Lev. 20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
-- You're taking that out of context.
What?
-- Yes, you took that quote out of context.
Um, the rule before it is if you have sex with your sons wife you get murdered. The rule after it says if you marry a woman and her mother you get put to death. It's a list of laws. It stands alone.
-- So there was more? You took it out of context.
I quoted it.
-- Yes, but the quote appears in a specific part of the text and you didn't copy the entire text.
What?
Theology Non-Rule #19, Taking things out of context is knockdown argument against pretty much any quote in or out of context. One needs never justify the accusation or show how quoting all relevant text and citing the place taken somehow loses context information.
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