Is it because their religion is the "true" religion, or because they just can't handle someone thinking differently.
2007-03-14 07:16:10 · 13 answers · asked by ste.phunny 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Technically, the vast majority of the bible, whenever used as a justification for a law, position, idea, etc, is taken out of context because it was written over a thousand years ago by men of a different culture. Applying it to our present day culture and needs tends not to work because you obviously can't take it literally. For example, in biblical times a woman menstruating was said or thought to be of the devil, possessed by evil. Today, we know more about basic biology and anatomy and so we don't treat our women with hysterical fear (most of the time).
So, you typically can only take bits and pieces of it seriously and often people arbitrarily choose which they will use and which they will dismiss based on their own beliefs, prejudices, and ignorance.
And, a lot of people do use verses out of context. They will take one verse out of an entire psalm and mistakenly apply it to a specific situation that it was not intended to cover. If the entire paragraph you are reading is about love but one sentence in it is actually about hate, then you are not justified in pulling the one sentence that backs up your own prejudices in order to make a point. Quoting out of context greatly leads to this problem.
There really is no set guideline to which parts of the bible should be used or how they should be used. It greatly depends on which group you choose to belong to and whether you find yourself in agreement with them or not.
2007-03-14 07:27:29 · answer #1 · answered by jenn_smithson 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When it is obvious that someone is taking scripture out of context is when they are telling you something that is totally different than what the scripture explains. That is why we need to test the spirits and see if the ones who are leading are leading us in the right path.
Test the Spirits!
1Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world. 1 john 4
2007-03-14 14:23:43 · answer #2 · answered by Melissa Svetlana Flavored Coffee 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. It's based on a simple examination of the text in question.
For example, many a movie advertisement quotes reviews that appear to be stellar. "Exciting, beautiful, exhiliarating" - says so-and-so of USA TODAY......when the real quote, in full, said..."One could describe this film as exciting, beautiful, exhiliarating...but that would be a lie"
Simple test: take a certain scripture and what you think it means and return it to the whole and see if it still makes any sense. If it doesn't....it was out of context.
2007-03-14 14:23:25 · answer #3 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you look at the verse in terms of the entire chapter, you see an entirely different picture than just reading one verse, that verse is out of context.
2007-03-14 14:29:25 · answer #4 · answered by Searcher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you don't consider the verses before or after, and assert something is talking about something, when it is not, it is out of context. Look up context in a dictionary if you are still unsure.
2007-03-14 14:21:08 · answer #5 · answered by great gig in the sky 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When reading scripture one has to read the whole chapter and sometimes the chapters before and after, not just pick a verse and say this is what it says.
2007-03-14 14:26:03 · answer #6 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most of the time people who misinterpret verses do so because they do not understand nor look at the context of the verse and the entire book.
A text without a context is a pretext and a pretext is really no text at all.
2007-03-14 14:21:17 · answer #7 · answered by Solafide55 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Quotes from the Bible:
"Judas went out and hanged himself"
"Go thou and do likewise"
So - what is everyone waiting for - or did I take that out of
context?
2007-03-14 14:26:16 · answer #8 · answered by Gladiator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to read and study the Bible to know the scriptures.
2007-03-14 14:23:57 · answer #9 · answered by tracy211968 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Wisdom.This applies to any given subject.It has nothing to do with---[as one moron answered]---"losing a battle".
2007-03-14 14:39:25 · answer #10 · answered by kitz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋