Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
Are you saying that we can't make a logical or personal opinion because of a few lines from the Bible?
Seriously?
Are we not allowed to have logical or personal opinions about the following quotes from the Bible?
1). "Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
--1 Tim. 2:11-14
2). Exodus 31:13-15
Six days my work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
3). He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the lord.
Deuteronomy 23:1
4). When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property. (Exodus 21:20-21 NAB)
5). Leviticus 20:9
If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death.
6). Leviticus 25:44-45
Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property.
Come on.