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I won't disagree. I don't have the trouble or feel conflicted in condemning the actions of ISIS that many on the left do. Shrug.
Nice try. Christians only keep the OT around because it is a chronological testimony to Christ. From Adam, to Abraham, to Moses, to David so on and so forth. It's the family tree of Christ we read about. Not the laws. Anything in the NT would be welcomed in this debate.
You're misunderstanding what is clearly spelled out for you. Does the Jewish religion still exist? Yes. That was the prophecy. If you don't like the OT laws, take it up with the Jews.
How do you misinterpret versus about killing unbelievers? Are they metaphors for some deeper meaning? Enlighten me.
Right? No issues of "nuance" when it comes to Christians is there?
So you're just rationalizing your way around the bits of the Bible you don't like. What else is new?
Oh, geez, here we go.
Who are these many on the left? Just because "the left" is less willing to condemn an entire religion based on the actions of sick extremists does not mean ISIS' actions aren't damnable.
So you're just rationalizing your way around the bits of the Bible you don't like. What else is new?
Whatever. I have no problem condemning ISIS without the attendant need to bash other religions. That's all.
Unless you're condemning homosexuality, then the OT seems oddly fair have.Nice try. Christians only keep the OT around because it is a chronological testimony to Christ. From Adam, to Abraham, to Moses, to David so on and so forth. It's the family tree of Christ we read about. Not the laws. Anything in the NT would be welcomed in this debate.
I never said I didn't like it. It's the OT. I said it was a chronological order of Christ. Where did you read that I didn't like it?
What? There's just this tiny Christian influence in the US? What's all your constant whining about oppression and horrible Christians about?
Not getting back into that debate. Check back a few pages.
I prefer to just call them assholes as long as Obama will let me.
I didn't say that the religious organizations weren't powerful and weren't oppressing people. But this is a secular country. Which is why all of the religious oppression here is ultimately contrary to the constitution and the principles of this country. But not a lot of our culture really stems from anything Christian. It's modern industrial information culture. If it was Christian, charging money for interest would still be a crime.
But my actual point, which you seem to have completely (likely willfully) missed... Comparing Saudi Arabia or Iraq with America is not comparing and Islamic country with a Christian one. It's comparing an Islamic country with a secular one. If you want to compare an Islamic country with a Christian country, you need to compare Saudi Arabia or Iraq with Nigeria or the Democratic Republic of Congo. And when you compare them, they look awfully similar.
So I guess you're just embarrassed that you have to pick and choose what you believe is true, especially since there's no evidence at all that the whole of the Bible isn't a load of cow dung.
Obama did refer to ISIS as a "murderous death cult," which is probably as close to "assholes" as a sitting president can get on the record.
Hey, you are too "nuanced" to engage in condemnation, remember?
Can we call Obama an a-hole too? Pretty please?
I prefer to just call them assholes as long as Obama will let me.
Not picking and choosing anything. As I stated, OT are Jewish laws. Have a problem with that, take it up with Jews. While there, ask them why they don't follow NT laws? Or are they too just picking and choosing?
He could say more, he just refuses to. Political correctness sucks.
You see it as "political correctness;" I see it as denying ISIS the basis of their self-granted legitimacy.
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