Burnishing Bigotry - 3rd edition

Question 05) And what happens when we discover that the messengers of God in the
Bible misquote, misapply or misinterpret the Scriptures that came before them?
*… like when James uses Amos 9:11-12 out of context in Acts 15:16-17?
*… or when Paul molds Psalm 143:2 into a new context in Romans 3:20?
*… or when Paul alters the focus of Isaiah 28:16 in Romans 9:33b?
*… or when Paul inverts the meaning of Isaiah 52:15 in Romans 15:21?
*… or when Paul incorrectly claims that a non-Biblical Jewish writing (―What no eye has
seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love Him‖) is
Holy Scripture in 1 Corinthians 2:9?
*… or when Paul actually uses bits and pieces of several Old Testament texts to compose
his own scripture in 2 Corinthians 6:16-18?
*… or when Jesus himself does the same thing using seven different Old Testament
verses in Mark 13:24-25?
*… or when Jesus ―composes‖ his own Scripture by creatively fusing Isaiah 56:7 &
Jeremiah 7:11 in Luke 19:46?
*… or when Jesus alters the context of Micah 7:6 while paraphrasing it in Luke 12:53?
What are we to do in such cases, Lucy? Are we to adopt the new, altered
meanings of the old verses and discard the older ones, or are we to disregard those
newer alterations and focus instead on the meanings those verses were originally given?
Question 06) And finally – and for this thread most importantly, what happens when the
Word of God authorizes or even compels us to obey immoral laws?
*What are we to do when the Bible authorizes the possession of human slaves (see Exodus
2:7 & Ephesians 6:5-9) …
*… or when the Old Testament encourages unnecessary acts of brutal cruelty to animals
(see Genesis 9:2 & Leviticus 11:1-47) …
*… or when the Bible openly affirms the denigration of women (see 1 Timothy 2:12 & 1
Corinthians 14:34-35) …
*… or when the Old Testament justifies genocide (see Deuteronomy 7:1-2 & Joshua 10:40) …
*… or when the Bible champions acts of unjust warfare (see Numbers 31:2, 1 Samuel 15:3
& Joshua 4:13) …
*… or when both Testaments authorize racism (see Numbers 25:1-13 & 2 John 1:10)? …
*… or when the Old Testament encourages religious persecution (see Exodus 22:20 &
Deuteronomy 13:6-10) …
*… or when the Bible justifies rape (see Deuteronomy 22:28-29 & Judges 21:10-24) …
*… or when the Old Testament justifies sex-slavery (see Genesis 19:8 & Judges 1:12-13) …
*… or when the Bible affirms the mass murder of children (see Exodus 12:29-30 &
Numbers 31:17-18)?
What are we to do in such cases, my Friend? Are we to strictly adhere to
these passages of Scripture that champion such despicable acts (like you and yours
are doing when you cling to Leviticus18:22 & Leviticus 20:13, the latter of which
actually calls for the outright murder of all homosexuals)? …
I would say, certainly NOT!
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