bible is more likely than not fallible

Now, for one, Dairygirl apparently lacks knowledge of the culture of the time, so I will explain the piece of culture that would easily justify the verses that are culturally related. As to the others, she is guilty of just taking the verses she wants and not taking them into context. As to the first part, the rules listed related to female slaves, which is mistranslated in her version and the KJV as slave. Firstly, the NIV correctly translates the word Doulos (Septuagint, Greek, meaning a servant) as servant from the original Greek. It mentions that men are released from servanthood every 6 years. This is not 6 years into their servitude, but a holiday that occurred every 6 years. It is mentioned in a few verses prior to the quoted verses that servants are to be released in the seventh year and all debts between families are to be counted null and void. This included even people who had been entered into servanthood the day before this holiday and debts made the same day. However, women were not included in this because at the time, women were not allowed to take up jobs, and thus could not get money, and the standing of that woman would be too low for a man at the time to take the risk of marrying her, unless he was completely enamored. These laws were designed to protect the women at the time. Next is the Deuteronomy verse related to the punishment for raping a virgin woman. There was another reason for this law. Virginity was considered the number one reason for marrying a woman. This was because of the importance of genealogies at the time. You married a virgin, thereby having no contenders for the son or daughter that she bears. Stealing a woman's virginity then would lower the dowry price that a suitor had to pay to marry her. Because of this, the rapist usually had to pay the full dowry price, and if he refused to marry her, he would then be subject to death by stoning. Now the fun one, from Corinthians. This was referring to public speech, if you would care to look at the context of the verses. The verses directly before and after talk about the rules of prophets speaking in the church. This was the first verse Dairygirl takes out of context. To the Deuteronomy verse, would it be better for them to leave her to die? Remember there were no jobs for women then, and not many Israelite men would marry someone from a country that has hated the Israelites. Exodus 22 is again the same as the Deuteronomy verse, thus I shall not repeat myself. Did you care to read the verses prior to Exodus 32:26? Again you take out the FACT that they were deliberately disobeying the Lord. God has to be JUST as well as loving. You again take things out of context. You begin your actual argument quoting from part of Elisha's life. The reason for such harsh punishment is because the Israelites were extremely stubborn. Two days after God causes the earth to swallow up a murderer and his followers the Israelites are back at their old tricks again. Like drug addicts, the Israelites were pathologically stupid about following the rules. Desperate problems require seemingly desperate solutions. Otherwise, it would be like dominoes. If you don't stop the first domino, and it hits 5 or 6 dominos going different directions, then how do you expect to stop the rest? Preventative management is something taught in business classes and medicine. If you wait two weeks to remove a splinter, then it will be infected and you risk losing the finger. If God hadn't dealt with sin like He did in the early parts of the Bible, then Israel would have been disbanded. Your next point is about a raped woman being required to shave her head, which is completely misquoted, which is an unprofessional way to debate. That was a woman who was captured in war, not a raped woman. Get that part right. As to the whole of the first round, it does not prove fallibility. whether a rule is just or unjust does not make the Bible fallible. Fallibility would be better proved via showing contradictions, which you have not.