Is "cutting and pasting" scripture cowardly or brave?

Question

I think it's a cop-out to cut and paste scripture for an answer to a question.
Can't people think for themselves and actually write an opinion based on their knowledge of scripture instead of slamming scripture in your face without any thought behind it?

Answer 1

i disagree and agree to a point

when i ask a question about the bible i want the reference AND explanation

when i say what are the dimensions of the arc im looking for a reference and the conversion cause the reference uses something that isn't a measure of today

Answer 2

Well, sometimes I think people want to show off that they can quote it...that's why people will do it in 'live' conversation -- though it does not translate well into 'email' form since there's no memorization involved.

A lot of religions teach that the bible is the inspired word of God, therefore anything it says can and will be used against you in whatever context they deem correct by the majority. That's not what it was for, and not right.

I do think it's the inspired word of God, but I also believe it has been written by men, and translated from language to language many many times over. Ever play telephone game? What it started off as, and what we have now could be two very different things.

I believe it also should be taken in context. People spout off about Paul like he was the Son of God himself. I personally think his books are a bunch of letters to early churches. It was meant for them in that place and time, but not as a broad picture everybody should be held too. (And the man did have his own issues that crept into his advice).

If a religious question is asked, you should state your own views/understanding and answer why you see it that way and if you wish to quote the bible, then at most, you should cite chapter and verse and put the responsibility of the requestor to find their book and look it up.

Long winded answer? Well, I hate when people just give me the hand and quote off a bible verse. It's rude.

Answer 3

It's a total cop-out.

It serves to prove that those people cannot have any kind of intelligent debate outside the arena of their own minds, the bible, or whatever ideals have been drilled into their heads by organized religion. There is NO actual THINKING involved.

It also serves to reinforce an unwillingness to engage others in a dialogue, and furthermore, it "rallys the troops" of religious sychophants.

Luckily, I realize that when dealing with "Answers", I am not engaging actual Theologist or Philosophers. I'm dealing with common, every day people who behave like robots.

Answer 4

to assert that committing suicide is cowardly, or the coward's way out, with out understanding that individual's particular situations or emotional makeup, is truly judgemental. who're we to decide? the place's the compassion? Are you going to be there to assist that depressed chum while they are despairing? while they have lost desire? And what in the event that they haven't any individual who counts on them? Or any family contributors that should miss them? do you comprehend the toll that loneliness takes on a individual? Do you even comprehend what melancholy is? you won't be able to get into yet somebody else's epidermis and comprehend what's tormenting them, what losses they have suffered, what stumbling blocks they have confronted, what discomfort they have continued. some persons are extra clever at staving off their demons than others. Are they to be condemned and judged with the aid of fact they do no longer seem to be? the place's the compassion? Are they cowardly with the aid of fact they are tormented by making use of a few thing which you, or I, can not probable fathom? i think of it takes a great volume of braveness to place a gun on your head and pull the set off. for somebody to realize this factor, there is no opposite direction out for them. They hung on for as long as they could.

Answer 5

I have pasted scripture, but only to back up my answer with an explanation. I find it better sometimes to refer the person to the scripture rather than try to paraphrase it myself. The scripture has more authority than I do, after all.

Answer 6

AMEN! I agree with that whole-heartedly (And I say that as a christian myself). It frustrates me just as much, and I think it's a poor way to prove a point. Whenever I make scriptural references in my answers, I try my best to explain my opinion on the matter as well, (usually emphasising which part is my opinion).
I think doing anything less is cowardly, flat out stupid, and a disservice to the questioner.
I hope my brothers and sisters in Christ will forgive me if that sounds in any way insulting.

Answer 7

Simply put, they think they are quoting something deep, when in reality, the Bible was written by MAN. Man is flawed, so therefore, so is the Bible. Being spiritual is one thing, but being blinded by dogma is quite another. It's not cowardly, it's not being able to form one's own opinion. That in itself is kind of sad.

I think that when someone believes in something so much, the fear of having it dissected or disproven makes them blinded to anything else but what they have followed, hence the 'scripture quotes'.
I am open to spirituality, but organized religion is a crock. remember, it was organized by man.

Answer 8

Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Answer 9

The Merchant of Venice, act 1, sc. 3, l. 97

Answer 10

Well, i think the same of people who just copy and paste any kind of answer, not just religious ones.

It;s not only religious people who are unoriginal and cannot think for themselves.