During conversation among white Christians, throwing out a quote from the Bible is welcome at any time. Regardless of the topic of discussion, a little bit of memorized scripture is always appropriate. While expert-level white Christians will execute their Bible quotation flawlessly, most white Christians are too far removed from Sunday School to be able to cite chapter and verse, or even remember the exact phrasing.
Instead, they will start with "Like the Bible says..." and then offer up something that sounds vaguely familiar and Bible-ish to the other church-going people in the vicinity. These Bible-quoters knows they are mangling the verse, but as long as they can muster at least fifty percent accuracy, the others will nod approvingly.
The Bible is the ultimate authority, so citing scripture is the perfect response to any problem or question raised in conversation with others. A half correct Bible verse has at least some words that are in the Bible, surely this is better than saying something that isn't in the Bible at all.
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my favorite "scripture": people who live in glass houses shouldn't be the first to cast stones.
heh heh
That and "God helps those who help themselves" - by apostle, er, no wait... Benjamin Franklin.
I've heard, "Cleanliness is next to Godliness," quoted.
2003 I watched a Springfield MO television interview, reporter asks a child psychologist about discipline. Reporter starts with, "The Bible says to spare the rod and spoil the child... "
We know that "On the eighth day God created (insert college alma mater name here) football."
What gets me is people who say in reference to the topic of conversation at hand, "Well, all we need to do is look at (insert book/chapter/verse) for our answer," not even bothering to recite the verse(es).
Sheesh.
@Library Lady - YES! That is the worst. "Haven't you memorized all the verses I have memorized?"
typical one is "God loves sinner but not the sin" which no where in the bible
Actually, a good portion of those quotes, as paraphrased as most of them are, come from the book of 2 Hesitations.
What white Christians that use vague and misquoted bible verses most dislike is having anyone point out their error.
Like the bible says: "Only God can judge me." Tupac 1:10
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