What is my opinion of the Bible, FK? You probably mean the Old Testament, which says (Exodus 21:24) "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot..."
as opposed to the New Testament, which says (Matthew 5:38-39) "Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also."
and
Matthew 3:43-45 "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust."
These are direct references to what's in the Old Testament, and direct corrections what it says verbatim and in spirit.
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them...
Fulfilling the the law of God is love (Rom 13:10); it's not a book.
Ah, I love the Orthodox!
Brother in Christ
What is my opinion of the Bible, FK? You probably mean the Old Testament, which says (Exodus 21:24) "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot..."
as opposed to the New Testament, which says (Matthew 5:38-39) "Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also."
Well, if your opinion is that there were mistakes in the OT, then you cannot believe the Bible is infallible, by definition. Who was the speaker in your first example from Exodus? Wasn't it GOD!? Are you saying that Moses wrote the wrong words down, or that God needed a mulligan on that one? What you would call a correction (of error), I would call a completion. Do you say that "fulfill" means to correct error in the OT?