Originally Posted by roachboy

i would like to take a moment and express my disdain for the expression

"pick and choose"

which is like saying "mass genocide" or "boeuf bourginon in a wine sauce"
and which is a kind of meme, i think, which i only encounter in conversations like this one.
i dont see how the claim that "you cant pick and choose" is any different from making claims about who is and is not "really christian"--the expression leans on membership rules and is not binding on anyone who does not also consider him or herself a member of the group. so those who are christians do not get to control how those who are not interact with biblical texts and this because outside your particular group, the rules you live by are arbitrary.

which i think is the same point dave is making above, phrased differently.