Not a good conclusion to jump to on their part--the Bible never mentioned that Jesus ever sneezed, either...
Such people need to remember that, while the Bible has not changed over all these millennia, our necessarily flawed human understanding of it has.
Not a good conclusion to jump to on your part, without further explanation. Some would argue that Biblical prohibitions on adultery and perjury are outmoded, too...
(ahem, Clinton, cough, cough, ahem)
By what rule do you tell what is actually outmoded from what is only falsely claimed to be outmoded? (spell it out in more detail; such technological marvels as the wheel, fire, algebra, and scientific concepts such as atoms and the small size of the Earth compared to the fixed Universe come from long ago, too; yet we have managed to distinguish them from errors such as phlogiston and ether, and a geocentric solar system which are also ancient...)
We used to believe, as recently as 140 years ago, that the Bible said that the owning of another human being in a condition of slavery was acceptable, and some even went so far as to say that the Bible said that this was a desirable condition for both the master and the slave. We no longer believe this.
Don't take this out of context, please; in addition to the misquotation of both Old and New Testament implicit here, you are forgetting that many of the foremost abolitionists (e.g. Wilberforce) were strong Christians. And the Christian world has outlawed slavery, while large portions of the East (think sex slaves) and Mohammedean countries (think the Sudan) practice slavery to this day.
It can be fun to bash Christians; but don't allow yourself to become the counterpart of the stereotype which you attack, please.
Cheers!
No Christian-bashing intended. As far as my slavery example goes, I was being entirely factual. Many organized Christian denominations gave Biblical justifications for slavery. No Christian denomination does so today. Many people disagree as to what the Bible says. Are you telling me that only your belief about what the Bible says could possibly be right? Or does it make more sense to say that the Bible is right, but that people can misunderstand what is says?