(June 16, 2015 at 12:06 am)Jenny A Wrote: I'm perfectly aware that Christians aren't Jews and that Jesus was rather ambiguous about the law in the Old Testament. But the God of the New and Old Testaments is supposed to be the same one. And in the OT god "really" required certain things. And we really think those things are immoral now. Do you believe the OT misrepresented god's views?
You are correct that we believe God was always the same. It was the people's perception of Him that was not perfectly right, including those who wrote the OT. I believe the vast majority of the Old Testament to be allegorical rather than true events written literally. I am aware that a lot of Christians and Christian denominations take the OT quite literally, but I cannot speak for them. Only for myself as a Catholic.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
