“The N.T also says the mustard seed is the smallest seed on earth. That's NOT true either.”
What else is not true in the N.T., in your opinion?
Humble apologies k50, consider yourself pinged.
Thanks for the efforts, both of you.
Lots of things. :)
“”What else is not true in the N.T., in your opinion?””
There are many things if you read them literally
Many fundamentalist literally believe what is written instead of the meaning of what it is written for
Take a look at Deuteronomy 21:23 for instance,it says .. “for he is accursed of God that hangeth on a tree”
According to the Bible literalist this would mean Jesus is condemned as well. But we base our religion on the experience of the Risen Lord, which was prophesied by reading this book in a certain manner! As a result, by slavishly following “the book” while disregarding Christian interpretations of it, I find it difficult to understand how one can accuse those first Christians of “contradicting” Scripture, as if that disqualifies one from being Christian. The Bible was NEVER their first and only rule of faith! Christians found that they HAD to “contradict” the commonly-held notions to explain their cognitive dissonance that they experienced.
Before condemning an interpretation, one SHOULD look at what the first Christians did and practiced. It is possible that your own interpretations might be incorrect - since you are far removed in time and culture from the original authors of Scripture, the Apostles.