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In reply to the discussion: Editor of The Christian Post resigns: I can't be an editor for Team Trump [View all]not_the_one
(2,227 posts)You know, the "old testament" that was nailed to the cross with Jesus. It was part and parcel to the whole crucifixion plot line.
The "old testament" is, essentially, a history of the Jewish people. After all they ARE the chosen people, beginning in the garden of Eden.
But the story had to be expanded to include EVERYONE ELSE. Presto, the old law was done away with, and the NEW LAW (the New Testament) was in effect, which applied to EVERYONE! The Jews look at the New Testament and say, ...meh.... they look at the rest of us and say, bless their hearts (Texas style)...
The New Testament is what Christians should be living by, today, allegedly.
The New Testament IS a lot more forgiving, more about love and acceptance. But they have managed to pretzel logic it, too, to justify their behaviors. Yes, they profess to be Christians, but when they get to "interpreting" the "word", THAT is where it gets nasty. They can pretty much make shit up. And you DON'T question the interpreters.
I don't know if its true, BUT (sort of a tribute to one of Bill Maher's gimmick segments) I read that when King James was having the bible interpreted, there had been some sort of misunderstanding/disagreement between him and the interpreters, in an effort to get back at the King they mis-"interpreted" the whole "though a man shalt not lie with another man as with a woman, for it is an abomination", because King James was gay. (If true) They certainly got him, didn't they?
But how can you complain when not a word was written about Jesus until 70 years after his death, but "miraculously" they managed to "remember" every word, verbatim, of the sermon on the mount, and the beatitudes, etc.
I know, divinely inspired authors... Yeah, whatever...
I was raised in the church, baptized at age 11, but finally saw through the "light" around age 14. I am now 68.
Yet I can still recite the names of all 66 books of the bible, the 12 tribes of Israel, and the 12 apostles. (I just have to do it really FAST... ) They pumped us full of that 3 times a week, and EVERY day during revivals. I even remember tent revivals.
But look at me now. You, too, can overcome.....