/lit/ - Literature

How do Christians reconcile the Jamesian philosophy of "desire and temptation = death" and the fact that there's an entire book of the Bible dedicated to erotically describing in poetic language a woman's body and what the lustful author would like to do to her? No, you can't get out of this by saying, "Not everything in the Bible is meant to teach you something", or "Not everything in the Bible is promoted just by virtue of it being written", because...
1. 2 Timothy 3:16 "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness"
2. This is one of the books of the Bible often lauded by Christians as being the most beautiful, most lovely, etc.; in other words, you guys always say that this IS one of the good examples from the Bible Christians should follow.