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Originally Posted by ILG
So, do you check the ring finger before you lust? When guys look at porn can they say "It's good thing these women don't have a wedding ring on?" Come on, where is there any respect for women here? Or do you think that women being looked at as property is biblical?
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This really might not apply to this conversation but this came to mind here…
I have to dig out a book I had. We moved and I have a ton of books boxed up in my garage. The book is an illustrated rendition of the Song of Solomon. The art work was awesome…but let me tell you...if you have any prohibitions about human relations, don’t read or look at this book. Frankly, when I was in the Army I saw Playboys (they weren’t mine) cleaner than what the Song of Solomon depicts. At one point the Shulammite gets so caught up in her desire for her beloved she breaks into an erotic dance before her kinsmen. The image is of her dancing, uncovered, with her people clapping and cheering her on. They are all virtually reveling and celebrating in her expression of her desire for her beloved. I thought it odd that none are condemned. God doesn’t send a rebuke. The reality is that they are not seeking to “take her” or to be “lude” with her. In fact it would have been considered disrespectful not to celebrate and rejoice in her expression. It was a beautiful book, if I dig it out, I’ll have to make sure I don’t leave it on a book shelf. The book (Song of Solomon) would be sold in a brown wrapper if there was a photo shoot depicting it.
I know the book is interpreted today as being an allegory of Christ an the Church…but it’s only a powerful allegory if it first actually means what it depicts and then translates to New Testament realities. The question this generated in my young newlywed mind when the book was given to me was…if erotica is absolutely sinful…why is it in the Bible? LOL OK…confession time…my wife and I both found the book fascinating. Hope that doesn’t make me a creep. Pray for me if it does. LOL