(June 21, 2015 at 2:52 am)Parkers Tan Wrote: Bottom line: if Jesus came along and replaced the Old Testament laws, as modern Christians usually argue contrary to what Jesus himself said, then that represented an old, vindictive morality being replaced (to continue with the Bush references) with a kinder, gentler set of rules.
If Jesus did not replace those rules in the OT, the Christians need to explain why we nowadays consider slavery evil where before it was considered acceptable.
You cannot have it both ways, because no matter what you wish to say, morality has shifted.
Also, the bible says that god does not change. The god of the Old Testament clearly said that warriors could take the virgins from defeated villages and use them for sex. That was god who gave that command. It wasn't simply reporting what the Ancient Hebrews did. Even if god changed the rules the fact that he is unchanging means that he is the same being who said rape of captive women was all right.
Deuteronomy 20:10-14
Quote: As you approach a town to attack it, first offer its people terms for peace. If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all the people inside will serve you in forced labor. But if they refuse to make peace and prepare to fight, you must attack the town. When the LORD your God hands it over to you, kill every man in the town. But you may keep for yourselves all the women, children, livestock, and other plunder. You may enjoy the spoils of your enemies that the LORD your God has given you.
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Deuteronomy 21:10-14 NAB)
Quote:"When you go out to war against your enemies and the LORD, your God, delivers them into your hand, so that you take captives, if you see a comely woman among the captives and become so enamored of her that you wish to have her as wife, you may take her home to your house. But before she may live there, she must shave her head and pare her nails and lay aside her captive's garb. After she has mourned her father and mother for a full month, you may have relations with her, and you shall be her husband and she shall be your wife. However, if later on you lose your liking for her, you shall give her her freedom, if she wishes it; but you shall not sell her or enslave her, since she was married to you under compulsion."
