Author Topic: The crime of scandal to children (Read 894 times)

Änσnymσus · « **on:** February 27, 2015, 09:13:07 PM »

And he that shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me.
6 But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea.
{Mk. 9:41} {Lk. 17:2}
7 Woe to the world because of scandals. For it must needs be that scandals come: but nevertheless woe to that man by whom the scandal cometh.
8 And if thy hand, or thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to go into life maimed or lame, than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.
{Mt. 5:30} {Mk. 9:42}
9 And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee having one eye to enter into life, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
10 See that you despise not one of these little ones: for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

LaramieHirsch · « **Reply #1 on:** February 28, 2015, 01:09:03 AM »

Yes. The Bible. That's great. Is there a point to accompany this?

Here. My turn.

All sail being set, he now cast loose the life-line, reserved for swaying him to the main royal-mast head; and in a few moments they were hoisting him thither, when, while but two thirds of the way aloft, and while peering ahead through the horizontal vacancy between the main-top-sail and top-gallant-sail, he raised a gull-like cry in the air. "There she blows!—there she blows! A hump like a snow-hill! It is Moby Dick!"

Fired by the cry which seemed simultaneously taken up by the three look-outs, the men on deck rushed to the rigging to behold the famous whale they had so long been pursuing. Ahab had now gained his final perch, some feet above the other look-outs, Tashtego standing just beneath him on the cap of the top-gallant-mast, so that the Indian's head was almost on a level with Ahab's heel. From this height the whale was now seen some mile or so ahead, at every roll of the sea revealing his high sparkling hump, and regularly jetting his silent spout into the air. To the credulous mariners it seemed the same silent spout they had so long ago beheld in the moonlit Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

"And did none of ye see it before?" cried Ahab, hailing the perched men all around him.

"I saw him almost that same instant, sir, that Captain Ahab did, and I cried out," said Tashtego

BTNYC · « **Reply #2 on:** February 28, 2015, 02:09:53 AM »

Quote from: LaramieHirsch

Yes. The Bible. That's great. Is there a point to accompany this?

Here. My turn.

All sail being set, he now cast loose the life-line, reserved for swaying him to the main royal-mast head; and in a few moments they were hoisting him thither, when, while but two thirds of the way aloft, and while peering ahead through the horizontal vacancy between the main-top-sail and top-gallant-sail, he raised a gull-like cry in the air. "There she blows!—there she blows! A hump like a snow-hill! It is Moby Dick!"

Fired by the cry which seemed simultaneously taken up by the three look-outs, the men on deck rushed to the rigging to behold the famous whale they had so long been pursuing. Ahab had now gained his final perch, some feet above the other look-outs, Tashtego standing just beneath him on the cap of the top-gallant-mast, so that the Indian's head was almost on a level with Ahab's heel. From this height the whale was now seen some mile or so ahead, at every roll of the sea revealing his high sparkling hump, and regularly jetting his silent spout into the air. To the credulous mariners it seemed the same silent spout they had so long ago beheld in the moonlit Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

"And did none of ye see it before?" cried Ahab, hailing the perched men all around him.

"I saw him almost that same instant, sir, that Captain Ahab did, and I cried out," said Tashtego

In all likelihood, this is meant to be a response of sorts to the "gαy Cousin" thread (also in the anonymous subforum) wherein it was revealed that the OP had allowed his young children to be exposed to the selfsame sodomite cousin. Certainly, this passage from Scripture does indeed speak to just that kind of grave scandal.

You might have been justified in asking for some context for this, but doing so in such a needlessly churlish tone of affected exasperation undermines whatever point you were trying to make. And the gratuitous Moby Dick quotation only exacerbates matters. The Sacred Scriptures are the Word of God, written by prophets and saints under the direct inspiration of the Holy Ghost; Moby Dick is a novel written by an indifferentist, humanist heretic. So the implicit equivalence of the two books you've (perhaps unintentionally) submitted in your sardonic little display of "quotation tit-for-tat" is really unfortunate, and offensive to pious ears to say the least.

And for what it's worth, I'll take a completely random, context-free passage of the Catholic Scriptures any day of the week over the entire literary output of Melville, Hawthorne, Twain or any other member of the altogether underwhelming and uninspired canon of American "literary greats."

LaramieHirsch · « **Reply #3 on:** February 28, 2015, 04:02:34 AM »

Quote from: BTNYC

You might have been justified in asking for some context for this, but doing so in such a needlessly churlish tone of affected exasperation...

Calm down. Have a drink.

Änσnymσus · « **Reply #4 on:** February 28, 2015, 01:21:23 PM »

As long as we are quoting immoral American literature:

As Adam early in the morning,
Walking forth from the bower refresh'd with sleep,
Behold me where I pass, hear my voice, approach,
Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass,
Be not afraid of my body.

Änσnymσus · « **Reply #5 on:** February 28, 2015, 02:47:01 PM »

"Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you.
29 Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: and you shall find rest to your souls. {Jer. 6:16} 30 For my yoke is sweet and my burden light." (Matt 11:28-30)

Is there anyone, anywhere, who wants to come to Me, saith The Lord God? I knock, and you will not let Me in. Shall I go elsewhere, or will you come and let Me in? I want to speak to you. I am the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Come, see My Wounds. I was wounded in the Heart, most of all. I shed all My Blood for you. Is that not enough, I ask you? Let Me know, if you are interested. I wait for you.

Author Topic: The crime of scandal to children (Read 894 times)

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