The argument usually goes 'Oh, well that just reflects the culture that the Bible was written in.' Which can handily write off verses that modern Christians disagree with, even as take the homophobic verses (something Christians mostly agree with) to mean that the immorality of homosexuality is an absolute truth--God himself said so, after all!
Others say that that stuff was in there because of the sinfulness of the world and that Jesus fixed all that by sacrificing himself. Which makes even less sense--God gives us a set of absolute truths, but then decides to change them, and for some reason he has to come down to Earth to die a physical death in order to do so. Besides, Jesus himself says in Matthew 5:17: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill."
Of course, most are just ignorant of that sort of thing. Many Christians, if you were to tell them some of the more horrible things the Bible says, simply wouldn't believe you.
Others say that that stuff was in there because of the sinfulness of the world and that Jesus fixed all that by sacrificing himself. Which makes even less sense--God gives us a set of absolute truths, but then decides to change them, and for some reason he has to come down to Earth to die a physical death in order to do so. Besides, Jesus himself says in Matthew 5:17: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill."
Of course, most are just ignorant of that sort of thing. Many Christians, if you were to tell them some of the more horrible things the Bible says, simply wouldn't believe you.
