In addition, there are many contradictions in the text, so a contradictory counter quote put you into the position of trying to explain why the text doesn't mean what it says. Once down that rabbit hole, against a good opponent, you will never escape.
1. Perhaps you are a reader of the Skeptic's Annotated Bible. 2. Perhaps you have never heard a capable expositor or Scripture.
Steve.
Exository Preaching: a method by which preachers attempt to explain how the Bible doesn't mean what it says.
I see where you're coming from now. You reject the messenger; therefore you reject the message.
I don't do that, but it's good for me to know that you do it. I think this brings us to the end of any worthwhile discussion.
Steve.
"I was a deerhunter long before I was a man." ~Gene Wensel's Come November (2000) "A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user." ~Theodore Roosevelt