I'm not talking about my opinion. I haven't given it.
Then regarding Isaiah... I'm not talking about my opinion. Why should I play if you're not going to?
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I'm not talking about my opinion. I haven't given it.
I asked you a question. A question answered with another question is not an answer at all. So why won't you answer my question? It is not a game. I simply asked you a question. Do you have any good reason for not answering a question, other than the reason that you know that it will defeat every argument that you have presented thus far concerning David?Then regarding Isaiah... I'm not talking about my opinion. Why should I play if you're not going to?
So why won't you answer my question?
Why just David? Compare Scripture with Scripture?
Isaiah was not "just" naked?
Isaiah 20:2-3 At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot.
3 And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
Now what if God gave you that command? What would you do?
Or do you understand the command that God gave to Isaiah?
How much of Scripture do you really understand?
What did Isaiah really do; really look like for those three years? Please explain.
[/b]I don't know what further clarification it needs as the context is already given.
It doesn't matter whatever everyone else's opinion is does it. You came on this thread and boldly stated your opinion without regard to anyone else's opinion, feelings, thoughts, etc. So that doesn't matter at all. Whether you are right or wrong is up to you. You have been adamant throughout that you are right and have been presenting evidence to prove that you are right. Are you about to change your mind now? Many would be happy if you came out and stated as much.I need further clarification because the statement I asked you about apparently goes against everybody else's opinion on this subject, which is that David never got anywhere near naked in the first place. So, this means that either maybe I'm right about this, or that you're being misleading and dishonest. I'd really like to know which one before I consider keeping up this silly back and forth conversation that two twelve year olds could have sounded more intelligent in.
Are you willing to debate or not?
Since the question cannot be answered your arguments are void and null.Maybe once I figure out if you think I'm right about David being naked, or if you're intentionally being misleading and dishonest. Just like I said a couple posts up. You say this doesn't matter and are trying to move on without answering... well that's not a debate, that's a one sided entrapment scheme, so for now I'm done.
You have just lost this debate
Let's compare them all. How are they similar to David and how are they different.If you guys are so anxious to compare naked guy stories, why not also mention Noah and what Ham did to him while he was passed out drunk and naked? How about the young man who ran off naked when Judas and his posse showed up to arrest Jesus? When Saul stripped down and prophesized before Samuel? When Peter was fishing naked on a boat along with several other men?
Have at it. Take each passage one at a time and show how each person was "naked."If you guys are so anxious to compare naked guy stories, why not also mention Noah and what Ham did to him while he was passed out drunk and naked? How about the young man who ran off naked when Judas and his posse showed up to arrest Jesus? When Saul stripped down and prophesized before Samuel? When Peter was fishing naked on a boat along with several other men?
If the relationship between David and Jonathan had been homosexual, the Bible would not have used the word "love" nor presented it in such a positive way. This is proof that it was a deep friendship and bond. It is representative of God-inspired love.
We see love between Jesus and the "beloved disciple" who liked to lay on his (Jesus) breast.
"Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved" (John 13:23).
Any relationship between men spoken of in a positive way as was David's and Jonathan's and Jesus and this disciple is a relationship that does not go against God's word.
excellent post.Corndoggy, you have my pity. Your idea that David and Jonathan's relationship was homosexual is nothing short of blasphemy. I Samuel 18 follows the account of David's defeat over Goliath and the saving of Saul's army. It is obvious that Jonathan's devotion to David stems from Jonathan's recognition of David as the Lord's anointed king. It must have been humbling for the king's son to stand before David. David did what the entire army could not do. Jonathan paid homage to the victor; honor David did not receive from his own siblings. Jonathan watched his father Saul lie impotent against the Philistines. He recognized his fathers claim to the throne was because of popular appeal. Jonathan saw the true king in David. If you find any sexual implications in that, you are indeed a very troubled individual.
Jonathan stripped himself of his robe and armor. He was arrayed for battle. David, who actually fought against Goliath, wore nothing but the clothing of a shepherd. Jonathan, as son to the king, was heir apparent to the throne of Israel. He removed his regal garment - the robe of a prince - and gave it as a symbol of honor to the rightful heir apparent. I say again, If you find any sexual implications in that, you are indeed a very troubled individual.
I saw nothing "knee jerk" whatsoever in the replies.Here we have corndoggy who obviously has a friend, acquaintance, or relative who is homosexual who is very much involved in homosexual thinking and in spreading the homosexual agenda, and on the other side we have those who are kneejerk in their defense of David just because he is said to be a man after God's own heart.
This is an amusing thread.
Here we have corndoggy who obviously has a friend, acquaintance, or relative who is homosexual who is very much involved in homosexual thinking and in spreading the homosexual agenda, and on the other side we have those who are kneejerk in their defense of David just because he is said to be a man after God's own heart.
Now, don't get me wrong.
I believe neither David nor Jonathan were homosexual, nor their relationship homosexual.
But let's think about it.
IF David and Jonathan were bi's, or one was out and out homosexual, and the Lord Jesus Christ had a homosexual ancestor, or one who at a time in his life had a bisexual tendency, doesn't that all the more magnify the humanity of Jesus Christ and the grace of God ?
Why should we think it not odd that the Lord had a whore for an ancestor, Rahab, but offensive that one ancestor is a homosexual or sodomite or at one time had been involved in a homosexual relationship ? Or a Gentile dog, as in Ruth, (according to Jewish thinking) for an ancestor but not a sodomite ?
Is a homosexual, the person (not the lifestyle), out of God's grace ?
What I am saying is: nothing should come as a surprise to us with regards to the depravity of human nature, and the grace of Divine nature.