Originally Posted by roachboy

that this abuse has currency amongst a segment of the american right is distressing...but it is also curious, in that it seems to waft up from protestant fundamentalist groups who in the main believe in the "literal interpretation" of the bible--what it shows is the arbitrariness of the readings that these groups construct based on the assumptions of "literalness"---for example, what i have seen/read is based on a mixing of the priority between old and new testaments--which seems an odd thing for christians to do--i would have thought that the new testament would have a relation to the old as christ said it did: it supercedes it. and the central message of christ is one of not passing judgement on others, of extending love to your neighbor, etc. i dont understand this.
anyone care to explain how this reading works?
how it is justified internally, among fundamentalists?