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Act_of_Reparation

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16. You're getting closer...

Reply to tanyev (Reply #15)

Wed Jan 23, 2019, 10:14 AM

Jan 2019

Christians don't follow OT law for the same reason Jews don't follow it: because they don't want to.

Some Christians, feeling guilty about it, rationalize their failure to live up the exacting moral standards set by iron age goat herders by playing semantic Twister with vague verses like the ones cited above.

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Pastor might want to review the beginning of John 8. tanyev Jan 2019 #2

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Does John 8 override Deuteronomy 21? Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #11

Well, for people who define themselves as Christians, the NT is supposed to override the OT, tanyev Jan 2019 #12

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Yes, and in the mainline denomination in which I grew up, Jesus' fulfillment of the law tanyev Jan 2019 #15

You're getting closer... Act_of_Reparation Jan 2019 #16

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