Common misconceptions about Christianity.

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garvey0 said:

 

I'm glad that your willing to actually debate the scriptures themselves it makes for a more smooth debate.  These actually are points that I was confused about at one time before I began to become more familiar with the scriptures.

Jesus said that the law would not pass away until it had been fulfilled, and so then it was fulfilled when he was sacrificed.

Jesus also gives us a glimpse into why some of the old testament laws were given when he explains that moses had allowed the people to be able to get divorced because their hearts were hardened, but that is not the way God originally intended it.

Also, there are even some old testament references that indicate that the old testament laws were to be temporary.

Isaiah 28:

11Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues

God will speak to this people,

12to whom he said,

“This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;

and, “This is the place of repose”—

but they would not listen.

13So then, the word of the LORD to them will become:

Do and do, do and do,

rule on rule, rule on rule;

a little here, a little there—

This seems to imply that God initially began with a more gentle rule, but gave the laws in response to the behavior of the people.

Jeremiah 31:

31 o “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will makep a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,

32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day whenq I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke,

This is very self explanatory that God planned on making a covenant that was not like the one He made "with their fathers on the day whenq I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt."

One more somewhat unrelated note having to do with someone's earlier concern regarding the ability to become a Christian by simply "believing."  First, I want to say that the sort of belief is not only a belief in the validity of Christ but also a believing faith that He will come through on your behalf personally.  Just as your faith in particular developers impact your game purchasing choices, your faith in Christ can impact your every day life choices.  On top of this, you receive the Holy Spirit to assist you in these choices.

Well everything that's bad from Christianity comes from the old testament, and most people who make this world a living hell for others do it in the name of the OT, people just pick and choose what they like. Also, god according to you is not all knowing as all Christians say, and it's one thing to change your laws to new circumstances, it's another to make up absurd laws  and commit genocidal actions, especially when this god of yours is omnipotent. Every situation in the bible where god acted denotes a weak, jelous , fearful and tyrannical god, even a 5 year old can come up with better solutions to every problem in the bible in the context of omnipotence, not to mention omniscience.

Simple fact of the matter is the God of the bible is as bad and as human as any other god in that time and space, in fact he makes the Greek gods seem docile in comparison. Thank god there is no god.