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Originally Posted by Lazortag
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Also please justify this passage (deuteronomy 21):
You can still be religious and NOT believe in crazy shit like this, you realize?
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So I see you have you "I am an Atheist and I am cool" talking points out. These verses get kind of tiring after reading them all over and over from you guys...lol. Before I go on let me ask you this. Have you read the bible? All of it? Did you miss the thousands and thousands of verses that deal with things you would consider good? Just curious.
Ok in response, do I agree with the verse morally? No. But who am I to question what God choose to do throughout history? And BTW you misunderstand. The law was given specifically to the Jew during a specific time period.
Jesus told the "Jews" (not Christians) in the gospels that He did not come to do away with the law-but that he was the law. He is what the law was about-righteousness.
It was only after the Jews "rejected" Jesus and had Him crucified that the law was abolished. When he rose from the grave-then a "new" covenant (agreement-contract) came into existence. This new covenant is for everyone who will believe- not just the Jew.
Unfortunately-since the Jews do not believe in Jesus, then this new covenant does not work for them- they believe they are still under the old law. Christians never were under the law. The law was abolished before there were any Christians.
Remember- when Jesus was talking in the gospels-it was Old Testament times. It was not until Pentecost and the giving of the Holy Spirit that Christianity was born.
Does that help?