http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=330 Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:25:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=330&cpage=1#comment-1549 Ron Chusid Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:34:14 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=330#comment-1549 I'm no expert on the Bible, but I've always been under the impression (and have seen examples to demonstrate) that the Bible can be used to back up either side of most issues. I’m no expert on the Bible, but I’ve always been under the impression (and have seen examples to demonstrate) that the Bible can be used to back up either side of most issues.

]]> http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=330&cpage=1#comment-1546 RBH Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:57:09 +0000 http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=330#comment-1546 Quotemining is a venerable tradition in religion, too. Read any (amateur) Christian apologetics and you'll see dueling Bible verses. It's the practice to extract snippets -- verses from the Bible, sentences or sentence fragments from scientific papers -- to attempt to twist what the source actually says in context. Quotemining is a venerable tradition in religion, too. Read any (amateur) Christian apologetics and you’ll see dueling Bible verses. It’s the practice to extract snippets — verses from the Bible, sentences or sentence fragments from scientific papers — to attempt to twist what the source actually says in context.

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