Post by justflyingin on Apr 21, 2009 3:06:30 GMT -5
I tried to figure out how to get this on the original thread "I have too many kids" but didn't see any option on where to post reply. Weird.
Anyway,
I was reading in another forum an archer's opinion about quivers. This is someone who makes them herself (I think it is a lady).
Here is what she said, and here is the thread...
www.fundamentalforums.com/the-fighting-forum/65954-quiverfull-com-10.html
her post...
lol.. .. there are tons of problems that occur when a quiver is packed too tight........
1. arrows become damaged.... the shafts become warped and bent..... to where they will no longer fly straight.... and the fletchings get crushed and torn apart......
2. if broadheads are on the arrows they further damage each other, cutting the shafts, and can even be forced through the side of the quiver injuring the archer.....
3. attempting to remove one arrow results in several others being dragged out with it and spilling out all over the ground....
plus... when other hunters see one with too many arrows they wonder if he is truly proficient, or confident, in his skills....... the idea of "one shot one kill" exists in the archers world the same as it does among riflemen.......
i already know what someone is thinking..... that a military archer needs a lot of arrows.... going to war reguires a larger number of arrows.... many more than a mere hunter needs....
well.... i also know that arrows made for war, and arrows made for hunting, were very different..... a hunter intends to use his arrows over and over..... he puts much more work into the manufacture of them than does a military archer... .. each arrow is a work of art that bears the specific trademarks of his craftsmanship..... many hours of work goes into each one and he values them....
but wartime arrows were cheaply and quickly constructed and only intended to be shot once..... it was actually expected, and desirable, that they would break and become unusable after being shot into an enemy one time..... ... why?... become the warrior doesn't want his own arrows picked up and reused against him..... and war time arrows did not have to be as accurate as hunting arrows either..... wartime arrows were usually fired in vollies, en mass, at a group of soldiers in formation.... it didn't matter if a few were warped from being packed too tightly as long as they made it down range with enough force and velocity to kill the enemy..... or his horse... or damage some other vital piece of equipment.... it didn't matter what it hit as long as it hit something.....
anyway... the psalmist was obviosly an archer.... and in writing about the joys of having a large family he used an analogy he was familiar with........ but God never intended that verse to inspire zealots to begin pumping out kids en mass with the intent of dressing and training them like soldiers...... or expendible instruments of war....
for every scripture taken out of context we see the birth of another cult..... quiverfull.com is no different.... imo...
---------end of quote
I thought hearing from someone who actually knows about arrows might be helpful to get some context and understanding of the picture the Psalmist is using when he speaks about arrows and quivers.
Anyway,
I was reading in another forum an archer's opinion about quivers. This is someone who makes them herself (I think it is a lady).
Here is what she said, and here is the thread...
www.fundamentalforums.com/the-fighting-forum/65954-quiverfull-com-10.html
her post...
lol.. .. there are tons of problems that occur when a quiver is packed too tight........
1. arrows become damaged.... the shafts become warped and bent..... to where they will no longer fly straight.... and the fletchings get crushed and torn apart......
2. if broadheads are on the arrows they further damage each other, cutting the shafts, and can even be forced through the side of the quiver injuring the archer.....
3. attempting to remove one arrow results in several others being dragged out with it and spilling out all over the ground....
plus... when other hunters see one with too many arrows they wonder if he is truly proficient, or confident, in his skills....... the idea of "one shot one kill" exists in the archers world the same as it does among riflemen.......
i already know what someone is thinking..... that a military archer needs a lot of arrows.... going to war reguires a larger number of arrows.... many more than a mere hunter needs....
well.... i also know that arrows made for war, and arrows made for hunting, were very different..... a hunter intends to use his arrows over and over..... he puts much more work into the manufacture of them than does a military archer... .. each arrow is a work of art that bears the specific trademarks of his craftsmanship..... many hours of work goes into each one and he values them....
but wartime arrows were cheaply and quickly constructed and only intended to be shot once..... it was actually expected, and desirable, that they would break and become unusable after being shot into an enemy one time..... ... why?... become the warrior doesn't want his own arrows picked up and reused against him..... and war time arrows did not have to be as accurate as hunting arrows either..... wartime arrows were usually fired in vollies, en mass, at a group of soldiers in formation.... it didn't matter if a few were warped from being packed too tightly as long as they made it down range with enough force and velocity to kill the enemy..... or his horse... or damage some other vital piece of equipment.... it didn't matter what it hit as long as it hit something.....
anyway... the psalmist was obviosly an archer.... and in writing about the joys of having a large family he used an analogy he was familiar with........ but God never intended that verse to inspire zealots to begin pumping out kids en mass with the intent of dressing and training them like soldiers...... or expendible instruments of war....
for every scripture taken out of context we see the birth of another cult..... quiverfull.com is no different.... imo...
---------end of quote
I thought hearing from someone who actually knows about arrows might be helpful to get some context and understanding of the picture the Psalmist is using when he speaks about arrows and quivers.