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Author Topic:   Cherry Picking the Bible- Leviticus and Other OT Rules
ReverendDG
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Message 65 of 82 (328399)
07-03-2006 3:17 AM
Reply to: Message 64 by arachnophilia
07-03-2006 12:26 AM


Re: question
do you suppose it's even possible to keep to an entirely literal reading of the bible that is totally inclusive -- and does NOT cherry pick?
i think ignorent children might be able to read it literal to the last word, but it would have to be a child with no knowlege but the bible
its impossible even for the most adament christian fundi to read the bible without imposing something
i mean the sky not being a hard shell? or stars not being balls of gas?
there really isn't anything in the bible to explain what stars are other than god made the stars
even the stuff about germs would take out the literal meaning of the text since people believed in demons

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ReverendDG
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Message 80 of 82 (382291)
02-04-2007 5:27 AM
Reply to: Message 75 by Greatest I am
01-30-2007 2:10 PM


Re: Leviticus
Jesus came to establish a better law than what was in place.
where does it say he came to do this, he said he came to fulfill the law, which to me doesn't sound like hes making new laws, but something else
He would have told Leviticus that anger begets anger and that forgiveness is a better form of law than breaking the law of killing.
as spidey pointed out, the love thing is in the OT, and its also in the talmud, its not really an original concept
It appears that Leviticus was on a power trip when writing some of those laws that clearly show that they are not in any way Christian.
what in the world are you talking about? leviticus is not a person its the name of a book of the torah, written by levite priests nearly 1900 years ago. christianity latched on to the books to validate their text, the laws in leviticus have been around far longer than christianity has, whether they are christian or not is irrelevent anyway
God is a God of Love not Hate.
i would highly debate this
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