As for the criticism of Simone Quaresma, I’d like to take a few notes.
He advocates for the physical discipline of the Holy Bible. The texts are quoted on the basis of a simple and obvious interpretation.
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- It appears that this evidence has been ignored.
- Attributing the criticized interpretation of the religious text to the reader’s heart and sesewed eyes rather than a reading consistent with the original intentions of the author of the text.
I imagine that this argument would be dismissed if the interpretation were the one that appealed. But because they weren’t attracted to it, they decided to interpret the text from their own sessed point of view.
Commenting on Proverbs 22:15, it was said that “this rod is discipline, education, the pulse of the fathers. “However, when analyzing the text, both in Portuguese and original Hebrew, it is possible to see that word?Vara is the “discipline” of qualification, not the other way around. The author states that discipline with the stick (and this means the act of physical discipline and authority) will keep the madness of the child’s heart.
Have you mentioned this before? In the previous chapters. In Proverbs 13:24, he says, “He that holds the stick derangs his son, but he who loves him the discipline early. “Because if you hit him with a stick, he won’t die. Later, in Proverbs 29:15, he declares that “the rod and discipline give wisdom, but the child who gives himself shames his mother. “
Now there’s no way to understand? Stick? In the sense of these verses. I find it a little absurd to have to explain something so obvious, but the author attributes to the stick characteristics that only the physical object could have, speaks of the rod that is held (13. 24), the rod with which it is attached to the child. whipped and does not die (23. 13-14) and differentiates the discipline of the stick from the non-stick discipline (29. 15).
It is VERY important to note that the recommendation to use the stick as a form of discipline in the Holy Bible is ALWAYS related to Authority and obedience, that is, it is not anyone who can discipline the child in that way, only the one who has authority over the child (the father and/or the mother). And there’s no way you can apply the discipline of the stick.
Let’s take a police officer who arrests a person and a judge who convicts them, are they doing the right thing or how they’re doing it?How will we know? It all depends on whether justice has been done or not, whether the arrest and conviction are unfair, the police officer and the judge have abused their authority and acted improperly, but if there were just grounds for arrest and conviction, they both acted correctly in their position of authority.
Similarly, a child’s parents must use their authority fairly, correctly, and with love. Stick discipline is not synonymous with domestic violence. Quite the contrary, while the Bible advises parents to discipline their children, it also warns that parents should not anger their children. In other words, there is a correct way to do this. Stick discipline should never be practiced out of anger or vengeance. Anger generates more anger, and in doing so, parents would disobey God. But good discipline must be taken to correct the child in love.
Simone Quaresma’s interpretation of previous excerpts from the Bible is correct, it is necessary to distort all these texts (and therefore the rest of the Bible) to get the interpretation they want.
Since there is only one correct interpretation for these biblical texts, there is only one alternative for those who wish to disagree with Simone: to disagree with the Bible and then to find a foundation beyond the Bible from which to draw different conclusions about physical discipline.
It has been said that the interpretation of religious texts depends on the eyes and heart of the interpreter, in reality nothing escapes the interpretation of our eyes and hearts, not even personal experiences.
However, they also stated that criticisms and recommendations are based on personal experiences or, to be more consistent, on the way personal experiences are interpreted, however, there is no need to be scientific to know that there is nothing more relative than the interpretation of personal experiences.
Then I ask someone to believe it that way
Why should I listen to and follow your recommendations based on your personal experiences rather than the recommendations of an ancient and acclaimed book around the world?
On what basis do you consider your personal experiences to be better and more reliable than mine?And if it’s not possible to determine that, on what basis should I believe you instead of other people who disagree with you?Or instead of my own experience?
Would it be possible to find the final answer in scientific research?How could we do this, if falseability is essential to the very existence of science?There can be no absolute and indisputable science, because it would cease to be a science in itself.
Maybe it’s time to stop and question yourself. After all, science itself depends on questions. Wouldn’t you accuse a stranger of madness in trying to impose your own beliefs on others?
What is your basis for believing this?Why did you decide to believe that?