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Originally Posted by xepherys
He further went on to say, "A true Christian cannot pick and choose what parts of the bible to believe."
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Well, that's damn right. If you are a Christian you believe in God, and that the Bible was inspired by Him (not sure if the term is correct in English, but you get the drill). If you are picking parts of it then you are almost saying God ins't right in some matters. And to Christians, id est, those who believe in God, he is always right!
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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.
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Who cares, if I recall in the New Testament homosexuals are condemned as well.
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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?
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Just put a bit of common sense to it, do you know of any custom that hasn't hold remnants? Just because it was not officially practiced, doesn't mean it wasn't practiced at all, or that it wasn't where Joseph and Mary were living.
Having said that, I never heard such a story, I'm not saying it is not true, just that I wouldn't put my hand on fire because of that.
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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Ironically enough, I resolve things like this by... not taking him literally. I know he said to take the bible literally, but he didn't really mean that literally. It was a figure of speech underscoring the importance of belief in the virgin birth. Sort of a,"you knew what he meant" kinda deal.
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How can you take this any less literally?
If any one lie with a man se with a woman, both have committed an abomination, let them be put to death: their blood be upon them.
Leviticus 20:13 (Douay-Rheims)