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MEMBER BLOG TAG: adultery

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:52PM
 
David & Bathsheba
Tags: marriage, homosexuality, adultery, murder, war
 
If you’ve seen the movie you know that King David was a mighty warrior, a great king, a great lover, and his great love was Bathsheba. If you attended the Sunday School classes I did you also knew that David committed a great sin. He allowed himself to be seduced by a temptress. The men and women of the Bible were a sorry lot. The women were wanton, the men helpless to a woman’s smile. Adam ate whatever Eve gave him to eat. Lot’s daughters got him drunk so that he was unable to avoid incest. Samson allowed Delilah to trim his hair. Hebrew bucks were seduced into idolatry by Moabite women. And King David was taffy when he saw Bathsheba. There are a few details missing from...
 
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