ANSWERING THE BIBLE:
Q. Does the God of the Bible threaten to dash the little ones to pieces and rip open pregmant women who do not follow his commands?
Ans. Unfortunately, yes.
To understand this let us consider the following verses from the Bible.
21st Century King James Version:
16Samaria shall become desolate, for she hath rebelled against her God. They shall fall by the sword, their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. (Hosea 13:16)
English Standard Version:
6[c] Samaria shall bear her guilt,
because she has rebelled against her God;
they shall fall by the sword;
their little ones shall be dashed in pieces,
and their pregnant women ripped open. (Hosea 13:16)
c.Hosea 13:16 Ch 14:1 in Hebrew
New Living Translation:
16 The people of Samaria
must bear the consequences of their guilt
because they rebelled against their God.
They will be killed by an invading army,
their little ones dashed to death against the ground,
their pregnant women ripped open by swords.” (Hosea 13:16)
New Century Version:
16 The nation of Israel will be ruined,
because it fought against God.
The people of Israel will die in war;
their children will be torn to pieces,
and their pregnant women will be ripped open."
Throughout the Bible, it has been a common trend to see the God of the Bible smiting those who do not believe in him or those who do not follow his commands. Here we have the graphic description of what the God of the Bible can do to infants and pregnant women. This is kind of horrible scene to see young being "dashed to death and pregnant women ripped open by swords. I fail to understand why the poor innocent infant or an unborn fetus to be killed such mercilessly. What I feel is that anyone who claims to love such a God, must accept infanticide as one of God's violent revenges, against the unbelievers.
Q. What should be done, if a women refuses to wear a head covering during the prayers?
Ans. She should cut off all her hair!
To understand let us consider the following verses of the bible......
21st Century King James Version:
4Every man who prayeth or prophesieth, having his head covered, dishonoreth his head.
5But every woman who prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoreth her head, for that is one and the same as if she were shaven.
6For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn. But if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
7For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, inasmuch as he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.(1 Corinthians: 11:7).
New Living Translation:
4 A man dishonors his head[b] if he covers his head while praying or prophesying. 5 But a woman dishonors her head[c] if she prays or prophesies without a covering on her head, for this is the same as shaving her head. 6 Yes, if she refuses to wear a head covering, she should cut off all her hair! But since it is shameful for a woman to have her hair cut or her head shaved, she should wear a covering.[d]
7 A man should not wear anything on his head when worshiping, for man is made in God’s image and reflects God’s glory. And woman reflects man’s glory. (1 Corinthians: 11:7)
b.1 Corinthians 11:4 Or dishonors Christ.
c. 1 Corinthians 11:5 Or dishonors her husband.
d. 1 Corinthians 11:6 Or should have long hair.
English Standard Version:
4Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, 5but every wife[b] whoprays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. 6For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head. 7For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man. (1 Corinthians: 11:4-7).
b. 1 Corinthians 11:5 In verses 5-13, the Greek word gun&emacron; is translated wife in verses that deal with wearing a veil, a sign of being married in first-century culture
Holman Christian Standard Bible:
Every man who prays or prophesies with something on his head dishonors his head. 5 But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since that is one and the same as having her head shaved. 6 So if a woman's head [c] is not covered, her hair should be cut off. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should be covered.7 A man, in fact, should not cover his head, because he is God's image and glory, but woman is man's glory.(1 Corinthians 11: 4-7)
c. 1 Corinthians 11:6 Lit a woman
So, if a women refuses to wear head covering she has to shave her head. But for men, there are no such restrictions, because, "he is God's image and glory, but woman is man's glory. Nice way to show women in the poor light, in the Bible.
However, there are some evengelical Christians, who say, "Here St.Paul is speaking about a ‘tradition’ that he has handed on. Hence, since this is not the tradition of the modern church, we hardly need to consider this text"--another of those clever ways to obfuscate the main theme. Other such cunning Christians, generally tries to put all sorts of complex arguments for simple sentences, like what Dr.Zakir Naik does. Let us take one such garbage analysis of some simple lines from the Bible, by Daniel B. Wallace:
Several points can be made here:
(A) If ‘covering’ = ‘hair,’ then all men should shave their heads or go bald because the men are to have their heads uncovered.
(B) If ‘covering’ = ‘long hair,’ then v 6 seems to suggest a tautology: “if a woman will not wear long hair, then she should cut off her hair.” But this in no way advances the argument.
(C) The argument caves in by its own subtlety. To see ‘hair’ = ‘head covering’ means that one has to go through several exegetical hoops. In short, it hardly appears to be the plain meaning of the text.
(D) Verses 10 and 15 would have to be saying the same thing if long hair is the same as a head covering:
New Living Translation:
10 For this reason, and because the angels are watching, a woman should wear a covering on her head to show she is under authority.[1 Corinthians 11:10: Greek should have an authority on her head]
11 But among the Lord’s people, women are not independent of men, and men are not independent of women. 12 For although the first woman came from man, every other man was born from a woman, and everything comes from God.
13 Judge for yourselves. Is it right for a woman to pray to God in public without covering her head?
14 Isn’t it obvious that it’s disgraceful for a man to have long hair? 15 And isn’t long hair a woman’s pride and joy? For it has been given to her as a covering. 16 But if anyone wants to argue about this, I simply say that we have no other custom than this, and neither do God’s other churches.m (1 Corinthians 11: 10-16)
But this can hardly be the case. In v 10, a woman is required to wear a ‘symbol of authority.’ Such a symbol represents her submission, not her glory. Paul begins the verse by pointing back to v 9 (diaV tou'to in v 10, ‘for this reason,’ is inferential). Because ‘woman was created for the sake of man’ she ought to wear a symbol of authority on her head. But in v 15, a woman’s long hair is her glory. The Greek is even more emphatic: the dative aujth'/ is a dative of advantage. A literal translation would be: ‘it is a glory to her’ or ‘a glory accruing to her,’ or ‘to her advantage.’ Surely this is not the point of v 10!
To argue, then, that long hair is the woman’s head covering seems to miss the very point of the function of the head covering and of the long hair: one shows her submission while the other shows her glory. Both of these are contrasted with an uncovered head while praying or prophesying, or a shaved head at any time: such would speak of the woman’s humiliation and shame--Daniel B. Wallace.
The main character of these self-styled advocators of "so called path-finding methods" looks to me, like the leaders of a MLM company; so they would use all the absurd reasoning of the world to drive their points home. There is an important jargon in marketing: If you cannot convince a customer, just puzzle him"--these people are simply doing this to show straight object oblique.
