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Re: The Brick Testament - More Teachings of Jesus
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:05:02 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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And if you don’t read the Old Testament for yourself, how will you learn
which incense to burn to keep from being immolated by the Lord’s wrath?
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Do you mean “to have been kept”?
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I’ll need to find the passage again. It’s been a while. But anyway, why is a
loving and merciful God immolating anybody in the first place? Heck, by that
metric, I’m more loving and merciful than God.
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The Old Testament contains a lot of
historical information, including ancient worship practices, which have
changed over time as cultures have changed/evolved.
The important part to glean is that God never changes.
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Sorry, but that’s as much a statement of faith as the claim that God exists or
that God is good. The really important part to remember is that, until God
is proven to exist, God is indistinguishable from a concept, and the concept
of God changes all the time.
Dave!
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| (...) Well, the only human immolating that went on that among the Israelites that I know of is the call for the sacrifice of Isaac (which was recanted anyway). Still, I would explain such interpretations of God's will as just that-- contextual to (...) (18 years ago, 17-Oct-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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