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To: sentis1

Sorry, my computer is archaic! I can’t respond any faster. Perhaps you could dictate a moral law then, since God’s is obsolete.

As for the difference between the koran and the scriptures, the cross (a symbol of God the Son dying for His people) and the man on a white horse with a sword(believe in what I say or die) would be a start.

If believing in the infallibility of the Scriptures, repenting and believing is wrong in the end, I won’t have lost much. However, if unbelief is wrong in the end, then all is lost.


104 posted on 06/17/2007 9:30:04 PM PDT by quiverfull (Since my quiver is full at home, the budget will not provide a full quiver in the woods)
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To: quiverfull

I don’t see where I said God’s law is obsolete. I have merely said that a literal interpretation of the Bible is incorrect and any rational person will concede that the Bible (especially the old testament) is not literal truth.

I won’t even go into the development of the Bible by the Catholic Church in the middle ages or the earlier decisions by scholars of the Torah who decided which works should or should not be included.

What is important is that Jesus existed and what he taught. That’s it that is all that is important. The Fact of Jesus does not even need the Torah, the old testament, or even the Jewish faith at all. it is sufficient that Christ existed.

The old testament is unfortunate in many ways and is like a stone tied around the neck of Christianity allowing many of it’s literal adherents to keep a large portion of Christians mired in medieval dogma better suited to an age of superstition.


108 posted on 06/17/2007 9:38:14 PM PDT by sentis1
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To: quiverfull
Perhaps you could dictate a moral law then . . .

Ok. How about:

Thou shalt not slaughter infants and newborns wholesale, even if you think their parents deserve killing.

Slavery is bad. Period.

How you cut your hair is your business.

It's actually a pretty good idea to sow your fields with different types of grain if you want to maintain crop productivity.

Mules aren't evil, mule breeders aren't sinners, and for crying out loud, put down the damn stones.

183 posted on 06/18/2007 8:19:07 AM PDT by atlaw
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