't the way mankind sees things.
2016-05-24 06:57:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called hyperbole in order to make a point.
Even the first century Hebrew, Roman and Greek culture understood this.
Why can't you grasp it? Are you simple?
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2007-01-15 05:40:51 · answer #3 · answered by Jimmy Dean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
silly, that's saying --Don't displease God doing wrong because He has your life already planned. And when YOU intervene and mess up, then YOU will miss His Blessings!!!!
It IS better to follow the Bible, or suffer the consequences!!
2007-01-15 05:34:47 · answer #4 · answered by bettyboop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL. That might work.
But how bizarre IS that? Cut off parts. What part do they cut off a rapist?
2007-01-15 05:29:03 · answer #5 · answered by crista 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess if we're a bunch of torsos, we can't do much sinning
2007-01-15 05:25:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you just cut "hyperbole" out of the dictionary.
2007-01-15 05:22:51 · answer #7 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No....it would be pretty bloody though.
2007-01-15 06:48:19 · answer #8 · answered by Abby C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's sick.
2007-01-15 05:21:27 · answer #9 · answered by Khalin Ironcrow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋