Old Testament & Christian Morality

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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

You are letting them get away with that far too easy. It is their book. Hold them to it. If they believe that the bible is fact then they believe that god murdered children, condoned rape, incest and atrocity, and threw a temper tantrum an drowned everyone in the world save for about 8 people. Just because god was "born again" in a gentler less iminent way in the new testament doesn't mean that the OT doesn't exist. Not to mention that Christians quote it constantly as though it was universal law. Don't let them get away with it. Jesus quotes the old testament in the new testament. All the prophesies that supposedly make him the messiah are outlined in the old testament and the writers of the new testament wrote the new testament to make it fit. One doesn't stand without the other.