What IS good, and how do we determine it?

[Catholic_Lady]

Lol. It is not "choosing which aspects of my faith to abide." That IS my faith, in its entirety. Can you specify what exactly it is you are referring to? I'm pretty sure I know but I just want to make sure.

I already have done so.  If you aren't sure, you're not reading closely. You're asserting that the OT is mistaken about some things so that you don't have to defend the fact that you worship a god who was fine with slavery and even beating slaves who were not up to par; you're wanting to avoid defending the passages where he calls out for the brains of infants to be bashed out upon the rocks simply because of their race. You're wanting to distance yourself from the fact your god is fine with punishments going seven generations deep, meaning that innocent children will suffer as a result of their ancestors, whom they had no way of choosing.

You are cherry-picking your Bible by favoring the NT over the OT because despite your preferences, the god is the same God of Abraham, and in the Old Testament he is clearly a vicious son of a bitch who is unworthy of worship.

That is why you're being so vague and cagey about which parts you accept and which you reject. You've placed your faith in a book that you yourself admit has errors.

You're picking your own morality ("I like the New Testament God, he's a decent guy!") but refusing to acknowledge that your choice is every bit as subjective as anyone else's, because it is admittedly based on interpretation and elision.

I am claiming the Old Testament is inaccurate and incomplete because I am a Christian, and Christ taught some things differently than how the OT says it. That's the simplest way I can put it for ya. I "pick" my morality in the sense that I chose to be a Christian Catholic. I believe the morality in that religion is correct. I did not make it up on my own.

I am sorry if you feel I am being vague, but I don't know how to better explain myself to you. I have tried explaining as best I can and I can't think of any instance of me being vague. Your comment though, does shows how little you understand about Catholicism. You say that I put my faith on a book when Catholicism actually *teaches* that the bible is not the end all be all of the faith. It actually *teaches* us not to rely solely on the bible or to put our faith solely on the bible.

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Christianity is defined by myth.  Nothing else.

I respect your opinion.