RE: Why can't Christians say that parts of the Old Testament don't apply??..
October 18, 2010 at 1:43 am
(October 15, 2010 at 8:01 am)solja247 Wrote: But why is the Mosaic law and the ten commandments any different? When Jesus is talking about the law, He is talking about the law of Moses.
The law has been fulfilled in love, we are now to keep a new law, the law of love.
Did I miss something? So we are now only talking about the 10 commandments or the entirety of OT law? And what do you mean the law has been fulfilled in love? So the whole of the OT law can be dismissed as we now have a law of love?
Ok, then you better get preaching to some of those fundie preachers who seem to preach intolerance and hatred to gays and others they don't agree with. I'm sure most athiests would subscribe to a policy of love and respect... but some christians seem to have problems with this.
(October 15, 2010 at 8:01 am)solja247 Wrote:Quote:The ancient Hebrews were polytheistic. I don't know if you noticed that Yahweh's curious habit of referring to himself by the royal we abruptly ended after Genesis.They were not! They didnt even believe in the Devil!
Correct if you refer to the Christian devil. However, look at the historical evidence about the early Hebrews, for example the Canaanites.
I'll give you some text from wikipedia (yes, i know, its not perfect and lacking citations):
Quote:Canaanite religion is the name for the group of Ancient Semitic religions practiced by the Canaanites living in the ancient Levant from at least the early Bronze Age through the first centuries of the Common Era.
Canaanite religion was polytheistic or monolatristic, worshiping one god while acknowledging the existence of others.
A finite number of monkeys with a finite number of typewriters and a finite amount of time could eventually reproduce 4chan.
