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Originally Posted by Lune
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In other words, he has picked and chosen which parts of the Old Testament are able to mesh most conveniently with contemporary western culture.
Why can't you just admit that when Christianity spread to radically different cultures, it was adapted to fit the local customs? Eastern Orthodox for the slavs and greeks, Catholicism for Latin Europe, and Protestantism for the Nords and Germans. Then we get spin like supersessionism, or theology designed to explain why the same words from the same prophet mean different things to different people at different times.
"I don't follow that part of original Christianity, because God told the Israelites to do that, and I'm not an Israelite."
What really boggles my mind is how evangelicals and other protestants can reconcile U.S capitalist culture with Jesus' teachings.
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I am not a Christian but I do know a thing or two about how they operate. When Jesus was born and then died on the cross , he fulfilled the old testament bringing in the new law and the new testament in which people were supposed to obey.