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Originally Posted by DeruIsLove [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Do you wear polyester blends? Eat shellfish? Do you work on Sundays? (I'm not being facetious)

Originally Posted by Frieza_Prexus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Absolutely. I do not live under the old covenant, thus I am not bound by the law of ceremony.

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.