Do Evangelicals Hate Jesus

archer wrote: ......most evangelicals I have met pick and choose from the Bible those parts that match their beliefs, it doesn't matter if it is old law or new.

It's all "inerrant", except the stuff that isn't.

Here's what Jesus had to say on the subject:

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Jesus loved lepers and prostitutes.

Heck, I bet he would even love Baileyboy.

not so much...

Christians follow the New Testament, Jews follow the Old.

Jesus still loves BB and LJ, based on what I understand. But then it isn't for us to understand God's ways, is it? Just to follow them.

Nmysys wrote: Christians follow the New Testament, Jews follow the Old.

So Christians don't follow the 10 Commandments? Or believe in Levicitus when it comes to condemning homosexuality? Or believe that God created the Earth and all creatures on it? Only Jews follow that, is that what you're claiming?

Sorry, I don't know any Bible-literalist Christians that do that. All that I know follow the parts of the Old Testament they "agree with" and ignore the parts they don't and then turn around and say that Jesus came to give a new law so they get to ignore the parts they don't like from the Old Testament but still use other parts to justify bludgeoning other people who often don't believe in either the Old Testament OR the New.

Sorry, either Christ came to give a new law or he he didn't. But if he did, then I'd really like to see Christians being consistent enough to believe that it is literally true that they must not do things like eat shellfish or wear sweaters made of mixed fibers if they are also going to insist that God thinks that homosexuals are an "abomination", because all of these things are from the same playbook. Either they are all the inerrant, unalterable Word of God or they aren't. Which is it?

I am not the authority on Christians. I responded based on Outdoor338's response. I am pretty knowledgeable about the Old Testament as I am Jewish. It is not my responsibility to defend Christians and any hypocrisy that you think exists in their faith or mine. I will leave that to others.

AV, seems to me you're just trying to cause trouble... :Crying:

outdoor338 wrote: AV, seems to me you're just trying to cause trouble... :Crying:

Cause trouble? I just want to know why some Christians pick and choose as to which parts of "God's laws" they think they need to follow (or force others to follow), rejecting parts of Leviticus but latching onto others having to do with, for instance, homosexuality. Either it's all been superseeded by the "new law" of Jesus or it hasn't been. If it hasn't been, then it seems to me that people who condemn homosexuality based on Leviticus are indeed hypocritical if they don't also condemn eating shellfish, wearing clothes of mixed fiber content, and other "abominations". You can't have it both ways.