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TacoMac

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The Old Testament Jewish law is no longer in practice by Christians,
That's because Christians are fucking hypocrites of the highest order.

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them." - Jesus

What's more, Jesus never said a single word about gays...so you can't gay bash if you don't use the old testament.

Fact is, Christians pick and choose what laws they will and wont obey based on one criteria: what suits them best for whatever asshole rant they happen to be on at the time.
 

ttystikk

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That's because Christians are fucking hypocrites of the highest order.

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them." - Jesus

What's more, Jesus never said a single word about gays...so you can't gay bash if you don't use the old testament.

Fact is, Christians pick and choose what laws they will and wont obey based on one criteria: what suits them best for whatever asshole rant they happen to be on at the time.
To be fair, Christians are far from alone in being selective about how to interpret their religious texts.
 

ttystikk

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There's a big difference between how you interpret it, and completely fucking ignoring it altogether.
Islamic terrorists do the same, as do Hindu extremists.

I'm not disagreeing with you. I find it curious that Christians in America point at others while doing exactly the same thing themselves.
 

TacoMac

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Islamic terrorists do the same.
Actually, no they don't. They read it verbatim. It is, in fact, the old testament, where pretty much everybody should be killed for pretty much anything at all. Hell, you plant corn next to potatoes and you get the death penalty.

It's not about interpretation. It's about implementation: picking and choosing which parts of the book you want to enforce. For instance, Christians love to bash gays and do everything they can to persecute them and say they should be put to death because that's what the Bible says, but at the same time ignore the fact that the tattoos they have, the food they eat, the clothes they wear, the judgements they make, the sex they have and with whom, and much more, are all cause under the Bible for them to be executed themselves.
 

Green Bud Smurfy

Active Member
Read closely, so you will all see why not ALL Christians don't just "pick and choose". While SOME do, I am not one:

The Old Testament has many "contracts" with man. These are known as covenants. Some are permanent, but others are listed as temporary. It's the Old Covenant in the Old Testament that was fulfilled by Jesus in the New Testament. The Old Covenant consists of the civil/ceremonial laws of the Jews. However, civil/ceremonial laws are very different from the moral laws in the Old Testament.

Examples of the civil or ceremonial laws might include this: Things like sacrificing lambs on Passover, it means they can't be eating pork or shellfish. Most of these civil or ceremonial laws are in the book of Exodus and Leviticus.

It is the moral laws, such as the 10 commandments and all other moral laws throughout the Old Testament that are still very, very, very intact to this day. These moral laws include murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

So, The reason why homosexuality in the Bible is still a sin is because the moral laws are still intact from the Old Testament. In addition to just the Old Testament, Jesus and Peter also preached against sexual immorality as a whole. Notice the root word of immoral is moral. That clearly means that nothing I said is being taken out of context to support a messed-up "narrative".

The sinfulness of homosexuality is not "picking and choosing", it is simple understanding of the Christian doctrine. Given the diversity of Christian denominations, there is a reason that they almost all agree on these simple Biblical truths.

Now I'm done with you guys. While you want to believe what you are all saying, your statements are simply not true. I am interested to see what you guys will do when faced with the truth, but I imagine it will be like earlier. Name-calling, deflection, etc. I will no longer respond whatsoever. I will focus on my grow log
 
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