People always have some Bible verse to support their position on something. There's always some obscure verse that nobody knew about until they used a concordance to look up something to support a position they'd already taken on something. I think the whole "but the Bible says so" is a load of garbage. Sure, the Bible says a lot of things to aid us in our walk with Christ, and all of them can be helpful. Here's the thing, though: people misread and misinterpret the Bible all the time.
If you want to beat your child, yeah, you can find a verse that supports bruising your child. If you want to make your wife obey you, you can find a verse to support the wife being subservient to the husband. If you want to find support for President Obama being the anti-Christ, you'll probably find support for that too.
The point is, people use the Bible, by manipulating and misinterpreting it, to accomplish their dishonorable goals. The people who do this are mostly professing Christians. They're the ones who know the Bible well enough to use it to bolster their flawed arguments.
If you want to beat your child, yeah, you can find a verse that supports bruising your child. If you want to make your wife obey you, you can find a verse to support the wife being subservient to the husband. If you want to find support for President Obama being the anti-Christ, you'll probably find support for that too.
The point is, people use the Bible, by manipulating and misinterpreting it, to accomplish their dishonorable goals. The people who do this are mostly professing Christians. They're the ones who know the Bible well enough to use it to bolster their flawed arguments.
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