
I did a brief study of logic in high school where I took LSAT logic questions and tried to answer them - I was doing it for entertainment since at 16 I was way too young for law school.
What I learned is that a conclusion is built on inclusionary and exclusionary premises and a premise is a fundamental fact that qualifies the available set of data that can answer the question you pose - and the conclusion is the qualified answer or available set of acceptable replies you get to the set of facts you get.
So why I'm telling you this is that the bible is notorious for having translation errors and faulty presumptions where the assumption of the editor becomes the authoritative word rather than the intended lyrical motives of the author.
In the bible Jesus is said to have discussed this with the religious folk "woe to you pharisees for God wanted you to honour your parents and said anybody who spoke evil of either one must be put to death yet you pharisees believe if a person says to their parent - what I offer you is corban - that is a gift devoted to God - they no longer allow them to do anything for their father so you invalidate the word of God for the sake of social tradition."
Now there are two ways you can view that passage - one is Jesus was saying a gift devoted to religious duty is wrong when it interferes with your family concern for your parents
You could also say Jesus meant the pharisees were wrong for suggesting that care to parents should be done for their sake and not for God's
This is where the logic comes in - you have to think Jesus was addressing the word of God here - so Jesus must be complaining about the pharisees who refuse to keep the word of God - so if honouring your parents is keeping God's word as Jesus said twice in this passage - then Jesus was not condemning the pharisees were saying they should not honour their parents but for saying they should honour their parents for their sake and not for God's
If your parent hugged you and bought you candy and teddy bears honouring them is easy - if they hit you and told you you were worthless and made you work 18 hour days at a factory - honouring them is impossible when done for their sake since they do not merit or deserve honour
Yet here Jesus is saying you must honour your parents - regardless of whether you were treated like a princess or whether you were treated like a cheap prostitute or garbage can - you cannot fulfill both conditions equally if the honour you give to your parents is done for their sake - you can only fulfill both conditions equally if the honour is done for God's sake
How does one think about God when talking to their family if it is their family's face and voice they see at home and not God's face and voice?
The answer is you don't honour your parents out of your love for God but out of your respect for procedure and rules
You ever have a co worker you hate but you hide your anger and refrain from arguing with them out of respect for your job?
think of your parent as your boss at work - you hate them but you respect them - not for their sake but for yours
You don't respect them because you feel love and affection for them - you respect them because it God pays you the wage of salvation when you respect your professional duty to them which means repaying them or caring for them in am impersonal and uninvolved way
Think of your parent as your boss at work and not as your friend or lover
Think of all your social relationships is a series of rules you follow - just like the rules of social utilization symbolically employed in a chess game
To me Corban means - respect for rules and roles and functions- not respect for relationship - the compliance is physical and not emotional or relational
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