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Cafeteria Christianity (view source)
Revision as of 14:37, September 22, 2011
, 14:37, September 22, 2011new section on proof texts
{{Bible quote|But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.|book=Matthew|chap=4|verses=4|version=KJV}}
{{Bible quote|But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.|book=Matthew|chap=4|verses=4|version=KJV}}
Note: "every word," not "some words." The counterargument of many cafeteria Christians is that the word of the authors of certain parts of the Bible is not necessarily the word of God. However, absent evidence that a certain passage of the Bible is not God's Word (e.g., Paul's explicit statement that he is expressing a personal view), that counterargument is [[beg the question|circular]], as it assumes the propriety of cherry-picking the Bible in order to justify cherry-picking the Bible.
Note: "every word," not "some words." The counterargument of many cafeteria Christians is that the word of the authors of certain parts of the Bible is not necessarily the word of God. However, absent evidence that a certain passage of the Bible is not God's Word (e.g., Paul's explicit statement that he is expressing a personal view), that counterargument is [[beg the question|circular]], as it assumes the propriety of cherry-picking the Bible in order to justify cherry-picking the Bible.
==Proof texts==
A common tactic used by cafeteria Christians is reliance on '''proof texts'''. A proof text (sometimes spelled prooftext) is a short passage from Scripture that is cited, typically [[out of context]], to support a doctrinal position that the [[Hermeneutics|Bible when read as a whole]] may not support.<ref>[http://www.biblestudy.org/beginner/definition-of-christian-terms/prooftexting.html Definition of Christian Terms - Prooftexting]</ref>
==Examples==
==Examples==