Comments on: Those Sinful, Lustful Eyes (Job 31)

By: michael

michael — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:35:30 +0000

Rich: right, and Nathan rebukes David strongly just a few chapters later. But he mentions nothing about David merely looking at Bathsheba. So I guess the point remains that it was likely not considered such a big deal at the time, so the law got only harsher as time went by.

Takis: most people are probably the same, but according to the strictest religious senses, the onus is on you not to look, whether a woman is dressed in a burqa or a bikini!

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:52:31 +0000

Here is a thought. David’s conduct, as well as other men in the Hebrew scriptures, show that no one can follow the letter of the law. In my humble opinion, that is why Jesus in John 8 said, let he who is without sin cast the first stone. They all knew that they were guilty.

By: Takis Konstantopoulos

Takis Konstantopoulos — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:24:55 +0000

If a burqa is supposed to protect a woman from men’s gazes, then I can assure anyone it doesn’t work with me: when I see women in burqas I can’t control myself from trying to look out of curiosity.

By: michael

michael — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:42:09 +0000

Indeed — although I think there are only about 5-6 cases of incest.

But yeah, it’s like the statement in the Talmud that two men can’t sleep under the same cloak, and rabbi chimes in with a contrary opinion that “the children of Israel are not suspected of [male-to-male-sex]“.

That rabbi was so serious at the time and yet I reckon it’s impossible for anyone to read it these days (even a religious person) without giggling.

By: keddaw

keddaw — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:41:03 +0000

A man can’t be alone with a woman other than his wife (or a relative).

Somewhat ironic given the amount of incest contained withing the Old Testament.