lars@lemmy.sdf.org to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 9 months ago“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.”image.dnevnik.hrimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1413arrow-down110
arrow-up1403arrow-down1image“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.”image.dnevnik.hrlars@lemmy.sdf.org to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareRandom_Character_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·9 months agoGuy who wants you to love thy neighbor and turn the other cheek, but still thinks old testament genocide, torture, maiming and murder of women and children is still ok, would scare me too.
minus-squarehavokdj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoThat’s not exactly right, the new testament is literally the abolishing of the old testament
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 months agoAnd yet it’s still part of the Christian Bible.
minus-squarehavokdj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoIt’s only there for archival purposes, you can actually buy just the new testament which is the important part in christianity
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoThat would be fine, except for the fact that it’s still constantly referred to by Christians.
minus-squareRandom_Character_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 months agoAgreed, that’s how it should be, but so many jackasses cling on to it to fuel their hate and prejudice that can we really call it abolished?
Guy who wants you to love thy neighbor and turn the other cheek, but still thinks old testament genocide, torture, maiming and murder of women and children is still ok, would scare me too.
That’s not exactly right, the new testament is literally the abolishing of the old testament
And yet it’s still part of the Christian Bible.
It’s only there for archival purposes, you can actually buy just the new testament which is the important part in christianity
That would be fine, except for the fact that it’s still constantly referred to by Christians.
Agreed, that’s how it should be, but so many jackasses cling on to it to fuel their hate and prejudice that can we really call it abolished?