Genesis 38

[KirkDaniel]

I personally think folks need to grow up and stop trying to avoid the difficult parts of Scripture. What do you do, skip over it when you come to it?

The Bible is sometimes graphic about sin, but it is never pornographic. And wrongdoing is always cast in a negative light in Scripture.

"He spilt it on the ground." I understand it. Does it conjure up a picture in the mind? Yes. But I am an adult. I can handle it.

I think there are times and places to speak directly about these things. It's not anywhere and everywhere, nor either all of the time. But it is most certainly not NEVER. If it is never, then you got problems, folks.

[Josh]

The Old Testament is indeed our guide to help us learn about such things and teach them to our children.

It really bugs me how squeamish people get about this stuff. Your children will end up learning this stuff on the schoolyard, and not in a healthy fashion at all.