[Acrylic-bob]

>>Of course to really understand you have to keep the verses in context. It's possible to make things say anything you like if you string a few bits together out of context.<<

Exactly! This little exercise shows how careful we all have to be. I'm sorry if I offended anyones sensibilities. That wasn't my intention. It is what is in your heart that matters and how you order your life by it , not what is on the page.

It doesn't take the world's greatest intellect to divine what is in the hearts of the barbarians who currently hold Ken Bigley hostage. Though sometimes it is difficult to sort through their wilful mangling of the truth. Sadly, it is not only the barbarians who are prepared to mangle the truth to suit their ends.

There is another pertinent quote from the New Testament which may serve us all well in the coming days and years, Matt 7:16

"By their fruits shall ye know them."