[alexander_busek]

Which brings up a question i’ve wondered on and off. Are the new testament moral beliefs different than the old testament? Did God change and become more forgiving? Why would God need to change? I’m expecting great answers from Bible readers cause i’ve read it but am AS FAR from an expert as there is.

To make a long story short: Before Christ, it was acceptable to massacre foreign tribes, have sex with all the widows, and castrate and/or enslave the other survivors - after Christ, it was a sin on your immortal soul.

Christ essentially said: "Rule-change!"

Regards,

[dp0622]

WOW. Didn’t know that about the old testament.

But wouldn’t that mean God had to assume he was wrong with the first rules of what men can do and what they can’t?

Or were these just retellings of events that God did not approve of?

I KNOW that’s a controversial statement but I don’t mean it to be and i know i’m wrong, I just don’t understand.

[JohnyBoy]

>To make a long story short: Before Christ, it was acceptable to massacre foreign tribes, have sex with all the widows, and castrate and/or enslave the other survivors - after Christ, it was a sin on your immortal soul.

The rules changed? Says who? The peace of Westphalia is when mass slaughter and rapes of civilians in war stopped. Christainity has no bibically based doctrines against pursing war in the normal fashion.