(October 17, 2014 at 11:49 pm)Vivalarevolution Wrote: So my first question is- Why are only Christians asked about the OT narratives? I mean the stoning of adulterers and all. Jesus stopped the stoning of the woman, among other things and showed a newer and better way to live.
No one asks Jews what they think of the old testament. It's THEIR book (Tanakh).
I think the most obvious answer is that there is a Christian majority (at least in America) whereas there are hardly any Jews anywhere except Israel. If Jews were the majority, things might be different.
wikipedia Wrote:The World Factbook gives the population as 7,095,217,980 (July 2013 est.) and the distribution of religions as Christian 33.39% (of which Roman Catholic 16.85%, Protestant 6.15%, Orthodox 3.96%, Anglican 1.26%), Muslim 22.74%, Hindu 13.8%, Buddhist 6.77%, Sikh 0.35%, Jewish 0.22%, Baha'i 0.11%, other religions 10.95%, non-religious 9.66%, atheists 2.01% (2010 est.).[1](Bolding mine)
Yeah, even atheists outnumber them.