I think a number of things here arn't cut, some are taken as symbolic (talking snake) and some require more than a simple understanding to understant it. Context is also important.
Alot of the OT law was kicked out because of the NT grace. According to the Christian world view the life, death and resurrection of Jesus was the most important time in history, so wouldn't it make sense if many things changed after that point.
I would ether agree with or explain all of these with not too much effort without research except for the women and slave bit.
Eilonnwy:
Is a simple understand more honest or just simple? The world is complex so why do you say christians are dishonest when they have a complex theology, doesn't that reflect the world better?
Alot of the OT law was kicked out because of the NT grace. According to the Christian world view the life, death and resurrection of Jesus was the most important time in history, so wouldn't it make sense if many things changed after that point.
I would ether agree with or explain all of these with not too much effort without research except for the women and slave bit.
Eilonnwy:
Quote:It's things like this that sometimes makes me think Fundamentalists are more honest of the Christian, since they take their Bible for what it is and offer no excuses or exclusions.
Is a simple understand more honest or just simple? The world is complex so why do you say christians are dishonest when they have a complex theology, doesn't that reflect the world better?
Mark Taylor: "Religious conflict will be less a matter of struggles between belief and unbelief than of clashes between believers who make room for doubt and those who do not."
Einstein: “The most unintelligible thing about nature is that it is intelligible”
Einstein: “The most unintelligible thing about nature is that it is intelligible”
