(September 5, 2013 at 12:21 pm)Drich Wrote: Everyone is bound by OT law, unless they find a righteousness/morality that exceeds the righteousness/morality one obtains by adhearing to the Law.
Let's examine this for a second. If there is some kind of morality that exceeds what is found in the NT, then we should follow that, right? As Jesus apparently still adhered to OT teachings and even told everyone that not a jot nor tittle of that law would be done away with, then we can't even say for certain that Jesus' teachings were actually more moral/righteous.
Returning, for a second, to what you said about discontinuing what is taught in the OT if it is found to be less moral, what makes you think that people aren't doing exactly that by discarding the book itself? By doing this, most atheists here (I'll presume for a moment) are more moral than what is described in the OT, they don't follow that book, and are therefore following your suggestion.
Going a little further than this, you are also more moral than what is described in the OT; you don't practice slavery, you don't kill those who transgress the law, and you are somewhat tolerant of other beliefs despite your god's jealous nature. Why do you then urge us to follow something that even you do not? You are not following Jesus according to his own thoughts on the writings of the OT, or you would be a lot worse off than you truly are.
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