[Magdalen] A useful approach to the Bible

[ME Michaud]

Some people think every declarative sentence is prescriptive.

If you're one of them, you probably should stay far away from
Scripture. It's dangerous for you.

Scripture/prescriptive. Get it?
-M


On Thursday, August 27, 2015, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

> You may have a point, but I don't think that line in the psalm is telling
> us it's appropriate to smash kids on the rocks. It's expressing extreme
> hatred for an enemy...not that this is appropriate either. It's part of a
> story.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Aug 26, 2015, at 10:13 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > No, when scripture says it is appropriate to smash children's heads on
> the
> > rocks, that refutes utterly any claim to divine inspiration.
>