When you approach an issue with a predetermined position, by definition you are not objectively looking at the information. You see what you want to see, and you ignore what conflicts with the belief you already have.
Hand picking, or cherry picking, is not a safe way to approach most issues. A Bible verse out of context often says something different from when it is 'in' context.
On another note, I love to capitalize the pronouns for God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit in the Scriptures. Some translations don't do it, but the one I generally read does. I'm uncomfortable when God's name isn't set apart with a capital letter. Funny, isn't it? Preferences...as long as we trust a translation that aligns as much as possible with trusted manuscripts. Praise God for godly, qualified men who took the task of translating seriously.
16For God so loved the world, that He gave His [e]only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 18 He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the [f]only begotten Son of God. 19 This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.” John 3:16-21
Hand picking, or cherry picking, is not a safe way to approach most issues. A Bible verse out of context often says something different from when it is 'in' context.
On another note, I love to capitalize the pronouns for God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit in the Scriptures. Some translations don't do it, but the one I generally read does. I'm uncomfortable when God's name isn't set apart with a capital letter. Funny, isn't it? Preferences...as long as we trust a translation that aligns as much as possible with trusted manuscripts. Praise God for godly, qualified men who took the task of translating seriously.
16For God so loved the world, that He gave His [e]only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 18 He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the [f]only begotten Son of God. 19 This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.” John 3:16-21
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