This pick and choose is something that really annoys me.
The Bible is the word of god, but only as long as what is written there is socially acceptable. As soon as it isn't anymore, it just is "took out of context", "translated wrong " or isn't meant to be took literally.
Either all of it is the word of God and has to be took literally or none of it. This picking and choosing which parts I like and choose to interpret as right is just hypocritical.
There are flaws in translations, specifically the KJV which is a bible that was translated over 400 years ago. There are parts not meant to be taken literally,
That was exactly my point. You pick and choose how things hafte be interpreted. This constantly changes (basically less and less should be taken literally) and if there is no way it can be "interpreted" OK, it's wronly translated. But stragley of the ~100 (made up number) english translation there is no right one.
much of the bible is not socially acceptable. However the truth never makes everyone happy.
Just wow.
But talking about "the truth ever makes everyone happy".
Would I be happy if there where an after live?
Would I be happy if good people get rewarded after death and bad punished?
Of course! But just that this would make me happy dosn't make it the truth.
Btw. my favorite Psalm, completely took out of context and probably wrong translated:
Quote from: Psalm 137:9
Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock
Interestingly enough, even the huffpost has answered this recently:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/25/psalm-137-7-9-understandi_n_2550586.htmlIt's not my fault athiests go through the bible cherry picking verses to make an argument.
Like I said I completly took it out of context. But yet even in this artikle it's arguet again how it should be interpreted.
Or it is just what is written there: A ballad of blind rage.
It's you who is cherry picking.