(June 16, 2015 at 3:11 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I must admit, I have not opened reading material and I apologize. I have been very overwhelmed trying to answer all of you and have not had the time. If you want to tell me something, it is better if you cut and paste or if you put in your own words. If you post a link I probably won't get to it.
Well, I had thought you were interested. Forgive my misapprehension.
I 100% agree that just because I haven't heard doesn't mean it doesn't happen. There are some messed up people out there who call themselves Christians. Fortunately, they are in the very small minority.
(June 16, 2015 at 3:11 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I'm not sure how it still counts as cherry picking when I say I feel the *whole* Old Testament is written in allegorical form, rather than just the bad stuff....
But if that is how you feel then I can respect your opinion and move on.
It isn't my "opinion" -- it is a fact that you are selecting one part of the Bible to read literally, and selecting another to read figuratively, and that is cherry-picking. You like the NT because it comports to the morality that you're already bringing to the table.
As for moving on, I don't see any great interest in discussing with yet another believer why their particular view is correct, given the fact that you're not bringing anything to the table except "these are my beliefs". I don't see why your moral sensibility has any privilege or gravitas, and it's clearly just as relative as mine. The difference between you and I is that I'm responsible enough to own my own moral sensibilities, and adapt them to what I consider good, whereas you adopt the one that seems closest to your views, and try to ignore the parts which cause you mental dissonance.
I think your approach to morality is shallow, and I'm not interested in pursuing it any further.
