My conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe.
Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise. God help me.
Amen.
Martin Luther
Danielle Constant, Pima County, AZ, Superior Court Judge, sentenced an illegal alien to ONLY 2.5 years in prison after he ran over and k*lled a 75-year-old woman.
Despite being in the US illegally, driving without a license, and fleeing the scene, Alexis Eduardo Ibarra-Guerrero was NOT charged with the woman's death.
Joseph would have sinned had he slept with her. Just like Bathsheba sinned when she slept with David. I don’t see “balance of power/ power differences” in Scripture as a justification for sinful actions.
At the risk of throwing a grenade into the X-sphere, I have a question for those who interpret the David/Bathsheeba story as rape. (Genuine question... not a gotcha, and not an attempt to minimize David’s sin, which Scripture clearly condemns.)
This morning I read the story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife in Genesis 39.
My question is... If Joseph had slept with her, would he be considered not morally responsible considering the power imbalance? He risked his life saying no, and ended up in jail.
If significant power differential removes meaningful agency in one case, does it not also in the other? How does Scripture present the idea of personal agency in these types of situations?
America has class.
We must have class because how else can you explain how we schooled the Canadians at their own game.
Also pronouns, so your point should be ignored anyway.
American leftists: “We’re the only country in the civilized world without socialist healthcare!”
The socialist “civilized world” to patients: “You should probably kill yourself, eh?”