Why do some Christians try to twist God's inerrant Word to suit their modern liberal, secular lifestyles?

Most of today's Christians are cherry pickers that endured childhood indoctrination and are making their way in the world the best way they know how -- ignoring the words from their god that don't support their views and fiercely embracing the misconstrued messages that endorse hate and the superiority over non-Christians.

Well, a couple things.

1) Stop opposing the Church. It is not right "to sell your daughter into sex slavery ". The Bible is the Bible because the Church says so.

2) The Bible is not 100% literally anything. It has many genres. Tell me this, Why did both Jesus and Paul NOT turn the other cheek when struck ???? Why was Origen condemned for cutting off a body part that offended. And most of all why was St Augustine's favorite scripture : The word kills , but the Spirit gives life !!

3) Modern liberal society is not what you think it is. Read

Newman against the Liberals (25 Classic Sermons) by John Henry Newman.

Then do the blowhard thing.

Oh yeah, just curious, is 'Top Contributor' for quality or for quantity. Just curious.

Your skeptics site had way too much to address in this short space. I will address your question above though. God inspired different men to write the holy scriptures. The differences in the Catholic Bible and Protestant Bible are insignificant. All Christians accept the Bible by faith. The God of the universe is able to get truth across to all people who choose to come to Him and learn from Him, whether they use a Catholic Bible or Protestant. God sends us a Helper -- the Holy Spirit -- who actually imparts to our spirits Biblical truth. Even if there is a discrepancy or mis-translation, God is able to teach anybody who seeks Him through His Word. The Bible was spiritually written, and there-fore is spiritually discerned -- with our Helper. God is not worried about insignificant differences. What really matters is coming to know Him in a really personal way. When I first picked up the Bible (Catholic New Testament) Jesus came to life in those pages -- and I loved Him and felt I knew Him personally, same as I know my own family members. I got a real revelation of the love of Jesus and it was a totally radical life-changing experience.

Not all Christians are Biblical literalists. There are a number of different denominations that do not insist upon literalism (including my own), and the material you're citing above is one of the many reasons why. As for being both modern and liberal, I plead guilty to both. I'd rather live in a postmodern, inclusive society than to live in the past.

One of the problems with people who believe in the bible is that they take it literally. It shouldn't be it's a writing meant for contemplation not for literal interpretation. But most people would prefer not to think so a literal view becomes the norm among alot of Christians.

I know! I know!

It's because they're your neighbors. They're so overjoyed by the thought of selling their daughter as your sex slave, that they're afraid of selling her to their neighbor. If you sold your daughter as a sex slave, you'd want to celebrate with her CONSTANTLY! They're worried they'll spend too much time over at your place helping the two of you celebrate your potential great sex, and because of that worry, they only want to sell her to people that live farther away.

Move down the street.

If you're going to hold us to Old Testament standards of behavior, then all of us will fall short of God's glory....

....oh yeah, almost forgot.

That's why we need a Savior!

That was in fact the purpose of the law - to help the Jews understand how they would never be able to "work" their way into God's good graces, as it were.

In other words - as Jesus said - it's not enough that you're not committing murder, if you hate in your heart - it's the exact same thing as murder; or it's not enough if you don't commit adultery, if you lust in your heart, it's the exact same thing as adultery.

The law you see, was leading the Jews to the sad, inescapable truth - that God's holiness and God's righteousness were well beyond anything we could comprehend or obtain through normal human effort.

The point is - we all sin, we all fall short, we all need a Savior for redemption and reconciliation - and despite its improbable beginnings, it is actually the easiest standard of all to achieve.

All you have to do is believe it.

There is some things in the prophetic books I find to be useful; they are the prophecies of Christ to come. But, other than that, I don't really focus on anything but the Words of Christ... my goal is to be Christ-like.

Paul is widely misinterpreted. His epistles are historical, not doctrine for all time.

It's very interesting that Christians will recite from the OT till it bites em in the butt, then all of a sudden it's all about the NT. Take Leviticus, they will curse all Homosexuals to Hell using that texts, but when you make a valid point of the OT then all of a sudden "NOOOOOO.............we are now in the NT times". Funny huh?

I am going to keep this simple, you are asking "Christians" and ur question is concerning the mosaic law, which Christians are no longer under, did u not know that?

update: Yes Jesus fulfilled the law, that is why we are no longer under it. Basically the law showed folks that as imperfect humans we need something greater, thus Jesus Ransom sacrifice.

the most import. commandment is to love God and neighbor.

Hey man, keep negotiating with those neighbors, and if you score one of those daughters, pick up one for me.---I'll send you the 20 plus a fin for your troubles.