Theistic morality

[John V]

I don't know what the Noahide rules are.

I linked to them. I'm not going to keep responding if you're not going to read my responses.

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How convenient it would be if I got to pick and choose the rules I wanted to follow, especially if all I had to do was interpret the rules to my advantage.

Haven't you already said that as an atheist you do get to pick and choose your moral rules?

Because, in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus makes it clear that the law is in effect until heaven and earth disappear, and he has a direct warning against those who fail to uphold it, or teach others that it's okay not to uphold it.

Yes, in effect for Israel. We've already seen that the law does not apply to Gentiles, and you forget that Jesus also said that he came for the lost sheep of Israel.

Fudging on just one of them makes you the lowest piece of garbage in heaven's gutters, so what do you think happens to those who outright don't even make a token effort to uphold any of the commandments they find to be inconvenient or objectionable?

I don't know, but as I do make an effort to uphold some commands I find inconvenient, I'm not concerned about it.

The Pharisees were cursed and shamed for following the letter and ignoring the spirit of the law. Modern Christians virtually never bother with either letter or spirit. They claim that it doesn't apply to them.

And as most modern Christians are gentiles, they're correct.

I hope for your sake that God is much less a stickler for rules than the Bible makes him out to be.

Christianity does have this whole big theme about a savior you know.