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the Bible's Surprising Contradictions about Sex and Desire by Jennifer Wright Knust
"Marked by the human histories and vulnerable lives of the people who wrote it and also by the ongoing interpretations of those who have read it, the Bible is not perfect, but it can still be regarded as beautiful, particularly when we do not try to force it to mean just one thing." (pg 247)
"It is therefore a mistake to pretend that the Bible can define our ethics for us in any kind of straightforward way: such an interpretive strategy will only leads us astray while also preventing us from taking the Bible as seriously as we should." (pg 245)
"... a refusal to acknowledge that we are active interpreters might make it seem as if the only possible choice is between accepting the Bible as literally true or rejecting the Bible altogether." (pg 245)
"Since neither the Bible nor a particular interpretation can limit what particular stories and teachings must mean, it is up to readers to decide what a biblically informed and faithful sexual morality might look like." (pg 245)
We considered animal domestication, in particular chickens, alongside using eggs to make banana bread. To be so linked, and utilize, a reproductive process for a chicken it is interesting to consider the Bible and what Jennifer had to say. It was good banana bread too.
