Keith posted:ksazma posted:To recap. Saggabai stated that
"However, in that ancient culture only legitimate sons are recorded"
This is quite interesting in light of the fact that Judah's two illegitimate sons are recorded and one is even one of Jesus' forefathers. Now these two illegitimate son came about because their father Judah screwed his daughter in law, Tamar on the roadside who he thought was a prostitute.
Then we have Jacob's son, Rueben who screwed his step mother on the rooftop. He too was recorded.
If these are the kinds of people who gets recorded in the Bible, one would be so much better off not being recorded there.
Speaking about knack of missing the point, what more could be expected of you the lack of reading and understanding.
"Why are these unpleasant stories included in Scripture, and why are the people involved people who hurt others, even their own family members granted the privilege of being included in the Messianic line? It may be simply to show us that God’s purpose is accomplished despite man’s unrighteousness. In Hebrews 11 there is a long list of Old Testament people who are commended for their faith, and among them are many sinful people who did dreadful things. But, because they believed God, their faith was credited to them as righteousness (Genesis 15:6)."
The passage stated; "Samson went to Gaza, saw a whore and went into her". (full stop). Nothing else said about that incident there. It was not followed up by God reprimanding Samson for going into a whore just because he saw her. (Maybe she was a Palestinian whore and we saw the many incidents in the Bible where God seems to hate the Palestinians so God may be well pleased with him screwing her. We remember the story of the Moabites where God commanded Moses and Aaron to kill everyone else, man, woman and children. Except the virgins who were of sex having age. And they even gave God 16 thousands of these virgins. This God was quite bigoted). God did not give him the talk about morality. God did not warn him about STDs. God did not even tell him that he can end up with HIV/AIDS. None of the sorts. Since God inspired the writers to write these passages, what message did God conveyed by "Samson went to Gaza, saw a whore and went into her". (full stop).