To prooftext is to quote or cite parts of a document (such as the Bible) out of context and present them as basis for a proposition, often one that the document taken as a whole would not support. Even suggestions that seem reasonable may be no less a fallacy than the mathematical proof-spoof in the image above.
Read. Think. Ask. Don't enable proof-texters!
Read more about proof-texting from Wendy ("Bookgirl") here. And check out her blog while you're at it!
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