Firstly, most Christians read the Bible through the rose-tinted interpretation of their denomination (Or even their pastor), so it isn't surprising they can ignore what is plainly written there for all to see.
And not all Christians believed that the old testament god and the new testament god were even the same being. The Cathars for instance believed that the god of the old testament was the creator of the physical world and that the god of the new testament was the creator of the spiritual realm.
The reason you may not have heard of them is because the Catholic church virtually annihilated them in the thirteenth century for being heretics.
And not all Christians believed that the old testament god and the new testament god were even the same being. The Cathars for instance believed that the god of the old testament was the creator of the physical world and that the god of the new testament was the creator of the spiritual realm.
The reason you may not have heard of them is because the Catholic church virtually annihilated them in the thirteenth century for being heretics.
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. ~ George Bernard Shaw