RE: No True Scotsman
June 19, 2014 at 5:03 pm
(This post was last modified: June 19, 2014 at 5:11 pm by Lek.)
(June 19, 2014 at 4:37 pm)Esquilax Wrote: Thirdly, I guess you've abandoned the ten commandments then, if the Old Testament is dead and buried, right? And you tell all your christian friends not to bother with the ten commandments either?The ten commandments are not written laws for me to follow. The moral requirements of the ten commandments are summed up in the two great commandments: "love God above all things and love your neighbor as yourself."
(June 19, 2014 at 5:03 pm)Cato Wrote: If our standard of good and evil is extra biblical, of what use is the Bible as a moral guide?
The bible does say much about good and evil and our moral conduct, but it says a lot of other things and tells about people doing things that are evil. When it tells about those people, it's not telling us to do the same. Also, about circumcision - it was a law for the old testament Jews which was done away with along with the rest of the old testament laws. In fact, it was never required for gentiles.
