Politically incurrate Awake;re disability

by badboy 4 Replies latest jw friends

  • badboy
    badboy

    In the December 22 2001 issue, page 25 says`At Proverbs 30;19, the Bible speaks of "the way of an able-bodied man with a maiden".

    My NIV says "the way of an man with a maiden"

    Their quote indicates that a disabled person can't/shouldn't "have a way with a maiden" in other words discrimation!

    WHERE ARE THE POLITICALLY CORRECT BRIGADE WHEN U NEED THEM

  • DB
    DB

    Bad, you have to be joking with this, right?

  • Amazing
    Amazing

    As good as the NIV is, it is not a pure translation, and the NIV is known to take some liberties. Try looking it up in the King James, which is among the best translations. Then cross reference the Hebrew words of man or able-bodied man with Strong's Concordance. (If you don't have a Strong's, you can find it on line, or I can send you the link.)

    Able-Bodied in ancient cultures was not about discriminating against those with physical challenges. It was necessary to have men who could meet certain physical demands of work and service. This is true in certain professions today, such as airline pilots (men or women pilots), for example who need to be able to see. Blind pilots by ancient standards would not be considered able-bodied.

    Fire-fighters, police, and soldiers need to be able-bodied in the same sense as the ancients. Normally this has been a male role because men tend to be larger, stronger, have better upper body strength due to muscle and skeleton design, and men normally are able to inject their mean emotions into doing work - high testosterone charge.

    In the 21st century, men are evolving into the sensitive ones, sitting around feeling their feelings, while women are learning to fight and evolving stronger sweat glands.

  • badboy
    badboy

    I am not joking, this is serious man.

    I have looked up the word "geber" used and it means strong,warrior but not able-bodied.

    I hope I have got my facts right.

    Amazing, where are U?

  • William Penwell
    William Penwell

    What can you expect with a book that was written thousands of years ago and try to apply it to today's standards.

    Will

    "I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's."
    Mark Twain

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