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Originally Posted by DrPhil
First, notice the quotation marks in "said."
Religious text is about interpretation and understanding. Some people claim to take text literally and some people claim that there is an underlying meaning or things that can be inferred. Not everything that people of certain religions believe are explicitly stated in the religious text. Many people claim that their deity (deities) has specifically shown them that their interpretation of religious text (and their opinion/way they are living) is the true word of the deity (deities). If you get into a discussion of what religious text means or disagree with these people, these people will say they will pray (for the religions that call it prayer) that you get saved...or that you are the devil (for the religions that believe in a devil) incarnate.
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You're right. I agree with what you said above, because in my church we have never approached (and currently don't) those Scriptures to mean or imply the meaning that that is the justification as to why Whites and Blacks can not marry.
Now, I've heard other reason given, just not these passages as the reasons.