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Author Topic:   Old Laws Still Valid?
kuresu
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Message 3 of 303 (367020)
11-30-2006 2:05 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by PurpleTeddyBear
11-29-2006 9:04 PM


I know very little about what's in the bible, but from what I understand/know, jesus came up with two laws that trump all others.
The Golden Rule
Love thy neighbor as you love God (or something to that effect)
(oh, and render unto ceaser's what is ceaser's, render unto God God's)
I don't think they (christians) used jesus to get rid of the old laws. You have to remember, when the gospels were being written, slavery was okay. So were a lot of other things that we might just object to nowadays. So your argument that they used him to get rid of "morally defunct" laws fails due to the culture of the time.

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kuresu
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Message 9 of 303 (367164)
11-30-2006 5:50 PM
Reply to: Message 8 by Archer Opteryx
11-30-2006 4:43 PM


And enemies tend to be neighbors. Like, Germany and France prior to the cold war.

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kuresu
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Message 23 of 303 (368003)
12-06-2006 3:07 PM
Reply to: Message 22 by Hyroglyphx
12-06-2006 1:59 PM


Re: Sabbath
Cicero is much better, he was just forgotten (after all, he's a pagan). Oh, and we actually have what he himself wrote. unlike for several numerous people, such as Jesus or Socrates.
being the most quoted person in history does not a great(est) orator make.
For all those who think I'm atheist, I've had a change of heart. I now follow the teachings of the wise and great Yoda, who once spoke to the first disciple Luke "Do, or do not, there is no try". I follow it to the letter--I do not.

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kuresu
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Message 41 of 303 (369642)
12-13-2006 8:17 PM
Reply to: Message 36 by arachnophilia
12-09-2006 7:57 PM


what to do, what to do
a part that i no longer know exactly what to do with.
you could always try what many do--make money off of it or scream that the world is ending.

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