In response to the question left for us to ponder on ‘what is being left out of the conversations including the Bible,’ I would say that the context of the situation is being left out. There are many times in which people try to shape the words of the Bible to fit the argument they are trying to uphold as truth. For example, slavery; the cultural difference between the American perception of slavery in the 21st century is different than the perception of slavery in ancient times. Or even the Slave Bible where all the narratives of slaves in ancient times having any sort of notion to go against the hand of authority under which they lay. In most conversations, it’s a matter of taking what you like and discarding what you don’t like. The matter of liking or disliking comes down to what is upholding your side of the argument. By taking out pieces of information the audience does not get the full picture of what is going on and the text given can skew the meaning of the full meaning itself. This plays into the historical context as well; people take the literal words from the Bible and fix them to their point of view without considering what the context was in history. It ignores the fact there were different cultures with different beliefs and practices.
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