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Old Testament & Christian Morality
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Old Testament & Christian Morality
March 22, 2012 at 5:58 pm
Hi guys,

It seems whenever I present some typical disgusting law from the Old Testament (rape, slaves, etc.) to a Christian, they disregard it because it is Old Testament.

What justifies Christians to disregard the Old Testament? If Jesus absolved the laws commanded to the Israelites and replaced them with faith, and no real laws were handed down in the New Testament, where do these moderate Christians get their so called Objective Morality from?

I'm always stumped by this argument and would appreciate a thoughtful answer from both Christians and non-Christians.

Thanks!
Greeny
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Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Greeny - March 22, 2012 at 5:58 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Forsaken - March 22, 2012 at 6:20 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Greeny - March 22, 2012 at 6:28 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by padraic - March 22, 2012 at 7:43 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Anomalocaris - March 22, 2012 at 6:40 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Greeny - March 22, 2012 at 6:45 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by mediamogul - March 22, 2012 at 7:02 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Drich - March 22, 2012 at 8:30 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Drich - March 22, 2012 at 10:47 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Erinome - March 23, 2012 at 9:10 am
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Minimalist - March 22, 2012 at 8:58 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Drich - March 22, 2012 at 9:09 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Minimalist - March 22, 2012 at 9:23 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by padraic - March 22, 2012 at 9:49 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Minimalist - March 22, 2012 at 9:51 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by padraic - March 22, 2012 at 10:26 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Minimalist - March 23, 2012 at 12:11 am
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by mediamogul - March 23, 2012 at 12:17 am
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by padraic - March 23, 2012 at 12:00 am
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Drich - March 23, 2012 at 1:26 am
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Minimalist - March 23, 2012 at 12:26 am
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Drich - March 23, 2012 at 12:59 am
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by mediamogul - March 23, 2012 at 9:34 am
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Drich - March 23, 2012 at 8:43 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by mediamogul - March 23, 2012 at 9:09 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Minimalist - March 23, 2012 at 1:22 am
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by padraic - March 23, 2012 at 2:45 am
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Drich - March 23, 2012 at 8:30 am
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by NoMoreFaith - March 23, 2012 at 9:37 am
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by mediamogul - March 23, 2012 at 9:42 am
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by padraic - March 23, 2012 at 6:48 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Minimalist - March 23, 2012 at 8:04 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Neo-Scholastic - March 24, 2012 at 12:51 am
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Greeny - March 24, 2012 at 6:05 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Drich - March 25, 2012 at 10:54 am
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by BeeDeePee - April 1, 2012 at 11:05 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by Minimalist - April 1, 2012 at 11:41 pm
RE: Old Testament & Christian Morality - by padraic - April 2, 2012 at 8:22 pm

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