RE: Quick YEC Debunks
March 17, 2018 at 9:15 am
(This post was last modified: March 17, 2018 at 9:15 am by Amarok.)
(March 17, 2018 at 9:12 am)Crossless2.0 Wrote:of course that just makes their god look even lamer then he already is .(March 17, 2018 at 8:10 am)alpha male Wrote: It's not rejection to note that a part of the Bible is explicitly addressed to a certain group, rather than to humanity in general.
Try actually reading the OT covenants. ETA: Acts 15 would be useful too.
Yeah, I'm actually with the Christians on this point. Like it or not, the Christian relationship to OT law is largely defined by Paul's doctrines (there are obviously other NT passages that can be used to support the same points, but I tend to discount them as very likely being influenced by Paul's earlier teachings).
I've railed many times that the Christian use of the OT amounts to little more than a Gentile appropriation of Jewish scripture that undercuts and rejects Judaism even as it claims to fulfill it. That sort of cultural high-jacking might be seen as suspect and a fruitful line of attack, but lambasting Christians for not following certain laws that their own scripture assures them don't apply in light of Christ's sacrifice is a dead end.
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