| Soleron said: The God of the Old Testament is clearly vengeful, tyrannical and jealous. The way I see it is if God literally appeared and judged everyone today, most Christians would be found to be not worshipping him how he asked nor following his law. |
In Christianity, the law of the Old Testament no longer applies, because it has already been fulfilled. The law was intended to be a way to gain forgiveness of your sins. But Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay for the sins of all. So there is no longer a necessity for the sacrifices and whatnot that was done back then; Jesus already died for you. All you must do is accept Jesus' sacrifice and your sins will be forgiven. So yes, all of those laws about sacrifice and whatnot were "superseded" by Jesus. But not because of his teachings. It was because of his sacrifice.
Think of it this way. Before Jesus, people had to offer a sacrifice to God as payment for their sins. Jesus came and died on the cross to be that sacrifice, but for everyone and every sin. All sins are payed in blood, but now they can be payed for with Jesus' blood. This is why you'll often hear churches talking about the blood of Christ and whatnot.
Bolded: Correct. That would be true of any time, and of any person except for Jesus. But again, in Christianity, to be saved, you must accept Jesus Christ as your savior. That's literally it.
@OP:
If God created the universe and everything in it, it seems perfectly reasonable that a supreme being capable of such a feat would ask (or demand, depending on how you see it) for worship. After all, if God created everything, including us, then we owe him everything.
You could say that God is asking for recognition of what he created. When people refuse to worship him, then they discredit his achievement. I'd be pretty insulted if someone used what I made for them and then insulted and berated me.
