You know as well as I that the old testament is an integral part of teaching the christian faith. You can't have it both ways, either the god in the first part is the same as the god in the second or it isn't. Saying, "god is infinite and unchanging" on one hand and, "just ignore the first bit of the bible, god is kind and nice now" on the other, it directly contradicts the nature of god taught by every version of christianity that I'm familiar with.
The phrase, "he gave his only begotten son" says a lot in itself as well. God demanded a sacrifice... his own kid. Why? so we can stop burning animals for him. Besides being bizarre in the extreme it's one of the most violent acts in the bible and it's perpetrated by god himself... in the new testament.
Not violent?
The phrase, "he gave his only begotten son" says a lot in itself as well. God demanded a sacrifice... his own kid. Why? so we can stop burning animals for him. Besides being bizarre in the extreme it's one of the most violent acts in the bible and it's perpetrated by god himself... in the new testament.
Not violent?
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