I read The God Delusion a while back and in the book Dawkins talks about a part in the bible where this man and his concubine stay at some house. Some men of the village come to "know" the visitor, but the master of the house tells the men to do their dirty deeds to his daughter and the visitor's concubine instead. The men end up killing the concubine.
Well, I was thinking about reading the bible, and as I was looking for my bible and I remebered that part of dawkin's book. I found the bible and opened it up willy nilly and my eyes fell right upon the passage about the visitor and the concubine.
It was just a coincidence, but I thought I'd ask you what you would take it to mean, if anything.
2007-07-17 17:08:26 · 9 answers · asked by Hateful Atheist 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
judges chapter 19 verses 21-30
2007-07-17 17:25:20 · update #1
I don't know but, possibly God wants you to know the real story. Could you tell us the chapter and verse of this story in the Bible?
The answer is there in that little phrase repeated 4 times in chs 17-21, each time at the end of a major incident. There it is in 17:6; in 18:1, in 19:1, and in 21:25 - the very last verse. This is the answer - in those days Israel had no king. And because there was no king, everyone did as he saw fit. And we’ve seen just a small glimpse of how awful that was.
That’s what Israel was like back then. And that’s what makes it more appalling. This is Israel. These are God’s people. People called to be different from the nations around them. Called to be separate from them, and holy, reflecting the character of God. For God was their king. And no other. But we’ve seen that the people with God as their king really hasn’t got God as king at all.
Everybody did as he or she saw fit. The true enemy of Israel in those days was not the nations, it was Israel’s sin in forsaking God and setting themselves up as final arbiters of right. That is the root element of sin - declaring independence from God, refusing to be led by him or subject to him. deciding I decide right and wrong. When in fact they couldn’t stop doing wrong in God’s eyes - and their right led to moral chaos, to rape, abduction and civil war.
When God is displaced from his rightful place as king, then all hell breaks loose. Such was Israel in the time of the Judges.
H.A. You are using wrong references for bible answers. Would you go to a Drug Kingpin to help stop a drug addiction? It was not a coincidence that you turned to those pages in the Bible.
Here are some Bible Study Resources for anything you may want to look up:
http://www.Biblegateway.com
http://www.Ntgateway.com
http://www.Bible.org
http://www.bible-history.com
http://www.answersingenesis.org/
2007-07-17 17:18:49 · answer #1 · answered by 4HIM- Christians love 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Force is strong in you, young Padewan.
I LOVE that story. My interior eyes boggle out of my head to read it. The part about him bending over her in the morning and shaking her awake, wondering, "what the heck"? even though he just chased her willy-nilly across the country-side for her. Then the bloodbath against the entire tribe of Benjamenites. It's an awesome passionate tale. And he chops her body up into bits. What's with that?
2007-07-18 00:26:07 · answer #2 · answered by Shinigami 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is quite a coincidence! The Bible is full of lots of socially unacceptable things like this. As for what this event means to you....only you can decide that. Keep seeking....Blessings.
2007-07-18 00:16:46 · answer #3 · answered by Native Spirit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe God wants you to have a concubine. If it was OK in Biblical times, why not now?
2007-07-18 00:45:30 · answer #4 · answered by Wise@ss 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
May I ask why you have to be hatefull? I understand that a lot of believers are hatefull to you and people with your belief, but two wrongs dont make a right. There is already too much hate in the world, be the solution not the problem.
2007-07-18 00:11:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
lilmissykato-How is he being hateful? He's just asking about a coincidence.
2007-07-18 00:16:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Coincidence; doesn't mean a thing.
2007-07-18 00:13:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's just a coincidence, like you said
2007-07-18 00:12:56 · answer #8 · answered by cast.no.shadow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have had similar experiences and believe God plans on revealing something to you.
2007-07-18 00:14:02 · answer #9 · answered by djmantx 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋