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You argue that which you don't know, the old testament is not to be taken literal, many of the events and command actions were acceptable and needed to that culture, not necessarly acceptable to todays standerds. Just as some stuff we do today won't be acceptable to later generations down the road. The old testament is to be strained through what is taught in the New testament. Some of what is taught in the NT is not directly applicable to today, because culture has changed some, when that is the case commen sense is needed, and help from a knowledgeable person in the areas of greek and hebrew is useful.
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I'm well aware that more and more of the examples of brutality, cruelty, etc. etc. in the Bible are ignored by the Churhes as soceity progresses for the sake of avoiding the alientation of it's members.
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Also don't take what is written in certain versions, as a correct translation of what was original written. Most translations help the transition from greek to english easier to understand be changing words, and there order around, rather than take a literal translation from greek word to english word.
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Can you bring a better translation to the table? Because unless you can point out where the examples of racism, cruelity, senseless violence, etc. that I can post were actually mistranslations, there's no reason to operate on that logical fallacy(appeal to ignorance).