Arcanus Wrote:Christianity neither commands nor condones such appalling acts; more than this, it contradicts them quite diametrically
As I said, if Jesus supported the OT as a whole, then how could you say that believers in Christ are not Christians and are Unchristian if they condone the horror in the OT?
Does Jesus condone all of the OT or does he just condone bits of it? Am I wrong when I read at SAB, that Jesus condones the whole thing and says he comes not to bring peace but a sword?
Quote:If you hold that the violent destruction of abortion providers can be substantiated by cherry-picked verses from Christian scriptures, please provide one or more examples of such.
I'll dig out TGD and supply a quote as soon as I can and as soon as I remember after today. I read it ages ago...and my memory is too terrible to quote the source, etc. I thought it was well known that Christians who bomb abortion clinics aren't doing it for non-religious reasons. The whole thing about the sanctity of life is more common in religion than in secularism, right?
Quote:(Note: If you cannot find even the hint of a "cherry-pick" example from the New Testament, that ought to tell you something about the state of it being Christian.)
Well any time when part of the Bible (I never said specifically NT) that is unpleasant is chosen to be metaphorical, when it could just as easily be read literally, is cherry-picking. I know hardly anything about the Bible, but I never expected you to deny cherry-picking altogether, to say that no Christians cherry-pick (if that's what you're saying?), are you saying all Christians are perfect in their interpreting or something?
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