You: Isnt 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.
Doesnt 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.
Thank you for the expository post on basic information theory—I’m sure I know a bit more about that than you do.
Regarding your quotes which I will not reproduce here, you were referring to another poster who DID in fact QUOTE scripture. Perhaps if you had paid a bit more attention to the original post you would not have seen fit to issue an unnecessary correction.
I accept your apology.