tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812883393114451591.post7944479332205494223..comments2023-08-06T10:22:47.805-04:00Comments on Genocide For Jesus: Another clobber passage?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741631418494590847noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812883393114451591.post-13026478258835731322009-05-15T08:03:00.000-04:002009-05-15T08:03:00.000-04:00Of course, all other scriptural references to thes...Of course, all other scriptural references to these stories talk about the sin of inhospitality. But never mind that - it doesn't fit with the conservative agenda.<br /><br />I've always thought that these stories are most similar to what happens in men's prisons. Like Emily said, it's about power, pecking order and humiliation than sex. In the misogynistic world, treating a man like a woman is considered the lowest of the low.<br /><br />Lastly, scholars know that Judges is a re-write of Jewish "history" - the product of a different region and tradition. It isn't full of new stories, as much as old stories told with a different agenda.Andyhttp://www.revandylittle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812883393114451591.post-9363634180217927192009-05-13T16:55:00.000-04:002009-05-13T16:55:00.000-04:00For me, Judges 19 helps disprove the "homosexual s...For me, Judges 19 helps disprove the "homosexual slant" heaped upon Genesis 19. That it really was about rape, and gender mattered not. Which fits in perfectly with the idea of rape - it's not intercourse, it's power and humiliation.Emily Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743206821660861766noreply@blogger.com