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xepherys · 12-20-2006, 10:55 AM

So, I recently attended a Christmas concert at a friend's baptist church. It was my first pleasant church-going experience in a while. However, during the brief sermon at the end, the pastor made an interesting comment that I found quite contradictory. While talking about a few points he found faith critical to CHristian doctrine, he touched on the virgin birth being paramount in the belief system. That without believing that, you cannt be a true Christian. He further went on to say, "A true Christian cannot pick and choose what parts of the bible to believe."

So, I almost wanted to ask him whether he felt stoning homosexuals was still a good practice. Of course, as with many (most?) Christians, the old testament seems to hold much less weight. However, he did further talk about Joseph and how he kept things under wrap about Mary because she would be mocked by the townsfolk. He further said, "Though adultery provided for punishment by stoning" and quoted that portion of the old testament, he then said, "but this was no longer practiced at the time of Jesus' birth". So then, EARLY Christians (or really Jews at that time) were allowed to pick and choose which portions of 'God's Word' to believe, but we are no longer granted such right?

Can anyone explain in a LOGICAL manner why this might be?

12-20-2006, 10:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
xepherys <3 TFP Location: 17TLH2445607250	Yet another religious question... So, I recently attended a Christmas concert at a friend's baptist church. It was my first pleasant church-going experience in a while. However, during the brief sermon at the end, the pastor made an interesting comment that I found quite contradictory. While talking about a few points he found faith critical to CHristian doctrine, he touched on the virgin birth being paramount in the belief system. That without believing that, you cannt be a true Christian. He further went on to say, "A true Christian cannot pick and choose what parts of the bible to believe." So, I almost wanted to ask him whether he felt stoning homosexuals was still a good practice. Of course, as with many (most?) Christians, the old testament seems to hold much less weight. However, he did further talk about Joseph and how he kept things under wrap about Mary because she would be mocked by the townsfolk. He further said, "Though adultery provided for punishment by stoning" and quoted that portion of the old testament, he then said, "but this was no longer practiced at the time of Jesus' birth". So then, EARLY Christians (or really Jews at that time) were allowed to pick and choose which portions of 'God's Word' to believe, but we are no longer granted such right? Can anyone explain in a LOGICAL manner why this might be? __________________ The prospect of achieving a peace agreement with the extremist group of MILF is almost impossible... -- Emmanuel Pinol, Governor of Cotobato My Homepage