If it is bad we have obviously taken it out of context but if it is in the favor of our current morals it's the holy gospel? Please make up your mind. Or perhaps next time I want to point out a flaw in the bible I'll just qoute the entire book....
2007-01-15 04:43:51 · 16 answers · asked by Puggz 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you provide the book, chapter, and verse information, the reader can easily look up the rest of the chapter, or read the entire Bible surrounding it to see the context. Therefore, you are NOT taking it out of context - you're simply quoting the specific part to which you are referring. If the reader is only considering that particular verse, then HE/SHE is the one taking it out of context, not you.
2007-01-15 04:53:29 · answer #1 · answered by gelfling 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get a grip. Everyone takes things out of context in the Bible...most of them do not even know half of what they are talking about...and I mean atheists AND Christians do it. There are really very few "stand alone" verses in the Bible (there are a few). Without understanding the complete flow of the Biblical precepts anything you take out and look at as a separate from the whole is going to have a different meaning.
We have enough people copy and pasting half a book in here. I never even read it if its that long.
**JENN
2007-01-15 12:55:54 · answer #2 · answered by Air Head 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is only one true God. He took flesh and became man only once. When man, He founded only one religion and one Church, the Roman Catholic Religion and the Roman Catholic Church.
That Church is the divinely appointed guardian of the writings divinely inspired by God, known as the Bible. This Holy Bible is like no other book, because no other book has God for its principal author.
Nevertheless the Bible is not the foundation of the Church, but the Church is the foundation of the Bible. That is why Catholics need Mother Church as the guardian and interpreter of the Bible.
Alas, Protestants have sown much confusion in the domain of Bible translations and Bible Studies, and in our own time their errors have been renewed by the pseudo-Catholics known as modernists.
With the simplicity and clarity of a Catholic Catechism, this "Catechism of the Bible" re-establishes the mind of the Catholic Church on many a vexed point. May it help many Catholics graze safely in the divine pastures of Holy Scripture.
by Richard Williamson, Bishop
Winona, MN August 16th, 1997
2007-01-15 13:22:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know as a christian myself, I have struggled with the issue of the bible, and how everyone can take their own meaning out of it. I've concluded that that's the beauty of the book, and the embodiment of our free will. I can read a verse and take it totally differently than you would and although we can debate, I have respect for how you look at it. If we can learn to listen with open ears to what each other has to say we could all get alot farther. Some aethiests are just as guilty of using the verses to their advantage points as christians are. Maybe we should just except that we are going to look at things differently and instead of trying to convert each other, just learn from each other and have a friendly debate......when it's all said and done, you heard me and I heard you and we were both able to remain civil and respectful and do what was right for us as individuals.
2007-01-15 13:38:01 · answer #4 · answered by A-Girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Father k is correct, context is "KING" when interpreting the Bible. If you don't consider the context-then the verse is worthless.
Consider the verse: Gal. 5:12b "..., I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves". (NIV)
Is Paul asking Christians to mutilate themselves? No, of course not.
What he is saying (in context) is that those (Jews) who require converts to Christianity to circumcise should do "more" to their own bodies.
2007-01-15 13:02:45 · answer #5 · answered by Desperado 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that there are any flaws in the bible,
God is perfect & so is his word, perhaps people are
interpreting it the wrong way
www.crosswalk.com is a great site for this
2007-01-15 13:04:12 · answer #6 · answered by start 6-22-06 summer time Mom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason we DON'T quote the whole Book is that you would start screaming in protest. If you were to truly quote the entire relevant text, you would see that there IS no contradiction. Context is EVERYTHING.
2007-01-15 12:54:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People want to hear what they want to hear. They want their convictions affirmed. Both parties. The one who quotes reads it the way he wants it interpreted, the one who listens want to hear it the way he wants his ears titillated. People tend to editorialize or inject their own opinion into the Scriptures they read, when it actually is written in simple language. The quote, "God loves a happy giver" plain and.simple means give what you can out of the goodness of your heart. and which will not impoverish you. Clergymen would like to interpret that as give everything to the church and be happy about it or God will smite you.
2007-01-15 13:02:40 · answer #8 · answered by pilgrim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just like any conversation or writing, there is always a context. To take something out of context is immoral. Most people don't care for context, especially in liberal Christianity.
2007-01-15 12:51:05 · answer #9 · answered by Jerry 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Rule #1 in Hermeneutics : Interpret a passage in light of the scriptures as a whole, do not interpret the scriptures in light of a passage.
2007-01-15 12:54:07 · answer #10 · answered by Jay Z 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋