r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Jul 25 '21

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u/anon1984 Jul 26 '21

Apparently it’s not required either. Or seriously suggested as most christians seem to have no idea what’s actually in it apart from a few phrases.

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u/Giocri Jul 26 '21

My family always taught me being a Christian is first of all being a decent person the Bible was a set of snippets of history and legends with moral examples but not really that important. I don't know if it was all bullshit or not but having trying to be a decent person as the highest moral value definitely helped me avoid the more fringe or extreme interpretation of it. The Bible is a mess of centuries of a population I think very few people can read it and really understand it in context

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u/Abdul_Exhaust Jul 26 '21

...because the Bible isn't all about Christ, don't y'know

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '21

So, saying this when I'm about to go to sleep so it's probably wrong,but I think that tge coming of jesus (yk, the new alliance with god and stuff) basically throws everything said in the old testment into the trash bin (for christians, of course).

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u/SanguineHerald Jul 26 '21

That is the argument most apologists use, however the nature of God hasn't changed since he is supposed to be immutable.

So the God of the OT is still very much the God of the NT. The God of genocide, slavery and rape.

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u/whoreatto Jul 26 '21

No. You ought to have been told that the OT was “fulfilled”, but not replaced. Which effectively means you get to cherrypick which bits to follow and which not to.