RE: 10 Questions Biblical Literalists Cannot Honestly Answer
June 16, 2017 at 7:52 am
(This post was last modified: June 16, 2017 at 7:56 am by John V.)
(June 16, 2017 at 6:01 am)Khemikal Wrote:(June 15, 2017 at 3:13 pm)alpha male Wrote: Correct - I'm not going to rule out with certainty the possibility that I would do something if told to by the creator of the universe. That's a no-brainer. You guys probably picture yourselves standing up to him defiantly, when you'd likely be pissing your pants and trying to run away.
Notice how, in the running and pissing pants theory of atheist encounters with a god..there's still no child sacrifice?
Yes. Notice how, in the account of Abraham which inspired this question...there wasn't any child sacrifice?
(June 16, 2017 at 2:45 am)Fake Messiah Wrote:(June 15, 2017 at 11:13 am)alpha male Wrote: The other provisions mentioned are just in the law, and so only apply to Israel. This isn't a difficult concept. I don't know why skeptics struggle so much with it.
Jesus was very clear: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
It is a simple concept that it's only for Israel because Jesus said he was only here for the Jews and you're not a Jew so Jesus is not for you.
Yes, Jesus was clear: 24 But He answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” You seem to understand this yourself, so I don't get what your problem is. We can learn about God from reading all of Scripture, but not all commands found in Scripture applies to every person reading it.
