[safisoft]

Not so. The Hebrew Scriptures are the Word of God. Jesus is the Word of God in the flesh. He did not come to abolish the Law, but to perfect it. Saying that Jesus "nullified" the Old Testament is an old, old error from the days of Marcion, who was excommunicated from trhe Catholic Church in around 144 A.D.

Agreed. Too bad Marcion's theology of "bait and switch" (whereby the Almighty created an unachievable standard and then with inevitable failure offers "grace") has become the standard dogma of most Christians.

I have real difficulty in the machinations that some folks must go through to justify their theology. They have to EXPLAIN Matthew 5:17-19. They have to EXPLAIN Psalms 119. They have to EXPLAIN Hebrews 11.

If it takes a theologian to explain a system... you have the wrong system, eh?

[Mrs. Don-o]

Too bad Marcion's theology of "bait and switch" (whereby the Almighty created an unachievable standard and then with inevitable failure offers "grace") has become the standard dogma of most Christians.

Most Christians? (Scratches head.) "Bait and switch" strikes me as some odd sectarian interpretation. It's not a doctrine of the Catholics or the Orthodox, as far as I know, and together they comprise "most Christians."