“You’ve seemed to cherry pick those Scriptures that only meet with whatever filter you’ve established...”
Isn’t that what all quoters of scripture do? Doesn’t your pastor?
I say that as a Christian.
You: Isn’t that what all quoters of scripture do?
A "filter" is the reception side of what we take away from Scripture. (Importers)
A "quoter" is on the lecture/preaching side. (Exporters)
So that's difference #1: If you're going to be bold enough to lecture somebody else on the scriptures & go into the "exporting" biz, then you need to also consider what other scriptures the listener may be adhering to...lest you have a less-than-balanced presentation.
Doesn’t your pastor?
My pastor & most pastors are more likely -- but not necessarily so -- to have considered the more complete pix of what Scripture has had to say on a given issue. And on issues where he hasn't, he may avoid even initiating pronouncements.
And even when pastors in general are both cherry-picking pronouncements according to limited filters, there's still even a second possible distinction in that they may be simply exposing their own vantage point versus imposing upon others -- trying to check their behavior.
Melian was BOTH exporting and imposing, not simply importing and exposing.