(April 26, 2010 at 4:17 pm)True Christian Wrote: I AM NOT CHERRY PICKING
It seems impossible for me to get my points across because im sure many have already decided that i am cherry picking my beliefs. I am not. I reject the Old Testament and accept the New Testament. Thats as simple as that. Why ? because the Old Testament is easily read as a mythology book with a scary God, while the new Testament has a message of love and peace and the Gospels depict a believable story.
Well, I think you are - but it is way better than being a fundie.
I agree, that there are some values in the NT that we still consider 'good' but also some we consider 'bad'. Also I completely disagree on the Gospels - it is highly likely that also the NT is only a compendium of more or less nice stories collected over the years. It is also very unlikely that someone similar to Jesus actually existed.