RE: Idolatry
January 12, 2012 at 2:08 am
(This post was last modified: January 12, 2012 at 2:09 am by Jackalope.)
(January 12, 2012 at 12:06 am)Hoptoad Wrote: Ok,Cthulhu, the bit you didn't high light, ie thou shalt not bow down thyself to them or serve them, that's the important bit.
I believe I addressed that. Exodus 20:5 and Deuteronomy 5:9 address idol worship. Exodus 20:4 and Deuteronomy 5:8 address making idols. The wording to me is quite clear. To paraphrase: you shall not make idols, furthermore, you shall not worship them either. The wording is crystal clear, at least to me.
Quote:Leviticus, Deuteronomy are the old covenant, the old contract. Christians have the new covenant, the new contract. That is what the whole of Christianity is about, what Christ was about. No new covenant, then no new testament no Christianity we would all be Jews of the previous covenant.
Christians still have the ten commandments, but have a new interpretation of them they are viewed through the lens of love God and love your fellow man.
Convenient that you can interpret it that way. I'm not aware of any scripture that says anything in the ten commandments no longer applies under the new covenant, or should be interpreted differently. Come to think of it, I'm not aware of any scripture that specifically strikes any of the commandments in the Torah - other than a few specific statements attributed to Jesus.
I suppose it can mean anything that you want it to mean in that case - which appears to me to be exactly what christians do. The point being: who determined that this interpretation was god's will?
It's also convenient that some christians are quick to cite Leviticus and other books of the OT when it comes to demonizing behavior they don't like.
