(January 27, 2018 at 7:04 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(January 27, 2018 at 6:54 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Ignoring the OT is a bit dishonest, though. Yeah, I prefer the nicer christians too, but you can't say that Jesus and Yahweh are the exact same person, and then say the OT should be ignored.
It's not about "ignoring the OT." It's about recognizing that it was written thousands and thousands of years ago, for the people of the time, in the context of those times. It's also about recognizing it's allegorical style of writing. Jesus actually existed and cleared up things that were otherwise misunderstood. Why do you think He was so controversial among the Jews of the time? This has been explained many times.
With tens of thousands of Jesus based denominations and schisms I'm thinking the claim "Jesus . . . cleared up things that were otherwise misunderstood" isn't true.
Jesus was not a beacon of clarity to His followers, they have argued even over how many nails it took to crucify Him (the correct answer is 4, BTW, they didn't have nails long enough to pierce both ankles with just one). There has been a schism triggered by the width of a hat brim, for pity's sake.
Maybe not what He intended, but it's His legacy regardless.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
