2006-09-17 04:03:33 · 24 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is no more different than one who quotes wall street in the middle of a war zone, nor the ones who claimed the world is flat, without understanding the context in which the reasons were born.
2006-09-17 06:05:50 · answer #1 · answered by pax veritas 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What is the context?? The scriptures are a heavily edited and badly translated bunch of fragments. They do not form a coherent whole. When god ordains incest, rape, genocide, castration, slavery, lying, deception, theft, racial hatred and so on and so on, as he does throughout the bible, what possible context could make that okay?
I don't quote scripture to explain my disbelief - I don't have to. All scripture is a collection of ancient fables and mythology, with no iota of evidence to support it's objective reality. I can quote scripture to shoot down in flames any claim that it has any moral guidance to offer, or to refute other stupid claims by theists.
If it is the word of an Omnipotent Deity, surely it should not be possible to take anything out of context? It should all be pure shining truth, every syllable standing alone as an undeniable fact?? They very fact that atheists like me can chuck it back at you must mean it's a crock?
2006-09-17 11:12:30 · answer #2 · answered by Avondrow 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Same reason why some Christians use scriptures out of context too...to serve their own purpose. Some people feel that by using God's Word, they can say what they want and it would be authentic. But it's not true.
I'm sure the same non-Christians do the same with their own religions texts. Real scholars will take the time to read and meditate and research scriptures thoroughly, no matter what their faith is.
2006-09-17 11:08:33 · answer #3 · answered by stacey 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah, but I find it fascinating that I always seem to get it out of context and the xians ALWAYS get it right. Does every single xian in the world really understand the bible so well, that none of them can quote it out of context?
Somehow even when I quote a bunch of verses together I'm wrong:
Exodus 11:5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
11:6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
11:7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel
2006-09-17 11:05:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I do think that htey do it on purpose I would hope that it is more of alack of understanding on there part. If a person is not learned in the Bible even a little it can seem confusing and definetlyu taken out of context. If most people take the time to read a few verses around the one thye misquote it can help to clarify what is meant. I pray for those who do understand to to be able to understand and come to the Lord.
2006-09-17 11:24:27 · answer #5 · answered by wolfy1 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should give examples of this. I can only speak for myself. I don't take anything out of context, but you may. The Bible tells much about Noah, but there is no geological evidence of a world flood; the Ark couldn't hold examples of all animals; and it'd fall apart in the sea. The Bible says pi is 3, but it's 3.14159...so I'd be fired if I used the Bible in engineering work. Revelation says stars fell unto earth and the sky rolled up like a scroll. Stars are too distant and too huge to fall unto earth, and one would burn it from a great distance. The sky is space, so there's nothing to roll up. There are many contradictions in the Bible. It says God inspired David's census and later says the Satan did. This is a glaring contradiction, unless God is the Satan! It says Judas died by hanging and then by falling. He didn't die twice! None of these examples are taking anything out of context. Your idea is wrong here.
2006-09-17 11:21:06 · answer #6 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The same reason Christians take verses out of context to use as reasons to believe.
Quoting the Bible seems to give validity to an argument.
A large protion of listeners will not spend the time to check to see the context of the verse in the Bible. They just take it for granted that the person who is quoting the Bible is doing it in the correct context. This is true of both Christians and non-Christians alike.
2006-09-17 11:07:25 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. G 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Because they don't believe and it would be wrong to enforce people to believe something they don't believe in.
You can have salvation and heaven all to yourself.
But basically, I think non-Christians generally dont believe in the Book. Its kinda like they don't buy the story. So why force people to buy something that they are not interested in?
Why not use that time to better yourself instead of asking why do they take it out of context?
2006-09-17 11:08:57 · answer #8 · answered by Sidney X 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to accept that everytime we read something negative in scripture we are taking it out of context but everytime believers quote something positive they aren't.
That's selective interpretation, I would suggest.
2006-09-17 11:11:57 · answer #9 · answered by the last ninja 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because they learned the trick from Christians who are experts at Bible banging here and there and all over the place with quotations taken out of context.
For instance: the much revered "For God so loved the world..." Has any Christian paid any attention at all the God sent his only Son only after loving the world so much? No, Christians haven't paid enough attention because they continue hating the world (mostly now under Cowboy George).
2006-09-17 11:09:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋