(April 6, 2015 at 5:17 pm)Nestor Wrote: ...
That's a stretch. Yes, Jesus apparently believed in the Old Testament, but he's speaking out against disrespect towards the elderly, as it appears to not only have been tolerated but encouraged. He's not advocating the stoning of children.
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Jesus in Matthew 5:
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
If he is serious there, he is serious about following the laws involving the stoning of children, and all of the other stuff in the Old Testament. Of course, Christians typically pretend that Jesus did not really mean what he says, about every detail of the law being in effect, "Till heaven and earth pass" and "till all be fulfilled." They don't like it, and pretend it means something else. That Jesus did not follow it all means nothing, since he is supposed to be above the law anyway. One needs to follow the law better than the Pharisees, who are the ones not stoning the children when they are commanded to do so. Otherwise, "ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven."
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
