highwaystar101 said:
ManusJustus said:
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highwaystar101 said:
No four legged insects are an abomination in this list? Despite insects not having four legs.
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The Bible is a 3,000 year old man made document, and thus still contains general ideas about the world that people had when they wrote it.
By four legged insects, the people who wrote the Bible meant the same '6 legged insects' that we think of today. They, however, thought of them as having 4 legs and 2 arms. If you watch an ant, for instance, he walks with his back four legs and used his front legs (or arms) to pick up objects, feed himself, hand things to other ants, etc. This is most likely the reason why this statement sounds so akward.
What are arms anyway? As far as I know only primates have arms, every other living thing is said to only have legs. Perhaps the meaning of the word 'arm' has changed over time or between languages.
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Agreed,
The meaning has been lost in translation over thousands of years old, and the original texts are subjective to mistakes due to the age. But it is still a pretty silly thing to suggest all insects are abominations, I mean why would they be? lol
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I would say that there was a Hebrew priest in 1500 BC who wrote these animals down just because he thought they would be disgusting to eat. Likewise, the verse about wasting sperm was probably influenced by a king who wanted more children so that his country could be more powerful and he could have more soldiers to put in this army.
Or atleast, thats how I see things.
