Poor uneducated unintelligent aheists

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No Tack, I don’t see the laughability of my argument because you are doing exactly what I said in my first post. You are choosing the passage that best fits your thoughts from among contradictory passages. Jesus also said:


"Whoever curses father or mother shall die" (Mark 7:10 NAB)

“He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.” (Matthew 15:4-7)

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest part or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place." (Matthew 5:17 NAB)

“For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:18-19 RSV)

You too are cherry picking. You have chosen the passages that best fit what you want the Bible to be. You ignore the things you don’t like. I won’t argue that you have chosen poorly in this extreme example because you haven't, but the fact remains that you have chosen. You have cherry picked that which suits you and disregarded that which does not. Something all Christians are forced to do.

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No it wasn't cherry picking, I didn't list every single verse because they are just replicating things you've already said, and I agreed that the Bible said that. I hadn't listed the Matthew 5 verses because I also agree with them as a Christian by default. You're absolutely right, Jesus did not come to abolish or change the law of God. He clearly saw it being abused in many cases though and corrected our misuse of the law. When the Pharisees attempted to trip him with the law and asked him which is best, knowing that the real messiah was here as fulfillment of all the law, Jesus used the verses I quoted. That clearly indicated that by loving each other as we wanted to be loved and Loving God with our heart, soul and mind we would be fulfillment of the law God decreed. No more was there need for atonement from the law of Moses, because he was the greatest sacrifice, and they're not necessary now.

You still did not respond, so before this gets really convoluted and tautological answer my question: How do you interpret the meaning when factoring in all the verses you and I both quoted? You call them contradictory because they're not on your side of the argument. They're all talking about the Law of God, which I cited above so they're all relevant, they're only contradictory if you deny they're relevant.

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OK, if you're not cherry picking from the bible, why don't you sell everything you own and give the money to the poor like Jesus said to? Do you have locks on the doors of your house? If so, why? Jesus said to give to all who ask of you, and don't ask for repayment in return. If someone steals your cloak, offer him your shirt as well. Putting locks on your doors seems to go against what Jesus taught, since he was pretty clear about not accumulating wealth and letting people take things from you.
If you are a true Christian and don't cherry pick from the bible, then give me $100. You can PM me for my address.

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I do live very humbly paycheck to paycheck. I give what I have available when I have it available. I give furniture to people who need furniture. I do have locks on my doors, but I rarely use them in the physical sense. Metaphorically my door is always open, and I was actually trying to move down to GA this year before Dragon Con so I could hold the first (well technically second) AF.org get together at my house, and let people stay there rather than a hotel. I don't have people steal from me, but if I did, I'm sure if it's replaceable, I'd be fine. The parable of the good steward in Luke 16 is a good example of taking responsibility for your things. As far as the handout, see my PM