Utah parent says the Bible contains porn and should be removed from schools
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Re: Utah parent says the Bible contains porn and should be removed from schools
#2already flagged https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35289459
Re: Utah parent says the Bible contains porn and should be removed from schools
#3Per the laws passed, the Bible, or some books of it, meets the requirement to be banned.
Re: Utah parent says the Bible contains porn and should be removed from schools
#4Per the laws passed, the Bible, or some books of it, meets the requirement to be banned.
The Song of Solomon especially :)
Re: Utah parent says the Bible contains porn and should be removed from schools
#5A couple of the claims made by the parent don't seem to hold merit: genital mutilation and dildos. I doubt the Bible has an examples of those, but the other claims, yes it does contain that, always as a negative example of how wicked people act.
The negative example aspect is important, because it conveys the intent that such material is included (and mind that even Bibles that contain pictures in them, don't depict those scenes). Rather than something to "get off on", as pornographic material does, it is something to feel disgusted by and thus be dissuaded from engaging in such practice.
Re: Utah parent says the Bible contains porn and should be removed from schools
#6I'm utterly outraged at the state of our written literature, in this day and age we've fallen so far as to only partake in a single breast in the adult mags.
Re: Utah parent says the Bible contains porn and should be removed from schools
#7A couple of the claims made by the parent don't seem to hold merit: genital mutilation and dildos. I doubt the Bible has an examples of those, but the other claims, yes it does contain that, always as a negative example of how wicked people act. The negative example aspect is important, because it conveys the intent that such material is included (and mind that even Bibles that contain pictures in them, don't depict…
I believe the genital mutilation refers to circumcision and the dildos would refer to Ezekiel "you made for yourself male idols and engaged in prostitution with them"
Re: Utah parent says the Bible contains porn and should be removed from schools
#8A couple of the claims made by the parent don't seem to hold merit: genital mutilation and dildos. I doubt the Bible has an examples of those, but the other claims, yes it does contain that, always as a negative example of how wicked people act. The negative example aspect is important, because it conveys the intent that such material is included (and mind that even Bibles that contain pictures in them, don't depict…
> A couple of the claims made by the parent don't seem to hold merit: genital mutilation and dildos.
The impact of female circumcision is a lot higher than that of male circumcision, but IMO both are genital mutilation.
As to dildos, Ezekiel 16:17 gets very close. Picking a few translations at random:
“Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels made of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and [m]madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,” (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+16-17&v...)
“You also took the fine jewelry I gave you, the jewelry made of my gold and silver, and you made for yourself male idols and engaged in prostitution with them.” (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%2016-17...)
“You also took your beautiful jewels of my gold and my silver that I had given you, and made for yourself male images, and with them played the whore” (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+16-17&v...)
Re: Utah parent says the Bible contains porn and should be removed from schools
#9A couple of the claims made by the parent don't seem to hold merit: genital mutilation and dildos. I doubt the Bible has an examples of those, but the other claims, yes it does contain that, always as a negative example of how wicked people act. The negative example aspect is important, because it conveys the intent that such material is included (and mind that even Bibles that contain pictures in them, don't depict…
> A couple of the claims made by the parent don't seem to hold merit: genital mutilation
Ummm... circumcision is pretty central in the old testament narrative.
Re: Utah parent says the Bible contains porn and should be removed from schools
#10A couple of the claims made by the parent don't seem to hold merit: genital mutilation and dildos. I doubt the Bible has an examples of those, but the other claims, yes it does contain that, always as a negative example of how wicked people act. The negative example aspect is important, because it conveys the intent that such material is included (and mind that even Bibles that contain pictures in them, don't depict…
I believe the genital mutilation refers to circumcision and the dildos would refer to Ezekiel "you made for yourself male idols and engaged in prostitution with them"
That makes sense. I am against involuntary circumcision (and honestly, Christians shouldn't be practicing it anyway :p).