Love

[asai_arcion]

Still haven't gotten the works together to fill in the gap of time between posts, I'm still trying though.  I just wanted to get this story out there while it was sifting through my mind

Comments

[jpec07]

1. There is nothing wrong with man showing physical affection for another man or woman showing affection for another woman. Repeatedly and throughout the Bible we see evidences of men kissing one another in greeting, celebration, and other instances of joy. Only recently in history has this aversion to homosexual physical closeness come up

[asai_arcion]

I know and agree with the first point you make, the common greeting for those who are known (have attended more than one or two of our gatherings so that people remember them) within One is a hug; male-to-male, female-to-female, doesn't matter, and isn't the issue here. Also, see my entry one or two back to recount the issues with the English language being so unspecific about certain words

[jpec07]

First, it was Noah, and the story goes like this (found in Genesis 9). Noah planted himself a vineyard and made wine. Apparently, it was good enough to the point where he got drunk and fell rather asleep. As is the case when you're drunk (according to my teacher), you tend to feel hot, and so Noah went and lay down in his tent in the nude and completely uncovered. It was likely that his sons all knew this would happen, and so would have avoided going in the tent. Ham, his son, apparently had a big problem with perversion, to the point where he knowingly entered into his father's tent. No details are given, but a lot of scholars believe that there was something sexual that happened. When he exited, he told his brothers, who in turn covered their father's nakedness and woke him up

[asai_arcion]

Noah, yes, thank you for both recognising my naming mistake and taking the point as I'd intended, not as was written incorrectly. ^_