But Ruth was married. And Naomi was married. And Naomi was Ruth's mother-in-law. And they were both widowed. And the whole point of the story is Ruth getting married again to a righteous man.
Why tell a story to anyone if they're just going to decide for themselves what it's actually about?
"why tell a story if....." Thats a good one to use when someone tries to allegorize Genesis. Plus, Naomi and Ruth was a history account, not simply a story. "story" has fictional connotations today.
God's whole deal is explaining things to us through metaphors. All you have to do is look at Jesus' ministry to see how inherent explaining complex concepts through simple parables is to Him.
So fictional or no, it takes some real special "headcanon" to reinterpret a story God thought was important for us to remember as "They were actually gay, tho."
But Ruth was married. And Naomi was married. And Naomi was Ruth's mother-in-law. And they were both widowed. And the whole point of the story is Ruth getting married again to a righteous man.
Why tell a story to anyone if they're just going to decide for themselves what it's actually about?
"why tell a story if....." Thats a good one to use when someone tries to allegorize Genesis. Plus, Naomi and Ruth was a history account, not simply a story. "story" has fictional connotations today.
God's whole deal is explaining things to us through metaphors. All you have to do is look at Jesus' ministry to see how inherent explaining complex concepts through simple parables is to Him.
So fictional or no, it takes some real special "headcanon" to reinterpret a story God thought was important for us to remember as "They were actually gay, tho."