(June 27, 2016 at 7:48 pm)Disciple Wrote:(June 26, 2016 at 1:01 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Last I checked, the Old Testament calls for stoning them to death. Isn't the Old Testament in the Bible? Do not many Christians still regard its teachings as valid?
Hey Thump, Yes the OT commands the Jews to stone gays at that point in time 4000 or so years ago. That's a Jewish series of books. Written for Jewish people. Some sects of Judaism still follow the laws written in it. It still carries relevance to Christians but we don't follow it by any means. Christians follow the teachings of Christ.
Some Christians do. Many Christians utilize the Old Testament.
You're courting three problems: No True Scotsman, cherry-picking (not a formal fallacy, but certainly fallacious thinking), and moral relativity. Step carefully.