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Originally Posted by aron
I've seen 30 such quotes on this forum: responsible ones would ignore evil because a "more responsible" brother was involved. The cultural imperative would now appear. "Never make someone more senior than yourself publicly lose face." The Bible was tearfully held, with trembling hands, and loud exclamations of fealty, until it ran against human culture. Then it was ignored, as if never written, and make-believe stories like "drunken Noah" were invented to fill the void.
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Well said
aron.
To those who espouse this "cultural narrative" about "covering drunken Noah," I would say two things from scripture. First, where is the mandate in the Bible to "cover" the sins of some leader? (
Didn't Paul tell Timothy to first find two witnesses, and then rebuke the sinner, so all may learn, and be fearful.) Second, look at a couple actual examples of the Bible:
- David as King outranked Nathan a lowly prophet, but Nathan rebuked David for his sins. Why is it that Nathan never covered for David? (And if this don't persuade you, then why are numerous brothers like John Ingalls not considered prophets to confront WL over sin?)
- Peter outranked Paul as leader of the Apostles, but Paul rebuked Peter to his face for playing politics with the gentiles. Why didn't Paul cover for Peter's failure?