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Cal · 08-16-2011, 10:05 AM

I'm not trying to be saucy, I'm just making the point in that I think some people allegorize the Song of Songs because they don't want to talk about what it's plainly about, which is romantic love and sexual attraction. We are uncomfortable that the Bible devotes a whole book to this subject so we try to spiritualize it.

Solomon is grasping for words to describe his feelings about the woman, she is doing the same. They come up with all kinds of embarrassing things to say. If you've never done that you've never been in the rapture of love (and sex).

How would you like some of the things you've said to your spouse during periods of intense intimacy to get allegorized by a bunch of over-spiritualized Christians? Lord save us from the doctrines produced from that.

08-16-2011, 10:05 AM	#107
Cal Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4,333	Re: Against LSM's Allegorizing I'm not trying to be saucy, I'm just making the point in that I think some people allegorize the Song of Songs because they don't want to talk about what it's plainly about, which is romantic love and sexual attraction. We are uncomfortable that the Bible devotes a whole book to this subject so we try to spiritualize it. Solomon is grasping for words to describe his feelings about the woman, she is doing the same. They come up with all kinds of embarrassing things to say. If you've never done that you've never been in the rapture of love (and sex). How would you like some of the things you've said to your spouse during periods of intense intimacy to get allegorized by a bunch of over-spiritualized Christians? Lord save us from the doctrines produced from that.