Sentences with phrase «pick verses»

And so we dismiss the words of Jesus and cherry pick the verses about Peter getting a sword and the Lord training our fingers for battle so that we don't have to question our current understanding of masculinity.

Being that everything comes from the bible, those atheists like to cherry pick verses to confirm their hatred and bigotry towards minorities, gays, women, etc...

Graystone, You pick your verses, I can pick mine, Matt 16:28 Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.»

Don't cherry pick your verses... the Bible is a book of violence persecution and brutality.

It's not because God is inscrutable, or because we can't interpret and cherry pick verses well, it's because it's all made up by people that couldn't see the inconsistencies.

Since we are all going to cherry - pick verses from the Bible, and since both Jesus and Paul also cherry - picked verses from the Bible, it seems sort of wise to follow their example in cherry - picking verses, and pick the verses that look more like Jesus.

Pick verses that are full of grace, mercy, forgiveness, and enemy - love.

So do I cherry - pick verses from the Bible?

If so, you cherry - pick verses from the Bible.

Virtually all those who bandy about the word «biblical» cherry - pick verses to substantiate a preconceived notion instead of dealing with it in context.

I read both a long time ago and can cherry pick a verse or two here and there.

People may get into cherry - picking verse arguments, but you guys have a much bigger difference — you view the Bible completely differently.

In addition, your question about cherry - picking verses is indeed true.

The only alternative to cherry - picking verses from the Bible is to allow every verse in the Bible to be of equal weight, significance, and importance.

Jeremy, I think you were right when you said, «Everybody Cherry - Picks Verses from the Bible (Even you)!»

So since everybody cherry - picks verses from the Bible, the only time you will ever get accused of cherry - picking is when they don't like the verses you picked to prove your point, because the verses they cherry - picked prove a different point.

But if you do pick and choose, then you are, by definition, cherry - picking verses from the Bible.

A few minutes of thought reveals that everybody cherry - picks verses from the Bible.

But did you know that Jesus and Paul cherry - picked verses of the Bible?

He is like picking verses that deal with different topics and using it to validate a sinful practice.

How true that cherry picking verses leads to distortions.

Because what most Christians know about the bible does not come from them actually reading it themselves but from what they've been told it says through cherry picked verses here and there.

Why cherry - pick this verse and not all the other prohibitions against eating pork, donating blood, eating cheeseburgers, wearing mixed fibers?

Sometimes people accuse me of cherry - picking verses from the Bible, but other times people say that we just have to accept what the Old Testament says about God, even if we don't like it (Again, I believe I am doing this, but I just have a way of reading Scripture that differs from the way the proponents of a violent God read Scripture).

Since you picked the verses you did I suppose you take issue more with killing the boys and all the women who had been with a man and keeping the virgins.

They attack EVERYTHING that is different and doesn't conform to their collection of cherry picked verses from an ancient, contradictory, illogical, book of myths and legends.

Doubly so when those believers are also usually the same ones picking verses from the quran to slam muslims.

Cherry picking verses without context is probably the most common example.

You have cherry picked verses out of context in order to weave a picture of meanness that is not there.

Not exact matches

etc.down to the verse you cherry picked.

Just another verse that cherry picking Christians like to ignore as they push the ones that seem to support their agendas.

Any way those were picks of verses from different sura's... I know they look long but they are not once you have read them you would want to read more... It is the evil in man who makes them to look as long or non understandable to read... or would even make you feel like sick...!

Anyway... I can pick and choose which verses I want to ignore.

I was referring to picking and choosing verses to suit the thought of the day....

If you want to take the position that the god of the bible is loving then you must cherry pick it, - leaving out such verses as these.

Standard Christian hypocrisy - pick and choose - or ignore - selected verses from both the OT or NT whatever suits.

Verses 15 - 21; take your pick.

Now, even the verse you picked does not assume or anticipate the possibility of a loving relationship it assumes a wrongful lust filled practice of Baal Worshipers.

Observer There you go again you pick one verse (Leviticus 18:22 out of 23 specific verses 1 - 23 concerning sexual relationships) and by gosh it just happens to deal with gay sex.

you can pick out any verse and match it something that happened and say..»

I've attempted to read the story as a God of Wrath, but it got complicated quick because I had to pick and choose verses and have a rather myopic view of who God is.

I have often been accused of «cherry - picking» verses from the Bible.

No, instead we read them in light of the verses that we did pick.

If we understand the context of what was being said in verses, chapters, books of the bible and use scripture or show scripture in the same light, is that Cherry - Picking?

We don't toss out into the garbage heap the verses that didn't get picked.

When someone is accused of «cherry - picking» verses from the Bible, it means that they have a particular doctrine or idea they want to teach to others, and rather than considering «the whole counsel of God,» they pick a choose a few select verses from various books of the Bible which seems to prove their point or present their case in the strongest possible way.

Every verse that came before and after gave specific instructions on how war should be conducted, how sparingly it should be used, and above all, in a book of tens of thousands of verses, you cherry - picked 20 that were taken out of context and you still expect to be taken seriously?

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson: This touching, delightful, and short collection of verse, sung from the perspective of a child, is bound to make your eyes a little cloudy — a great one to pick up when your heart and soul get overwhelmed.

It's the second verse of this song, and it picks up where Mary left off, but really, it's more of the same.

We pick up memorable bits of scripture (often a bit mangled to fit the verse structure), and larger principles about God through the lyrics of our Sunday anthems.