6 “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.
A verse that tends to discourage reasonable discussion, questioning and healthy skepticism. Unless they are private, therefore nobody else's business, assumptions and beliefs are open to question.
It's pretty simple........Do not waste good things on people who will not appreciate them. This proverb is adapted from a saying of Jesus from the Gospels, “Cast not pearls before swine.” Jesus appears to be warning his disciples to preach only before receptive audiences.
That's one aspect to it. The other aspect being what I said. It can be both, unintended consequences, etc.
It's pretty easy to tell who is genuinely interested in the topic, or who is just here to antagonize, argue, ridicule, etc. The same cast of fools always show up on any thread related to Christianity.
Some may be just pointing out apparent inconsistencies and contradictions, as you normally would when claims are being made, yet some dismissed this as trouble making or ridicule. The verse ''casting pearls before swine'' then becomes a means of defense.
We'll agree to disagree then.
That's fair enough.
We don't have to agree. Yet something is either true or false regardless of whether we or anyone else happens to agree or disagree.
The physical world doesn't care in the slightest about who agrees or disagrees, or what they believe.
The World is what it is regardless of any of our beliefs.
