Bible Discussion Thread

It has long been believed that this passage of scripture refers to molested children rather than to persons of weak dedication to the dogmas of the local church. Scripture is ambiguous so long after the original context has been lost. We do not, for example, even know what faith means today, though it probably refers to believing in a known friend. So, if a corrupt man is in the church as a leader, then he may mislead the newcomer--which makes sense. However, human sexual misbehavior always was considered a major component of corruption. So, the context may mean something deeper than sex or ethical corruption. It may possibly mean both, which gives us an idea therefore of the arcane nature of much of what scripture talks about. What we should be thinking, then, as a result of reading a scriptural passage such as this is far and far from conventional christian thought. We have to understand toilet training, for example, and its connection with sexual mores back then. And tghe connection between prostitution, drugs (biblically called sorcery) and polycrime. The truth gets bizarre indeed on analysis.