"It is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do.

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So in Joshua 23:7-8: ; "Do not utter the names of their gods or swear by them; do not serve them or bow down to them, but hold fast to the Lord your God as you have done this day."

在《约书亚书》23章7到8节中：,他们的神，你们不可提他的名，不可指着他起誓;,也不可事奉，叩拜，只要照着你们到今日所行的，专靠耶和华你们的神“

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They are involved in commerce, some of them, but mostly what they do is they serve the state.

他们有的从事商业,但他们是大多是为国家效力的

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What is Socrates trying to do here, and what is that metaphor, ? that central metaphor, ? what function does it serve within the work?

苏格拉底倒底想干吗，那个隐喻，那个核心隐喻是啥，它在本书中有啥功用？

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