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  • Your kidding right? I would think even someone that doesn't believe in the bible would say your trying to find something wrong just a little bit too hard there pal.
  • Thatis rediculous. It says as a deer and doe. Not to take the deer and doe to bed with you and your wife.
  • It's obviously a metaphor, mate! (Alas Bible doesn't advise on foreplay!) But Proverbs 5:18-19 is not the problem with Bible. You are trying hard to find a splinter in Bible's eye, while ignoring a vault-pole in its arsehole! e.g. Ezekiel:16 shows up God as a ‘dirty old man’ grooming an orphan for sex and later an impotent jealous husband who can neither 'satisfy' nor punish his adulterous wife: sexy ‘Jerusalem’, who slept for FREE with practically the whole of the known world!! * Bible-authors have a fetish for incest between older men and teenage girls: e.g., Lot's 2 daughters plying him with wine and sleeping with him in turns, simply to get pregnant [Genesis:19: 31-38] Tamar seducing Judah, her lecherous father-in-law, using a veil (!), which was the uniform of prostitutes in those days, simply because Judah wouldn’t let his youngest son take her as wife [Genesis:38: 13-19] * Bible God is non-vegetarian with fetish for ‘slaughter of first-born’ over fruit of soil from toil: Preference to non-vegetarian over vegetarian (offerings), herders over farmers, Genesis-4:3-7. Fostering inter-brother hate: Genesis-4:8-9 God is protector of brother-murderer! Genesis-4:10-15 God & Noah foster inter-brother hate & sanction of hereditary slavery: Genesis-9:18-27 Hate of other-god-believers: Deuteronomy-13:1-18, Leviticus-20:1-5 Stone disobedient son to death: Deuteronomy-21:18-21, Leviticus-20:9 Kill man, woman, child, livestock-Siege of Jericho-Joshua-6:21, 26 Divine plunder: Joshua-6:19, 24 Divine plunder by espionage & with assistance of prostitute[s]: Joshua-2:1, 6:25 Divine terror: Song of Moses-Deuteronomy-32:23-27. * And this is a very very small sample... And ‘revelation’ is the most absurd and hilarious of all! It's a crying shame, really!
  • I am not a big fan of the bible, but I have to take issue with your question. You quote Proverbs as saying, "AS a loving deer." Its still talking about "the wife of your youth."
  • 'as a ' is not promoting... keep reading Proverbs, words of the WISE ...:)
  • You are very mistaken. That is a VERY twisted understanding of this scriptural passage. Proverbs 5:18-19 says " Let your water source prove to be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of your youth,  a lovable hind and a charming mountain goat. Let her own breasts intoxicate you at all times. With her love may you be in an ecstasy constantly." King Solomon was urging husbands: “Rejoice with the wife of your youth, a lovable hind and a charming mountain goat.” (Proverbs 5:18, 19) This was not meant to belittle women. Apparently, Solomon was alluding to the beauty, grace, and other outstanding qualities of these animals.
  • Do you not know what a metaphor is?
  • Jesus always did remind me of Mr Hands.
  • well christians seem to like "bull s#%t" so it makes sence . ;-)
  • We have a lot of serious members on this site. One would have to raise deer just for that purpose. I dont know it just doesnt sound very satisfying.
  • A Charming Mountain Goat charming is not an adjective most of us would use to describe a goat. We may think of goats as useful animals that will eat practically anything and that provide us with tasty meat and nutritious milk-but we would hardly call them charming. nevertheless, the bible describes a wife as "a lovable hind and a charming mountain goat." (proverbs 5:18,19) Solomon, a writer of the book of Proverbs, was a keen observer of israel's wildlife, so undoubtedly he had good reason for using this metaphor. (1kings 4:30-33) perphaps, like his father david, he had observed the mountan goats that frequent the area around en-degi, near rhe shores of the dead sea. small flocks of mountain goats that live in the nearby judean desert regularly visit the spring of en-gedi. since it is the only reliable water source in this barren area, en-gedi has been a favorite watering place for mountain goats for centuries. in fact the name en-gedi probably means "fountain of the kid,"a testimony to the regular presence of young goats in this area. king david found refuge here from the persecution of king saul, although he had to dwell like a fugitive upon the bare rocks of the mountain goats." 1samuel 24:1,2. at en-gdi you can still watch a female ebex, or mountain goat, gracefully pick her way down a rocky ravine as she follows a male goat toward the water. then you may begin to comprehend the comparison of the female ibex with a loyal wife. her placid nature and elegant form also bespeak feminine virtues. he word "charming" apparently alludes to the grace and elegant appearance of the mountain goat. the female ibex has to be tough as well as graceful. as Jehovah pointed out to job, the mountaing goat gives birth in the crags, in rocky, inaccessible places where food may be scarce and temperatures are extreme.(job 39:10)despite these difficulties, she cares for her offspring and teaches them to climb and leap among the rocks as nimbly as she does. the ibex also valiantly protects her young from predators. one observer saw a mountain goat fighting off an eagle for half an hour, while the young kid crouched beneath her for protection. christian wives and mothers often have to rear their children under adverse circumstances. like the mountain goat, they show dedication and unselfishness in caring for this God-given rsponsability. and they bravely strive to protect their children from spiritual dangers. so, far from belittling women with this metaphor, solomon was actually drawing attention to a woman's grace and beauty. spiritual qualities that shine through even in the most difficult environment.
  • That's a simile and not meant to be taken literally. You have to read the Bible through a 1st and 2nd Century lens. At the time, it was common to compare a woman's beauty to an animal, such as a doe or a lamb. This comparison does not make much sense in modern context, but to the people who wrote the Bible, it would have made perfect sense.
  • 2-18-2017 A figure of speech is a departure from the normal patterns of language for the purpose of emphasizing something. The simplest figure of speech is the SIMILE. A simile emphasizes a similarity of two things by merely saying it: "You are like a dog", or "You are as a dog". The figure rests entirely on one word. A METAPHOR emphasizes a similarity of two things by saying they are the same; "You are a dog". Next comes a big word: HYPOCATASTASIS. This is a Greek word for name-calling. Hypocatastasis just calls the fellow "Dog!" See Luke 13:32 "that fox", and Genesis 3:1 "the serpent". A PARABLE is an extended figure of speech; a story based on a simile, metaphor, or hypocatastasis. If the story is possible, it is a MYTH. If the story is impossible, it is a FABLE. If a fable includes an explanation of the meaning, it is an ALLEGORY. Don't confuse any of these with LEGEND, which is a supposedly true but unverified historical account (Adam and Eve, for example). These terms are not used with any precise meaning in modern discourse. For instance, most people think 'allegory' means "a story full of religious symbolism beyond human comprehension". But when discussing figures of speech they are very precisely defined. Here is a book that lists about 900 figures found in the bible. It is almost the only work in the subject for the last two thousand years: http://openlibrary.org/search?q=e.+w.+bullinger+figures+of+speech More figures: http://mentalfloss.com/article/60234/21-rhetorical-devices-explained

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