(September 27, 2009 at 7:48 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: I want to know if [Jesus] supports the whole of the Old Testament or not ... I am asking if Christ condones any of the horror in the Old Testament ...
First, yes he "supports" the Old Testament. And yet, how can you respond to this without knowing the sense in which he supports it? Second, the dictionaries I've checked don't show "support" and "condone" as being synonyms. What dictionary are you using? Or was that an intentional prevarication? Third, do you argue for an absolute objective morality? That is, are those events in the Old Testament considered "horrors" in an absolute, objective sense?
(September 27, 2009 at 7:48 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: I understand your point, that it doesn't follow from Christian beliefs. But what I wonder is how specifically you are defining Christianity ...
If you are inquiring about the criteria by which a belief is determined to be Christian or not, I've already provided that.
(September 27, 2009 at 7:48 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: How is it decided what parts are literal or metaphorical without ever cherry-picking?
Biblical exegesis.
(September 27, 2009 at 7:48 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: Do you agree with me after all, that there are Christian cherry-pickers?
Well of course there are! I've dealt with many myself. And so?
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
(Oscar Wilde)
